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Gemma Collis-McCann
Gemma Collis-McCann (born 10 October 1992) is a British Paralympic wheelchair fencer who competed in the Paralympics in 2012 and 2016. She is vice-chair of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation's Wheelchair Fencing Athletes' Council. She is in the GB fencing team to compete in Tokyo in 2021. Life Gemma Collis grew up in Buckinghamshire as a competitive athlete in multiple sports: figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ..., field hockey, hockey, 100 metres running, and triple jump, in the last of which she hoped to compete in the London 2012 Summer Olympics. But in July 2008, aged 15, she developed complex regional pain syndrome, causing altered sensation and extreme pain in her right leg, making her dependent on crutches or a wheelcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair Fencing
Wheelchair fencing is a version of fencing for athletes with a disability. Wheelchair fencing is governed by the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation that is a federation of the International Paralympic Committee, and is one of the sports in the Summer Paralympic Games. The Paralympic games take place every 4 years in different countries. Classification *class A (athletes with full trunk movement and good balance) *class B (athletes with no leg movement and impaired trunk and balance functions) *class C (athletes with a disability in all four limbs, not included in the Paralympic games program) Events Paralympic Games World Championships European Championships See also * Paralympic sport *Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics Wheelchair fencing has been contested at every Summer Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1960. Summary Medal table Updated after the 2020 Summer Paralympics Nations See also * Fencing at the Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabi Down
Gabi or GABI may refer to: People * Gabi (footballer, born 1981) or Gabriel José Pinto Couto, Portuguese footballer * Gabi (footballer, born 1983) or Gabriel Fernández Arenas, Spanish footballer * Gabi Ashkenazi (born 1954), Israeli general and politician * Gabi DeMartino (born 1995), American singer-songwriter * Gabriela Guimarães (born 1994), Brazilian volleyball player * Gabi Hun (born 1990), American rock musician * Gabi Neumark (1946–2000), Israeli basketball player * Gabriel Popescu (born 1973), former Romanian footballer * Gabi Teichner (born 1945), Israeli basketball player Places * Gabi, Bohol, a barangay in Ubay, Bohol, Philippines * Gabi, Niger * A barangay in Cordova, Cebu, Philippines * Mount Gabi, an underwater mountain near the southwestern tip of Western Australia Other uses * Gabi (clothing), a blanket made of chiffon used in Ethiopia * Gabi (dog) * Gabi (elephant) * ''Gabi'' (film), a 2012 film * Gabi-Gabi language, a language of Queensland, Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Lam-Watson
Oliver Lam-Watson (born 7 November 1992) is a British wheelchair fencer. He won bronze in the Men's team épée and silver in the Men's team foil at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. In his personal life he is a keen advocate of disability inclusivity, which he promotes using various online social media platforms. Yet despite having gained a large following and popularity, he has yet to be verified online and does not have a "blue tick" Another personal challenge of Oliver's has been his infamous hunt for a National championships medal in the Foil discipline. Despite having obtained medals at International and Paralympic level, its the National medal that has continued to elude him, so will no doubt be a key focus for the coming season.https://britishdisabilityfencing.co.uk/competitions/bdfa-rankings.htm References 1992 births Living people British male foil fencers British male épée fencers Paralympic wheelchair fencers for Great Britain Paralympic silver me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitri Coutya
Dimitri Coutya (born 7 October 1997) is a British wheelchair fencer. He won a team silver, a team bronze and two individual bronze medals for Great Britain in Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics at the Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan. Fencing internationally in Épée Cat B and Foil Cat B, he won a total of 48 Men Single Individual medals for Paralympics GB. He is the first British wheelchair fencer to win a Major individual Title in Foil (Rome 2017 World Championship - Men Individual Cat B Foil Gold). After reaching the Épée quarter final in Rio 2016, Dimitri won two world championships golds in Rome 2017. He won his first European championships Gold in 2018 in Terni - Italy. At the 2019 world championships in Cheong Ju - South Korea, Dimitri won a Gold in Épée and a Silver in Foil. For several years Dimitri has been ranked world no.1 in both Wheelchair Fencing Wheelchair fencing is a version of fencing for athletes with a disability. Wheelchair fencing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piers Gilliver
Piers Alexander Gilliver (born 17 September 1994) is a British wheelchair fencer, who competes in both épée and sabre. He is the 2020 Paralympic champion in the Individual Épée, A classification. He is the first British Paralympic champion in the sport since Carol Walton in 1988. Gilliver has previously won medals at both World and European Championship level. In 2016 he represented Great Britain at the Rio Paralympics and won a silver medal Personal history Gilliver was born in Gloucester England in 1994. He attended Hopebrook C of E School in Longhope. He has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome a congenital illness which in 2007 left him as a full-time wheelchair user. Wheelchair fencing career Gilliver first got into wheelchair fencing in 2010 at his local fencing club in Cheltenham after looking for a new sport as his mobility decreased. He joined the British Disabled Fencing Association in 2011. In 2012 Gilliver made his international debut for the British team at a World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ksenia Ovsyannikova
Ksenia Ovsyannikova (born 5 April 1985) is a Russian world-champion wheelchair fencer and IWAS Wheelchair Executive Committee member. Life Ovsyannikova was born in 1985 in Moscow. Her family took her to Mozambique when her father was working in a hospital there. She took to a wheelchair as the result of a diving accident when she was sixteen years old. While she was still recovering from the accident she was offered the chance to take part in sport. She had not had sporting ambitions before the accident but she took to the wheelchair fencing offered by the coach. Her education was completed at Moscow State Social Humanitarian Institute where she gained a diploma in linguistics and a master's degree in international relations. She became world champion in Hungary in September 2015. She was banned from participating at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio as a result of a International Paralympic Committee ban on the participation of the Russian team following an investigation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zsuzsanna Krajnyak
Zsuzsanna is the Hungarian form of the feminine given name Susanna. Notable bearers *Zsuzsanna Budapest (born 1940), American author of Hungarian origin who writes on feminist spirituality *Zsuzsanna Csobánki (born 1983), female Hungarian swimmer, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece *Zsuzsanna Gulácsi (born 1966), Hungarian historian specialising in Manichaean art *Zsuzsanna Jakab (born 1951), director of the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark *Zsuzsanna Jakabos (born 1989), Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008 * Zsuzsanna Kézi (born 1945), former Hungarian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics *Zsuzsanna Krajnyák (born 1978), Hungarian Paralympic wheelchair fencer *Zsuzsanna Laky (born 1984), former beauty contestant and Miss Europe 2003 *Zsuzsanna Lorántffy (born 1602), the wife of György Rákóczi I, prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss Civil Code (articles 60–79). Founded by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas in 1894, it is the authority responsible for organising the modern ( Summer, Winter, and Youth) Olympic Games. The IOC is the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and of the worldwide "Olympic Movement", the IOC's term for all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games. As of 2020, there are 206 NOCs officially recognised by the IOC. The current president of the IOC is Thomas Bach. The stated mission of the IOC is to promote the Olympics throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement: *To encourage and support the organization, development, and coordination of sport and sports competitions; *To ensure the regul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para-cycling
Para-cycling (or Paracycling) is the sport of cycling (sport), cycling adapted for cyclists who have various disability, disabilities. It is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The sport consists of seven different events which include Road bicycle racing, road and Track cycling, track races. The world's elite para-cyclists compete at UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Track and UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Road Worlds Championships (since 1994), the Cycling at the Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games, the Cycling at the Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games and the UCI World Cups, World Cup (since 2010). History Para-cycling originated in the 1980s, starting with visually impaired riders who competed on a tandem bicycle, tandem with a sighted partner. In New York 1984 it entered the Summer Paralympic Games, where it consisted of only road races for riders with cerebral palsy. Over the next four Paraolympic Games further events were added. In Atl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ' retweet' tweets, while unregistered users only have the ability to read public tweets. Users interact with Twitter through browser or mobile frontend software, or programmatically via its APIs. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world. , more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten most-visited websites and has been described as "the SMS of the Internet". , Twitter had more than 330 million monthly active users. In practice, the va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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