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Great Britain At The 1976 Winter Paralympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the inaugural 1976 Winter Paralympics, Winter Paralympic Games in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team was known by it shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes. The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom; athletes from Northern Ireland, who could later elect to hold Irish nationality law, Irish citizenship under the pre-1999 article 2 of the Constitution of Ireland, Irish constitution, were only eligible to represent Great Britain at this time. However no Northern Irish athletes took part in the Winter Paralympics until 2010 Winter Paralympics, 2010 in Vancouver. Events were held for amputees and visually impaired athletes. Britain entered six athletes, all of them men. The team was represented in both sports at the Games with five participants in Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics, cross-country skiing and one in Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Paralympic Association
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) is the National Paralympic Committee for ''Great Britain'' (GBR), and is responsible for the United Kingdom's participation in the Paralympic Games. The BPA select, prepare, enter, fund and manage the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the Paralympic Games. This team is known as ParalympicsGB. Structure * Chief Executive Officer: Mike Sharrock * Chair: Nick Webborn, CBE Arms See also *Great Britain at the Paralympics *British Olympic Association The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. It is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, at both ... References External linksBPA Official Site National Paralympic Committees Paralympics 2012 Summer Paralympics 1989 establishments in the United Kingdom Disability organisations based in the United Kingdom {{UK-spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 1976 Winter Paralympics
Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics consisted of 28 events, 15 for men and 13 for women. Medal table Medal summary The competition events were: *Giant slalom: men - women *Slalom: men - women *Alpine combination: men - women Each event had separate standing classifications: *I - standing, single leg amputation above the knee *II - standing, single leg amputation below the knee *III - standing, single arm amputation *IV A - standing, double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment *IV B - standing, double arm amputation Men's events Women's events See also *Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics References * * Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics Winter Sport Classification Canadian Paralympic Committee {{Paralympic Games Alpine skiing 1976 Winter Paralympics events 1976 Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain At The Paralympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has participated (under the name "Great Britain") in every summer and winter Paralympic Games. While the Olympic Games find their origin in Greece, Britain, and specifically the Stoke Mandeville Hospital is recognised as the spiritual home of the Paralympic Games. The first Paralympic Games, held in Rome in 1960, were simultaneously the 9th International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games, a competition first devised by Dr Ludwig Guttmann in 1948 to coincide with the London Olympic Games of 1948, for soldiers with spinal cord injuries being cared for in Stoke Mandeville Hospital. While the Stoke Mandeville Games continue to exist as the IWAS World Games, a specific event for wheelchair and amputee athletes, the Paralympic Games evolved from its Stoke Mandeville Games roots to include a comprehensive range of disabilities. This legacy is commemorated before each Paralympic Games since 2012 with the lighting of a 'legacy flame' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nations At The 1976 Winter Paralympics
A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by those features. Some nations are equated with ethnic groups (see ethnic nationalism) and some are equated with affiliation to a social and political constitution (see civic nationalism and multiculturalism). A nation is generally more overtly political than an ethnic group. A nation has also been defined as a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity and particular interests. The consensus among scholars is that nations are socially constructed and historically contingent. Throughout history, people have had an attachment to their kin group and traditions, territorial authorities and their homeland, but nationalism – the belief that state and nation should align as a nation state – did not become a promine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain At The 1976 Winter Olympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Medallists Alpine skiing ;Men ;Women Biathlon ;Men : 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss. ;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay : 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target. Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing ;Men Figure skating ;Men ;Women ;Pairs ;Ice Dancing Luge ;Men (Men's) Doubles Speed skating ;Men See also * Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Paralympics ReferencesOfficial Olympic Reports [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Young (skier)
Peter Young is a former British cross-country skier and seven time Paralympian. He won two medals in cross-country skiing for Britain in 1984 and 1994. He is the only British person in the Olympics or Paralympics to have won a medal in cross-country skiing. References British male cross-country skiers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Medalists at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Paralympic cross-country skiers for Great Britain {{UK-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Salmon
Graham Henry Salmon, MBE (September 5, 1954 – October 1999) was a blind British athlete. He set the world record for 100m by a blind man at the 1984 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the B1 400 metres. He competed at both the Summer Paralympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games. Early life Diagnosed with a tumour in his right eye at the age of three days, Salmon had to have an operation to remove it. When an identical tumour was discovered in his left eye some weeks later, he underwent radiotherapy to have it repaired. The eye didn't stand up to the treatment, and he was left completely blind. Salmon was educated at Linden Lodge School where he gained O levels in History and English Language and Literature. He subsequently attended Worcester College. Apart from being left blind, Salmon was able to live a relatively normal life. He gained support from the RNIB and managed to get a full qualification in computer programming. Whilst his disability limited hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howie (cross-country Skier)
John Howie may refer to: *John Howie (biographer) (1735–1793), Scottish writer *John Mackintosh Howie John Mackintosh Howie (23 May 1936 – 26 December 2011) was a Scottish mathematician and prominent semigroup theorist. Biography Howie was educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, the University of Aberdeen and Balliol College, Oxfo ... (1936–2011), Scottish mathematician * John Howie (businessman) (1833–1895), industrialist and investor {{human name disambiguation, Howie, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Brace
Michael Thomas Brace (born 19 June 1950) is a former paralympic skier, social worker and leader of disabled charities. He was Chief Executive of Vision 2020 UK (2001-2012) and served as Chairman of the British Paralympic Association (2001-2008). He was blinded at the age of ten by an accident with a firework and subsequently attended Linden Lodge School for the Blind in Wimbledon. He gained a Diploma in Social Work from the Polytechnic of North London in 1976 and in the same year competed as a cross-country skier in the inaugural Winter Paralympics. Brace published the first volume of his autobiography ''Where there's a will'' in 1980. He published the second volume in 2017precised on his official web site He was awarded the OBE in 2005 and CBE in 2009 for services to paralympic sport. He was the subject of ''This Is Your Life'' in 1982 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews Eamonn Andrews, (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987) was an Irish radio and television p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hammond (skier)
Michael Hammond (born 1957) is an American linguist and professor at the University of Arizona. He was head of the Department of Linguistics from 2001 to 2011. He is the author or editor of six books on a variety of topics from Syntactic Typology, The Phonology of English, to Computational linguistics. He is known for his research on meter and poetics. He has also published more than 40 articles and presented at over 60 conferences on these topics. He serves on the editorial board of several major journals. Education and early career Hammond received his BA in linguistics from UCLA in 1979 and his PhD in 1984. His PhD thesis on phonology was published as part of the Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics series. From 1983 to 1984 he was an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Minnesota, and from 1984 to 1988 at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing At The 1976 Winter Paralympics
Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics consisted of 25 events, 15 for men and 10 for women. Medal table (IPC) Medal summary The competition events were: *5 km: men - women *10 km: men - women *15 km: men *3x5 km relay: men - women *3x10 km relay: men Each event had separate standing, or visually impaired classifications: *I - standing, single-leg amputation above the knee *II - standing, single-le ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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