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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] |