The 1999 FESPIC Games, officially known as the 7th FESPIC Games, was an Asia-Pacific disabled multi-sport event held in

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from 10 to 16 January 1999, 20 days after the

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. It was one of the two FESPIC Games to have held at the same host city as the Asian Games, the other being the

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. It was the first time Thailand hosted the games. Thailand is the sixth FESPIC organisation member to host the FESPIC games after Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia and China. Around 2,258 athletes from 34 nations competed at the games which featured 464 events in 15 sports. The games was opened by the Crown Prince of Thailand, Maha Vajiralongkorn at the Thammasat Stadium.

Development and preparation

Venues

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(Rangsit Centre) *

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(opening and closing ceremonies, Athletics and Football 7-a-side) * Aquatic Center (Swimming) * Gymnasium 1 (Wheelchair Basketball, Boccia) * Gymnasium 2 (Badminton) * Gymnasium 3 (Sitting Volleyball) * Gymnasium 4 (Fencing) * Gymnasium 5 (Table tennis) * Gymnasium 6 (Goalball) * Gymnasium 7 (Judo) * Field 2 (Archery) * Field 3 (Wheelchair Tennis) * Basketball Practicing Gymnasium (Powerlifting) ; Huamark * Shooting Range (Shooting)

Symbols

The emblem of the 1999 FESPIC Games is a graphic design of a disabled person surging forward on a speeding wheelchair under a Thai gable, which symbolizing the strong determination of the participating disabled athletes to achieve victory at the games. The mascot of the 1999 FESPIC Games is an unnamed female siamese cat in a wheelchair bearing a flaming torch with its tail, represents the Games being the 7th edition of the FESPIC Games.

The games

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony featured a

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performed by 8,000 students from the Jaturamitr Samakkee football competition.

Sports

Archery *

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Powerlifting Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effo ...

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

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Boccia Boccia ( ) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – '. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes ...

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Football 7-a-side pictogram (Paralympics)

Football 7-a-side * Judo pictogram

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Sitting volleyball pictogram (Paralympics)

Sitting volleyball * Table tennis pictogram (Paralympics)

Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

Wheelchair basketball pictogram (Paralympics)

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Wheelchair tennis pictogram (Paralympics)

Wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, ...

Medal table

References

External links

1999 FESPIC Games Official website
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