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(CPISRA), so they called also CPISRA World Games. The Games were originally held in 1976 by neurologist Sir

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, who organized a sporting competition involving

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at the

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rehabilitation facility in Aylesbury, England, taking place concurrently with the first post-war Summer Olympics in

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. In 1952, the

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joined in the event, creating the first international sports competition for disabled people. In 1960, the Ninth Stoke Mandeville Games were held in

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, following that year's

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. These are considered to be the first Paralympic Games. The 2012 Paralympic mascot Mandeville was named after Stoke Mandeville Hospital. While the Paralympic Games evolved to include athletes from all disability groups, the Stoke Mandeville games continued to be organized as a multi-sport event for wheelchair athletes. Games were held annually in Aylesbury under the direction of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), which became the

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(ISMWSF).

Games

Results

2015

CPISRA World Games Nottingham 2015

2018

Over 600 participants from 30 countries in 5 sports:

Sports

# Athletics # Boccia # CP Football # Swimming # Wheelchair Slalom

Results

* http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/para-athletics-thursday.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/para-athletics-friday.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/para-athletics-saturday.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/boccia-pools-individual.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/boccia-pairs-teams.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/boccia-final-classification.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cp-football-results.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IFCPF-Female-CP-Football-Match-Report.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/para-swimming-session1.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/para-swimming-session2.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/para-swimming-session3.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wheelchair-slalom-erasmus.pdf * http://cpisra.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wheelchair-slalom-official.pdf

2023

TBD.

References

External links

CPISRA World Games
from the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) website
CPISRA World Games Nottingham
from the Cerebral Palsy Sport (cpsport) website {{DEFAULTSORT:Cerebral Palsy Games Disabled multi-sport events Recurring sporting events established in 1978 Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes

Games

Results

2015

2018

Sports

Results

2023

See also

References

External links