World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR) is the international governing body for the sport of
wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is practised in over twenty-five countries around the world and is a summer Paralympic sport.
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WWR is a volunteer-run organisation that supervises the international competitions and development of wheelchair rugby.
It was created in 1993 as a sport section of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF). (The ISMWSF is known as the
International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) since 2005). WWR became an independent sport federation on 1 January 2010.
About the Sport
Official site of World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR)
See also
* Wheelchair Rugby World Championships
* IWRF Americas Championship
* IWRF European Championship
* IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship
* International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS)
References
External links
Official site
Wheelchair rugby
Paralympic Games
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