- Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53
…(1899 - 1980) held the first Paralympic event in 1948. He was a German-born British neurologist. {{toc}} == From Stoke Mandeville == The first Paralympic sports competition were held in [[Buckinghamshire]], **[[England]] in 1948** and became known …
…as the **Stoke Mandeville Games**. Guttman wanted to give World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries or missing limbs from war injuries a se…
… games for athletes with a disability were held in Rome in 1960; officially called the// 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games//, these are considered to be the first Paralympic Games. The first Winter Paralympics were held in Örnsköld…