10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHEELCHAIR OLYMPICS»
Discover the use of
wheelchair Olympics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
wheelchair Olympics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The British
Olympics: Britain's Olympic Heritage 1612-2012
... informally the Games were equally referred to as the 'Wheelchair Olympics', or
as the 'Paraplegic Games'. It was also during this period that the term 'paralympic'
gained currency. Having been coined, it is believed, during the 1950s, it made ...
Martin Polley, Simon Inglis, 2013
"One day I got the idea of picking up a tennis racket and trying to play from my
wheelchair," said Parks, who is a champion in wheelchair track and has won four
gold medals in the National Wheelchair Olympics. . "I discovered it could be done
...
3
Nine Ms and a Mother Like No Other: Our Journey from Messed ...
I'd often tease her, in fact, about the way she'd whip around the kitchen in one fell
swoop from fridge to counter to sink, that she had gotten so good maneuvering
the thing that she should enter the wheelchair Olympics. As the weeks and ...
He competed in the National Wheelchair Games and the quadrennial Wheelchair
Olympics where he won gold medals in discus, javelin, slalom and singles and
doubles table tennis. Born in Washington, D. C., Wilkins had worked his way up ...
After graduation, Fairbanks moved to Orange County and became involved in
track and field events for wheelchair athletes, ultimately participating in the
Wheelchair Olympics in Tokyo in 1964. He captured two gold medals — one as
the ...
Another recreation-oriented organization is the UT Wheelchair Athletic
Association, which took first place honors at the fourth annual Wheelchair
Olympics, held at the University of Houston last April. Their wheelchair basketball
team, the ...
7
The Complete Guide to Indoor Rowing
After the Second World War there were rehabilitation programmes for injured
soldiers and civilians involving games that were adapted from various sports. In
1948 the Olympic Games was held in London, during which a wheelchair
Olympics ...
Jim Flood, Charles Simpson, 2012
You could race it in the Powered Wheelchair Olympics. You're sure to win the
ninety-nine-year-old age group.” “The Titanic. Isn't this all the damndest thing, Dot
?” Chapter 15 Reverend Charlie Donahue did not suffer fools gladly. 90 Peter K.
She addressed a fund raiser, sharing the platform with George Murray, the
national champion in the wheelchair Olympics and the wheelchair Boston
Marathon, and her old Olympic swimming friend, Ann Curtis Cuneo. "The
challenged athletes ...
Russell Wilcox Ramsey, Russell W. Ramsey, 1988
10
Legends In Their Time: Young Heroes and Victims of Canada
... medals in the British Columbia games and a gold, silver and bronze medal in
the 1980 Wheelchair Olympics. His hmous "Man in Motion" tour covered 40,000
kilometres and raised $20,000,000. He is currently President and CEO of the
Man ...
