● Introduction: (Ale)

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● Who we are and maybe History (Alexandra)
The International Paralympic Committee was founded on 22 September of 1989 as a
non-profit organisation. Thanks to the unique combination of ever-improving athletic
performance and increased global awareness, over the years it has become the number
one event to advocate for social inclusion and aims to advance the Paralympic
movement so that athletes can showcase their abilities and achieve sporting excellence.
Some of the values that the movement has adopted to act as a reference for all those
involved in sport are:
- Courage
- Determination
- Equality

● Classification research (Joa).

Para-sport is threatened by the possibility of an athlete competing against another

athlete with a lesser degree of disability, this is totally against the interests of the
organization, so para-athletes are placed in categories to compete according to their
disability; these are called sport classes.
Different sports require athletes to perform different activities, such as sprinting, pushing
a wheelchair, rowing and shooting. Because sports require different activities, the impact
of disability in each sport also varies.
Therefore, in order for the classification to minimize differences in disability, it must be
carefully crafted.

The classification consists in three stages:

1. Does the athlete have an eligible disability for this sport?
It is the first step to know if the athlete can participate. Eligible disabilities for the
organization are: muscle strength impairment, passive range of motion impairment,
limb impairment, among others.

2. Does the athlete's eligible disability meet the sport's minimum disability criteria?
The Paralympic classification rules for each sport describe how severe an eligible
disability must be for an athlete to be considered eligible.
Examples of minimum impairment criteria might be a maximum height for short
stature, or an amputation level for athletes with limb impairment.
 3. Which sport class most accurately describes the athlete's activity limitation?
If an athlete is eligible for a sport, the classification panel will evaluate in which sport
class he/she will compete. A sport class groups athletes with a similar activity
limitation for competition so that they can compete equally.

This, again, means that sport classes are different per sport.

● THE REFUGEE PARALYMPIC TEAM(Lu): https://www.paralympic.org/refugee-

paralympic-team

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Did you know that for the 2020 Japan Olympics they had a refugee paralympic
team. This team represents the more than 82 million people around the world
who have been forced to flee war, persecution, and human rights abuses, 12
million of whom live with a disability. Six refugees join the Refugee Paralympic
Team to spread a message of inclusion, solidarity and hope with other displaced
people.
For example, we have the story of Ibrahim Al Hussein who’s from Syria, where civil
wars have persisted for a decade. He has been through an accident that changed his
life, Ibrahim’s right leg was severely injured in a bomb explosion and had to be
amputated.Ibrahim has been good at swimming since he was a child. Even though he
had lowered mobility, he did not give up on his dream after the attack. “I want every
refugee to have opportunities in sport. I can’t imagine life without sports,” Ibrahim said.

● Athletes (Cami)
ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVES
Para athletes play a major role in the governance and management of the Paralympic
Movement.

Here you can find the athlete representative for every Paralympic sport, Regional
Organisation and IPC Standing Committee.

Interested in becoming an athlete representative, or having your organisation develop

athlete representatives? The IPC Athletes' Council have provided a helpful tool below:

Athletes’ Council Athlete Representative Guidelines

Conseil des athlètes Directives des représentants des athlètes
Consejo de Atletas Directrices del Representante de Atletas
Guide to creating and establishing an effective Athletes' Council (English only)
International Federation Athlete Representatives

SPORT INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE

Para alpine skiing World Para Alpine Skiing (WPAS) Adam Hall -
kiwiskiracer@gmail.com
Para archery World Archery (WA) Eric Bennet - ericbennett.az@gmail.com
Para athletics World Para Athletics (WPA) Stephen Miller MBE -
stephen@smilethroughsport.com
Para badminton Badminton World Federation (BWF) Richard Perot -
perot.richardbad@gmail.com
Para biathlon World Para Nordic Skiing (WPNS) Mark Arendz -
markushook@hotmail.com
Boccia Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) Kwan Hang Wong -
wkhmax@outlook.com
Para canoe International Canoe Federation (ICF)Amanda Jennings -
ratbag1118@gmail.com
Para cross-country skiing World Para Nordic Skiing (WPNS) Mark Arendz -
markushook@hotmail.com
Para cycling Union Cycliste International (UCI) Colin Lynch - colinlynch@gmail.com
Denise Schindler - denise.schindler1@gmail.com
Para equestrian Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) Dr. Angelika Trabert -
caillean82@gmx.de
Football 5-a-side International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Gael Riviere -
gaelriviere@hotmail.fr
Goalball International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Ana Carolina Duarte -
duarteanacarolina@outlook.com
Para ice hockey World Para Ice Hockey (WPIH) Andrea Macri -
andrea_mc91@hotmail.com
Para judo International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Nicolina Pernheim -
nicolina.pernheim@gmail.com
Para powerlifting World Para Powerlifting (WPPO) Sherif Osman -
shampionofworld@yahoo.com
Para rowing World Rowing Federation (FISA) Moran Samuel -
moran.sam.5@gmail.com
Shooting Para sport World Shooting Para Sport (WSPS) Aki Taguchi - asian-
hope@sakai.zaq.ne.jp
Sitting volleyball World ParaVolley (WPV) Jose Rebelo -
athletes@worldparavolley.org
Para snowboard World Para Snowboard (WPS) Keith Gabel -
nubtacular@gmail.com
Para swimming World Para Swimming (WPS) David Smetanine -
david.smetanine@wanadoo.fr
Para table tennis International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Alena Kanova
- alena.kanova@azet.sk
Para taekwondo World Taekwondo (WT) Lisa Standeven -
standevenlisa@gmail.com
Para triathlon International Triathlon Union (ITU) Jonathan Goerlach -
jono0711@hotmail.com
Sally Pilbeam - spilbeam@bigpond.com
Yannick Bourseaux - yannickbourseaux@yahoo.fr
Wheelchair basketballInternational Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Erica
Gavel - erica.gavel@ontariotechu.ca
Wheelchair curling World Curling Federation (WCF) Patrick MacDonald -
athlete.commission@worldcurling.org
Wheelchair fencing International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS)
Chui Ye (Alison) Yu - yuchuiye@hotmail.com
Wheelchair rugby International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) Jens
Sauerbier - jenssauerbier@googlemail.com
Wheelchair tennis International Tennis Federation (ITF)Lucy Shuker -
lucyshuker@hotmail.com