1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games information

Third Commonwealth Paraplegic Games was a multi-sport event that was held in Edinburgh, Scotland from 26 July to 1 August 1970. Dubbed the "little games",...

Andrews Cross and a thistle. The event was followed by the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes. In August 1966, the bid vote was held...

The Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were an international, multi-sport event involving athletes with a disability from the Commonwealth countries. The event...

Empire Games which was first held in Hamilton, Canada in 1930. As time progressed, the Games evolved, adding the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for athletes...

second Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica from 14 to 20 August 1966. There were 133 athletes from 10 countries. The Games were...

were also 3 Commonwealth Winter Games held in St Moritz 2 years after the summer Commonwealth Games, and 4 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games held immediately...

Together", sung by Steve Allen. The event was held after the 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Dunedin for wheelchair athletes. The event was the first...

player who represented her country at two Paralympic Games and two Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Darwin, She was on holiday...

direction and control of the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games, and is the governing body of the Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA). The headquarters...

The World Abilitysport Games (known as the IWAS World Games before 2023) are a parasports multi-sport event for athletes who use wheelchairs or are amputees...

gold at the European Champions Cup in 1994, and gold at the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games. In 1980, alongside Horst Strohkendl and Stan Labanowich,...

bronze medal in backstroke and wheelchair sprint. At the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Edinburgh, he won two bronze medals in breaststroke and...

the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth, Western Australia, specifically in athletics, archery and swimming. At the 1964 Tokyo Games, she won...

16 – 25 July: the 1970 British Commonwealth Games are held in Edinburgh. 26 July – 1 August – the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games are held in Edinburgh...

Commonwealth Paraplegic Games – Edinburgh, Scotland 1970". paralympicanorak. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2019. "Fourth Commonwealth Paraplegic Games – Dunedin...

archer. He first represented Australia in lawn bowls at the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Edinburgh, where he won a pairs gold medal . At the 1972...

event in table tennis. Injury forced her to withdraw from the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Edinburgh, and she retired from competition in that year...

every Commonwealth Games since the first Empire Games in 1930. The others are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. The Commonwealth Games is...

opposition. The term "parasports" arose as a portmanteau of the words paraplegic and sports.[citation needed] Other terms for the concept include adapted...

September 1970) is an Indian athlete. She started her career at the age of 30. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won...

the Australian Paralympic movement and the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, and helped to found the FESPIC Games. Bedbrook was born on 8 November 1921 in...

Bids for the Commonwealth Games is the process where Commonwealth Games Associations select from within their national territory cities to put forward...

30 straight years. At the 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, he served as New Zealand's Vice Captain. After the Games, he made the switch to wheelchair...