Some Paralympic sports are only designed for ... BC1 - Athletes with cerebral palsy who are allowed to use their hands or ...

Taking its name from the Italian word for “ball,” boccia was originally developed as a competition for people with cerebral palsy, a condition affecting the brain that controls muscle movement. Today, ...

It is one of only two Paralympic sports that do not have an Olympic counterpart ... Boccia is a game of strategy and accuracy that was originally designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy.

won a silver medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in the men’s 100-meter T38 final. For those unfamiliar, the T38 is disability ...

Just four years later at the Arnhem 1980 Paralympics there were events for athletes with cerebral palsy. Despite the improvements, the Paralympic Games were still not considered an equal or ...

To compete in Paralympic soccer, athletes must have a disability from cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, or stroke. Like most of his teammates, Ahrens has cerebral palsy (CP). “It affects ...

You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities, including mobility ...

Read on for all the Jewish and Israeli Paralympic medalists in Paris, listed in order of medal type. Dadaon, a Haifa native who was born with cerebral palsy, also won silver in the men’s 150 ...

The sport is open to male and female athletes who have a physical impairment in the lower half of their body, including spinal-cord injuries, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and double-leg ...

Noah Jaffee, born with cerebral palsy, started swimming competitively at the age of 10. Making his Paralympic debut this year, the 21-year-old has already had World Championship success.

The Haifa native was born with cerebral palsy and started swimming at 6 years ... Dadaon won three medals at the Tokyo Paralympics: Gold in the 200-meter freestyle S4 (an event in which he set ...