Paralympics

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 Paralympics: Let us now praise famous women

Enough of those stupid political conventions! It’s time for the Olympics! Or more to the point, the Paralympics, the quadrennial world stage where athletes with disabilities can speak the common language of sports and excel in ways that, for the last fifty-plus years, has reaffirmed the obvious – we are just like you.

International Paralympic Committee

Official website of the Paralympic Movement.

Paralympics GB

We are the British Paralympic Association, or the BPA. As the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for Great Britain, it is our responsibility to select, prepare, enter, fund and manage the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the Paralympic Games. This team is known as ParalympicsGB.

U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee

The USOPC is focused on protecting, supporting and empowering America’s athletes, and is responsible for fielding U.S. teams for the Olympic, Paralympic, Youth Olympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games, and serving as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic movements in the U.S.

Mallory Weggemann

Everyone has a “disability” – some just aren’t as evident as others. As a Paralympian, Weggemann not only addresses how society looks at disability, but also how society looks at disability in the pool.

Path to Success

Path to Success is supporting women in disability sport as they seek to achieve their dream of winning a Paralympic Medal.

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