Intro to para sport Flashcards
important milestones in paralympic movement?
1944: Opening of Spinal Cord Centre Stoke Mandeville
1948: First Stoke Mandeville Games
1952: First International Stoke Mandeville Games
1960: First Paralympics Games Rome Italy
400 athletes from 23 countries—1976: First winter Paralympic Games (Sweden)
1984: Split Paralympic Games by disability/ Demonstration events in Olympic Games
1988: Unified Paralympic and Olympic Games (same city)
Seoul, Korea 1988 Summer Games
Albertville, France (1992) Winter Games
1989: IPC Founded
Guttman sees sport as rehbilitation
Paralympic symbol
- composed of 3 agitos
- agito meaning i move in latin
- red blue and green are the 3 colours
- circles encircle centre point that symbolises bringing together of athletes
IPC International Paralympic Committee
global governing body of the paralympic movement
- organizes the summer and winter games
- serves as international federation for 9 sports
Sport Governance
governance of 26 sports falls under responsibility of different bodies
- IPC sports (International, paralympic committee)
- IOSD Sports, (international organization of sport for the disabled)
- IF sports, international federation
IPC what sports?
9 sports, world championships and other contests
- alpine skiing
- athletics
- biathlon
- cross country skiing
- ice sledge hockey
- powerlifting
- shooting
- swimming
- wheelchair dance
IOSD Sport
7 IOSD sport in paralympic program
cerebral palsy international sport and rec association
- boccia
- football 7 a side
international blind sport federation
- football 5 side
- goalball
- judo
international wheelchair and amputee
- wheelchair fencing
- wheelchair rugby
IF Sports
9 sports in paralympic program governed by IF
- archery
- cycling
- equestrian
- rowing
- sailing
What is classification
cornerstone of elite sport
- systems designed to create a fair equitable and level playing field. intention to encourage the pursuit of sport excellence
- each classification describes type, severity and method of classifying eligible impairments
Classifications
Non disability sport
Gender
weight
age
skill level
Classifications
Disability sport
gender weight age skill level sensory disability (Medical profile) motor function (Sport specific)
class para sport: athletes with disabilities grouped in classes defined by the degree of function presented by disability
6 different disability groups in paralympic movement
- amputee
- cerebral palsy
- visual impairment
- spinal cord injuries
- intellectual disability
- les autres (does not fit) (The others)
Classification code
2007 ipc developed code
support and coordinate development of accurate, reliable and consistent sport classification systems.
- adhere to international standards which are:
1. athlete evaluation
2. protests and appeals
3. classifier training and certification
Classifier
person authorized by an IF to evaluate athletes, while serving as member of a classification panel
classification pannel is group of classifiers appointed for particular competition by IF
Doping infractions in para sport
intentional inducing of autonomic dysreflexia AD, by causing a painful stimulus below the level of injury, intent to raise blood pressure.
- used by athletes with spinal cord injury
- performance enhanced by 15%
- banned 1994
prevalence 2008, 16.7 % of athletes being wheelchair rugby
term known as boosting
The role of technology
role of science especially to othrosis, prosthesis and wheelchairs. making users of these devices more functional
model of tech change: Antecedents - accidents -medical conditions - war increase users of prothesis and wheelchairs
role of technology is to provide functionality
- lighter
- complex
- external regulation
- internally attached
