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The History of Wheelchair Basketball

Wheelchair Netball! The history of wheelchair basketball is an interesting story. Here are a few images that tell a story about events, people and places that have played a role in the history of wheelchair basketball
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several people in wheelchairs playing basketball on a court with an american flag hanging from the ceiling
Puerto Rico
Netball
Wheelchair Basketball
Basketball Championship
Central American
Wheelchair
Amazing Stories
Games To Play
Stationary Bike
Trying out the new 3on3 rules. Games played during the Central American and Caribbean Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Puerto Rico, 2012
four men in suits and ties sitting on a bench at a basketball court with their legs crossed
London
Basketball
History
IMG_8871
London 2012 IWBF IMG_8871 by mbw761, via Flickr
a man standing at a podium holding a microphone
Sports
Canada Basketball
Wheelchair Sports
30 Years
maureen orchard images
Maureen Orchard, President IWBF Pioneer in the sport of Wheelchair Basketball for over 30 years. Member of provincial, national and international sporting organizations including: Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association, Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association, Canadian Paralympic Committee, Canada Basketball, Basketball Manitoba, and FIBA
an empty parking lot in front of a building
Health Care
Buckinghamshire England
Basketball History
Emergency Department
Critical Care
Sweet Home
Stoke Mandeville Hospital - Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, an important part of Wheelchair Basketball History. 1944, Ludwig Guttmann,adapted existing sports to use wheelchairs - it was called Wheelchair Netball and it began right here
an old photo of a man throwing a ball in the air on a baseball field
Hidden History
Beyond Words
80 Years
Over The Years
The First
From the first BLESMA Disabled Games held in Stoke Mandeville. Ludwig Guttman, founder of the Paralympics, attended as well.
an old photo of a man in a suit and tie pointing at something with his finger
Rome
The Olympics
Bring It On
Dr Ludwig Guttmann
Dr. Ludwig Guttmann helped bring Wheelchair Sports to the Olympics, later becaming known as the Paraylmpics. Bringing the first paralympic athletes to Rome in 1960.