richmond olympic oval corporation

A Fully Accessible Facility
The Richmond Olympic Oval is proud to be a barrier-free, fully accessible
facility, providing disabled athletes with another route to the Paralympic
podium and the public another route to their own personal podiums.
Here is a list of many of the accessible features that can be found at
the Oval:
↑ RIVERPORT COMMUNTIY PADDLING CENTRE
The Win Tech adaptive rowing seats are also used in the Riverport
Community Paddling Centre. This, along with the Oval’s custom adaptive
rower transfer unit, makes the sports of rowing and paddling as
inclusive as possible.
↑ WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE CLIMBING WALL
Wheelchairs can access a rappel deck via a specially designed sky bridge that connects the
Fitness Centre to the climbing wall.
↑ TEAM ELEVATOR
Our all-glass elevator can lift a team of up
to 12 wheelchair athletes from our 10 team
rooms on the ground floor to the second floor
Activity Level, making larger scale adaptive
sport competitions possible at the Oval.
↑ ACCESSIBLE FITNESS EQUIPMENT
The Richmond Olympic Oval offers the most accessible equipment of
any gym in BC. For example, the Technogym Inclusive line of equipment
is designed to be accessible to both disabled and able bodied exercisers,
featuring swing away seats and single handed adjustments for easy
use.
← EXTRA WIDE TEAM ROOM DOORS
All team room doors can accommodate the
extra wide wheel base of sport wheelchairs.
Additional pieces include an arm ergometer with wheelchair ramp, and a
Concept II Rowing Machine with a Win Tech adaptive rowing seat.
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2012 annual report | page 13