INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

Another Games within the Olympic movement is the Paralympics.
Started primarily through the efforts of the British doctor, Sir Ludwig
Guttmann, these games were initially physical activity for men with
spinal injuries suffered during the Second World War. Guttmann’s
Stoke Mandeville Games grew to an international event in the 1960s,
and began to incorporate athletes with other disabilities: amputees,
visual impairments, and intellectual disabilities. In 2004, the
International Paralympic Committee includes representation from 165
nations. A debate remains, however, as to whether the ethics of the
Olympic Games concerning athletic excellence and physical beauty
are compatible with the Paralympic goals of integration and
participation.
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