Stoke Mandeville Games

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The Stoke Mandeville Games were pioneering post-war sports competitions for athletes with disabilities that laid the foundation for what became the modern Paralympic Games.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf disability sport competition ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
associatedWith National Spinal Injuries Centre ⓘ
Stoke Mandeville Stadium ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
evolvedInto International Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ
Paralympic Games ⓘ
fieldOfWork adaptive sports ⓘ
physical rehabilitation ⓘ
sports medicine ⓘ
founder Ludwig Guttmann ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre parasport ⓘ
hasCategory archery competitions ⓘ
multi-sport events for disabled athletes ⓘ
wheelchair sports ⓘ
hasEffect laid the foundation for the Paralympic Games ⓘ
hasInfluenced policies on sport and disability worldwide ⓘ
hasLegacy integration of disabled athletes into international sport ⓘ
hasMotto rehabilitation through sport ⓘ
hasParticipantType civilians with spinal injuries ⓘ
military veterans ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
inception 1948 ⓘ
inspired development of national disability sport organizations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Aylesbury ⓘ
Buckinghamshire ⓘ
Stoke Mandeville Hospital ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first organized sports events for wheelchair athletes ⓘ
coinciding with the opening of the 1948 London Olympic Games ⓘ
pioneering classification systems for disability sport ⓘ
organizedInParallelWith 1948 Summer Olympics ⓘ
participant athletes with spinal cord injuries ⓘ
wheelchair athletes ⓘ
precededBy rehabilitation programs for injured soldiers at Stoke Mandeville Hospital ⓘ
predecessorOf Paralympic Games ⓘ
purpose promotion of sport for people with disabilities ⓘ
rehabilitation of injured war veterans ⓘ
recognizedBy International Paralympic Committee ⓘ
significantEvent first held on 29 July 1948 ⓘ
sport archery ⓘ
wheelchair sports ⓘ
startTime 1948 ⓘ
targetAudience people with disabilities ⓘ

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Paralympic Games → precededBy → Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ
Paralympic Games → originatedFrom → Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ
Paralympic movement → historicalRoot → Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ
1984 Winter Paralympics → governingBodyAtTheTime → International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation ⓘ
linked to: Stoke Mandeville Games
Stoke Mandeville Games → evolvedInto → International Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ
linked to: Stoke Mandeville Games
Ludwig Guttmann → founded → Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ
Mandeville → namedAfter → Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ
Stoke Mandeville Hospital → associatedWithEvent → Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ
Stoke Mandeville Stadium → associatedWith → Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ
Ludwig Guttmann → founded → Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ
subject linked to: Guttmann
1980 Winter Paralympics → organizedBy → International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation ⓘ
linked to: Stoke Mandeville Games
Stoke Mandeville → ParalympicMovementStartedWith → Stoke Mandeville Games ⓘ