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Describes the "other" Olympics: the Special Olympics for the mentally retarded and the Paralympics for the physically handicapped. ... Read more

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Title: U.S. Olympic and Paralympic training site.(Lakeshore Foundation)
Author: Jeff Underwood
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2003
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 19Issue: 4Page: 32(5)

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Olympic Wheelchair Racers of Mexico, Paralympic Athletes of Mexico, Saúl Mendoza, Salvador Hernandez, Perla Bustamante, Cristopher Tronco Sánchez, Mario Santillan, Jeny Velazco, Felix Zepeda. Excerpt: Saúl Mendoza (born January 6, 1967) is a former wheelchair racer, who competed at the Olympic and Paralympic levels. He acquired polio when he was 6 months old, and he grew up playing different sports. At the 2000 Olympic Games, he finished first in the demonstration event of Men's 1500m wheelchair. He finished second in the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won six medals in different athletics events at the Paralympic Games - 2 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze - in a career that spanned from Seoul 1988 to Beijing 2008. He was the flag-bearer for the Mexican team in the Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. The 2008 Paralympic Games were his sixth and final Paralympic appearance, as he had previously announced he would retire from competition after the Games.. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=987832 ... Read more

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Chapters: Paulo de Almeida Coelho, Carlos Amaral Ferreira, João Paulo Fernandes, Carlos Lopes, Gabriel Potra, Jose Alves, Jose Gameiro, Joao Paulo Fernandes,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paulo de Almeida Coelho is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal competing mainly in category T11 long jump events. He competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he won a gold medal in the men's 1500 metres T11 event, a silver medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay T11-T13 event and a bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres T10 event. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, a gold medal in the men's 100 metres T13 event, a gold medal in the men's 5000 metres T10 event, a silver medal in the men's 5000 metres T10 event and finished sixteenth in the men's 10000 metres T10 event. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, and a gold medal in the men's 1500 metres T11 event. He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished fifth in the men's 1500 metres T11 event and finished seventh in the men's 5000 metres T10 event. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21345989 ... Read more

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Chapters: Paulo de Almeida Coelho, Carlos Amaral Ferreira, Carlos Lopes, Gabriel Potra, Jose Alves, Jose Monteiro, Maria Fernandes, Luís Gonçalves, Jose Gameiro. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paulo de Almeida Coelho is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal competing mainly in category T11 long jump events. He competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he won a gold medal in the men's 1500 metres T11 event, a silver medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay T11-T13 event and a bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres T10 event. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, a gold medal in the men's 100 metres T13 event, a gold medal in the men's 5000 metres T10 event, a silver medal in the men's 5000 metres T10 event and finished sixteenth in the men's 10000 metres T10 event. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, and a gold medal in the men's 1500 metres T11 event. He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished fifth in the men's 1500 metres T11 event and finished seventh in the men's 5000 metres T10 event. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21345989 ... Read more

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Today the Paralympic Movement is recognised as a global sporting phenomenon attracting thousands of athletes from an ever-increasing number of countries. Athlete First provides a thoroughly researched history and analysis of the Paralympic Movement, including the development and organisation of the International Paralympic Committee. As well as recounting factual achievements and events, the book examines the position of sport and international competition for people with a disability within their changing historical context and in relation to the Olympic Movement and able-bodied sport.

• The first history of the origins and development of the Paralympic movement
• Examines disabled sport and international competition within their changing historical context
• Includes details of key players in the movement – on and off the field

Written in an accessible style by a recognised historian Athlete First will prove invaluable to researchers and professionals involved in the field of sport and disability as well as sport scientists and physical education specialists with an interest in sports history.

The Publisher appreciates the role played by the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) in bringing this publication to fruition, and acknowledges the financial assistance provided by the International Olympic Committee. ... Read more

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Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the French pedagogue and historian, could never have envisioned the legacy that would be spawned by his inspiration to resurrect the ancient Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. All that this nobleman did know was some of the myth and history of the Games of ancient Greece, where, during the time set aside for athletic competition, a universal truce was declared, and mankind's penchant for war and hostility subsided for a brief moment. That was the spirit of the past he was hoping to rekindle: man's inhumanity to man suspended while athletic performance, devoid of politics, could be witnessed, appreciated and rewarded. ... Read more

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