| Paralympic Calendar |
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AUGUST 15 - 21
IPC Swimming World Championships for amputees and athletes with other disabilities
in Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
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AUGUST 25 - 29
Tetra Open Cologne Table Tennis
in Cologne, Germany |
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SEPTEMBER 17 - 19
Slovakia Cup Disabled Swimming
in Bratislave, Slovakia |
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| Amputee Soccer Argentina |
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| German Sitball 1 + 2 |
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 On April 23 and 24 sit ball enthusiasts from all over Germany met in Bad Kreuznach near Frankfurt for the 2010 German Sitball Championships. Sitball or Sitzball - as it is being called in German - was invented by amputees 60 years ago. It is played in several European countries but not during international competitions like the Paralympics. There are 120 registered Sitzball teams in Germany which have formed a strong community organizing small tournaments all year long. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information and two sets of photographs taken during event. |
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| Paralympic Day 2010 |
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For the second time the Paralympic Day was organized during the International Trade Show for Prosthetics and Orthotics in Leipzig, Germany. Among the sports presented were Sitting Volleyball, Wheelchair Basketball, Long Jump and also Sitting Football. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information and 56 photographs taken during event. |
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| Athletes Profiles |
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 Beginning with photographs of the German amputee athlete HEINRICH POPOW , the amputee swimmers CHRISTIANE REPPE (Photo) and XAVI TORRES we are now also showing photo sets with images of individual athletes on our web site. These photographs have been taken over the years at various sports events for athletes with a disability. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to find out more. |
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| Emmen 1 + 2 |
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| During this year's IWAS series amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities met on May 29 and 30 in Emmen, the Netherlands, for the 2010 Dutch Open Athletics. The competition was attended by disabled athletes from all over the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and many other countries. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and two sets of photographs taken during event. |
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| Hafid Atik |
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| Danish Open 1 + 2 |
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From March 12 to 14, amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities from all over Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Poland, Malaysia, Germany and other countries met in Esbjerg for the 2010 Danish Swimming Open for swimmers with a disability. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to find out more, check results and view two sets of photographs taken during the first and second day of the event. |
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| Terry Fox Run 2009 |
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| PARALYMPICS ATHENS |
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| The Amputee Rap |
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Watch leg amputee Josh Sundquist in his newest youtube video called "The Amputee Rap".
 WATCH THE AMPUTEE RAP |
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| Roha Murphy |
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| Iraqi Paralympians |
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| JACKIE FOSTER |
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| Lisa Bufano |
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Lisa Bufano from Boston, USA, who lost her legs and fingers at the age of 21, is telling her story of coming to terms with being an amputee in her work as an artist. She recently performed her first major dance work in New York. Listen to a story and watch videos of her performance on npr.org and make sure to visit Lisa Bufano's web site.
STORY + VIDEOS ON NPR.ORG
LISA BUFANO'S WEBSITE | PODCAST |
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| JOSH SUNDQUIST |
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| Scott Rigsby |
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After becoming the first double
leg amputee to complete an Olympic
distance triathlon while running
on prosthetics, Scott Rigsby made
headlines again, when he completed
the 4th South Carolina Half-Ironman
Triathlon on October 1, 2006,
in just more than seven hours,
marking the first time that a
double amputee has finished a
half-ironman on prosthetic legs. More recently he completed
the Ironman Triathlon' in under 17 hours.
Find out more about Scott Rigsby
on his personal web site and view some photographs
by Alexey Tolchinsky.
SCOTT
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ALEXEY
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| HAMBURG 1 + 2 |
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On June 19 and 20, 2010, Sitting Volleyball players from all over Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Poland were in Hamburg for this year's International Werner von Siemens Cup Sitting Volleyball Tournament. This year's competition was won by the team of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, the team of BV Leipzig came in second. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, including results and two sets of photographs taken during the first day of the competition. Please CLICK HERE. |
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| Leverkusen 1 + 2 |
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During this year's IWAS series, amputee athletes, wheelchair athletes and athletes with other disabilities met in the German city of Leverkusen for this year's IWAS Meeting. The competition which was held on June 9 attracted athletes from many countries, including athletes from Japan, New Zealand, Austria, Germany, the United Arab Emirates. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and two sets of photographs. |
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| Paralympic World Cup |
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 For the last years the BT Paralympic World Cup has been organized in the city of Manchester. Amputee athletes, wheelchair athletes and athletes with other disabilities have been competing in various competitions, amongst them swimming, wheelchair basketball and various track events. This year's BT Paralympic World Cup, which took place between May 25 and 31, 2010, has again attracted Paralympic athletes from many countries, including athletes from the People's Republic of China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Ukraine, Croatia. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information and some photographs taken during swimming event. |
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| Jonas Martens |
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 Belgian amputee swimmer Jonas Martens lost his right leg at the age of six. After chemotherapy and rehabilitation his physiotherapist encouraged him to get involved in sports. At first he tried out skiing, but later switched to swimming which he can practice all year long. He took part in the Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000 and also participated in the Athens Paralympics 2004. Find out more about Jonas Martens and view some photographs taken over the years at various swimming events for amputees and other disabled athletes - please click HERE.
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| Otto Bock Genium leg |
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| Vancouver 2010 |
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 An impressive closing ceremony officially ended the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada. From March 12 to March 21 disabled athletes from around the world took part in various sports, including Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Biathlon, Ice Sledge Hockey, Bob sleigh and Curling. With 13, Germany won the most Gold medals, followed by Russia (12 Gold medals) and Canada (10 Gold medals). Find out more about the competition by visiting the Official Website.
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| Nantes 1 + 2 |
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On January 16 amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities met in Nantes for the 2010 Championnat de France des Régions Handisport, the French regional swimming champs for disabled athletes. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to find out more and view two sets of photographs taken during the event.. |
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| Winter Paralympics 2010 |
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Who are the main players of the Paralympics? What are the main differences between the Winter and the Summer Games? Who wins the most gold medals? - Read and article by Gene Emmer of New Disability and get answers to these and other questions related to Paralympic Sports.
NEW DISABILITY.COM |
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| Elblag Sitting Volleyball |
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From September 20 to 27, 2009, amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities met in Elblag, near Gdansk, for the 2009 European Championships in Sitting Volleyball for men and women. The competition was organized by the local sitting volleyball club IKS ATAK ELBLAG and teams from all over Europe took part in the tournament. Bosnia and Herzogovina won the Men's European Championships, while the team of the Netherlands won the women's competition. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to find out more and view five sets of photographs taken during the event. - CLICK HERE |
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| ASEAN Para Games |
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From August 15th to 19th more than 1200 amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities from 10 ASEAN member countries took part in the 2009 ASEAN Para Games in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. They competed in various sports, including Athletics, Sitting Volleyball, Table Tennis, Swimming, Sailing, Chess and Powerlifting. Thailand won the overall medal tally with 157 gold medals, Malaysia came in second and Vietnam third. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and five sets of photographs taken during the Athletics, Sitting Volleyball and Swimming competition. - CLICK HERE. |
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| Berlin Marathon |
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 On September 20, wheelchair racers and handbikers were in Berlin for the Handbike and Wheelchair race of the 2009 Berlin Marathon. For the 19th time Swiss Paralympic Athlete Heinz Frei won the wheelchair race, this year in a time of 1:28.38 h. The handbike competition was won by Torsten Purschke in 1:05:47 h.
BERLIN MARATHON PHOTOS:
2008 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2003 |
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| SINDELFINGEN 1 + 2 |
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From July 10 to 12, 2009, amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities from all over Europe and the United Arab Emirates were in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, for the 2009 German Disabled Athletics Championships. Visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and two sets of photographs taken during the competition - CLICK HERE. |
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| Prosthetic Arm |
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 Lifelike prosthetic arms have been around for a number of years, trying to mimic the skin and hair of an amputees's original limb. Now, an international team led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has developed a prototype of the first fully integrated prosthetic arm that can be controlled naturally, enabled by Targeted Muscle Reinnervation, a technique that involves the transfer of residual nerves from an amputated limb to unused muscle regions. This technique provides for a more intuitive use of a prosthetic arm and allows for the natural sensation of grip strength and touch.
PROSTHETIC ARM PHOTO
JOHN HOPKINS WEBSITE ARTICLE
BIONIC ARM NEWS ARTICLE |
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| Oscar Pistorius |
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 From June 13 to 15, 2008, 455 athletes from 28 nations, including athletes from Poland, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Austria and the Netherlands, came to Berlin, where this year's International German Disabled Athletics Open was held at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadium in the city's trendy Prenzlauer Berg district. Among the many participants was also South Africa's most famous paralympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and two sets of photographs
GERMAN DISABLED OPEN SET 1
GERMAN DISABLED OPEN SET 2
BUY OSCAR PISTORIUS PROSTHETIC RUNNING LEGS PHOTO
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| Bethany Hamilton |
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 Only weeks after Bethany Hamilton
became an arm amputee because
of a shark attack while surfing
near Tunnels Beach in October
2003, she decided to go into the
waters again and has been actively
surfing ever since. Visit her
frequently updated web site for
upcoming events, go with her on a boat trip to Indonesia and check out her documentary DVD.
BETHANY
HAMILTON MOVIE DVD
BETHANY
HAMILTON BOAT TRIP
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