Canada sends six athletes, winning four medals (two gold, two bronze).Ĭanada sends a team of 94 athletes to the Paralympic Summer Games in Arnhem, Netherlands, winning 130 medals (64 gold, 35 silver, and 31 bronze) and finishing fourth in the medal table. The very first winter Games are also held in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden with two sports, alpine skiing and cross-country skiing. Following these Games, the Canadian government grants funds to be spent on developing sport opportunities for people with a disability. Canada wins 77 medals with a team of 89 athletes. These games are the first to include athletes with an amputation or visual impairment.
Robert Jackson, Toronto hosts the Torontolympiad, which later becomes known as the fifth Paralympic Games. Robert Jackson, who later becomes the first president of the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association and the founder of the pre-cursor to the Canadian Paralympic Committee.Ĭanada matches its total from the 1968 Games, winning 19 medals in Heidelberg, Germany with 40 participants.Īs a result of the efforts of Dr.
Canada’s participation is largely made possible through the efforts of Toronto orthopedic surgeon Dr. The first of what would ultimately be called the Paralympic Games is held in Rome, featuring 400 athletes from 23 countries.Ĭanada competes in its first Paralympic Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, sending 25 athletes and winning 19 medals. Ludwig Guttmann for injured serviceman in England in 1948, called the Stoke Mandeville Games and held the same day as the London 1948 Olympic Games opening ceremony. Origin of the Paralympic Games is from a wheelchair competition organized by Dr.
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