1992 Winter Paralympics - 1992 Winter Paralympics Events, Nations at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, Great Britain at the 1992 Winter Paralympics (Paperback)

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: 1992 Winter Paralympics Events, Nations at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, Great Britain at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, Alpine Skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, Cross-Country Skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, Estonia at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, Liechtenstein at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, Netherlands at the 1992 Winter Paralympics. Excerpt: Great Britain competed at the 1992 Winter Paralympics held in Tignes and Albertville, France, the first Winter Paralympics to be celebrated concurrently with the Winter Olympic Games. The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom; athletes from Northern Ireland, who could later elect to hold Irish citizenship under the pre-1999 article 2 of the Irish constitution, were only eligible to represent Great Britain at this time. However no Northern Irish athletes took part in the Winter Paralympics until 2010 in Vancouver. In order to be eligible to take part in the Games athletes had to have a disability that fell into one of the six Paralympics disability categories. The British team entered athletes in all three disciplines and won five medals, one silver and four bronze, finishing fifteenth in the medal table. This remains Great Britain's second best Winter Paralympic medal total after the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria, where the team won ten medals. All five medals were won in alpine skiing events, two by Richard Burt and three by Matthew Stockford. In addition to the medal performances the team had fourteen top ten finishes. The achievements of the British Paralympic team at the 1992 Winter Games helped to raise awareness of sports for disabled athletes. These were the first Games, along with the Summer Games in Barce... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=26422095