Author: Steve Bailey
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Keywords: movement, paralympic, history, first, athlete
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 2008-02-26
List price: $109.95
ISBN-10: 0470058242
ISBN-13: 9780470058244

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 fir

Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Commi
Publisher: Stationery Office
Keywords: games, paralympic, olympic, london, budget
Published: 2008-04-30
List price: $25.50
ISBN-10: 0215514653
ISBN-13: 9780215514653

Author: Richard I. Cashman
Publisher: Walla Walla Press
Keywords: games, paralympic, sydney, benchmark
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 2008-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1876718056
ISBN-13: 9781876718053

Author: Robin Johnson
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Keywords: sports, olympic, winter, events, paralympic
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-08
List price: $26.60
ISBN-10: 0778740250
ISBN-13: 9780778740254

This entertaining series features fascinating quick-reference guides to all the Winter Olympic sports and events. Filled with fun facts, dramatic stories, and dynamic photographs, each book is a terrific guide to both historical and current records, as well as to the reigning Olympic champions. The Paralympics are a series of sporting events for elite athletes with different physical abilities. This book examines the five Paralympic winter sports - alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, ice sledge hockey, and wheelchair curling - and the athletes who compete in them. Prepare to be insp