Austria at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

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Austria at the
1972 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code AUT
NPC Austrian Paralympic Committee
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in Heidelberg
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Summer Paralympics appearances

Austria sent a delegation to compete at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany. They sent thirty two competitors, twenty two male and ten female. [1]

Disability classifications

Athletes at the Paralympics in 1972 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair. [2] This is in contrast to later Paralympics that include events for participants that fit into any of five different disability categories; amputation, either congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. [3] [4] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.


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