Goalball at the V Paralympic Games | |
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Goalball at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's team event.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Austria (AUT) | West Germany (FRG) A. Annasens W. Helmich W. Klein F. Maschmann K. Mikuszak | Denmark (DEN) |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Canada | 1 | |||||||||||||
Denmark | 3 | |||||||||||||
Denmark | 1 | |||||||||||||
West Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
United States | 1 | |||||||||||||
West Germany | 9 | |||||||||||||
Austria | 4 | |||||||||||||
West Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
Bye | ||||||||||||||
Austria | ||||||||||||||
Austria | 3 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Belgium | 1 | |||||||||||||
Israel | 0 | Denmark | 3 | |||||||||||
Belgium | 4 | Belgium | 2 |
The 1976 Summer Paralympics, branded as Torontolympiad – 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled, was the fifth Paralympic Games to be held. They were hosted by Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 4 to 12 August 1976, marking the first time a Paralympics was held in the Americas and in Canada. The games began three days after the close of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Goalball tournaments have been staged at the Paralympic Games since 1976, after being demonstrated in 1972.
Meica Jayne Horsburgh is an Australian goalball player. She began playing the sport in 2004, the same year she made her national team debut. After the national team took a three-year break, she was named the captain in 2010 and played in the Goalball World Championships. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and was at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Jennifer "Jenny" Blow is an Australian goalball player and is classified as a B3 competitor. Having only started playing the sport in 2009, she has several goalball scholarships. She plays for the New South Wales women's goalball team in the Australian national championships, where she has won three silver medals. As a member of the national team, she has competed in the 2010 World Championships, 2011 IBSA Goalball World Cup and the 2011 African-Oceania regional Paralympic qualifying competition. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, 2016 Summer Paralympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
Tyan "Little Girl" Taylor is an Australian goalball winger and is classified as a B3 competitor. In 2009, after only a month playing the sport, Taylor was named to the New South Wales team. She made the national team in 2011 and has played in the 2010 World Championships, 2011 IBSA Goalball World Cup and 2011 IBSA Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Champions. She represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
Nicole Esdaile is an Australian goalball player and is classified as a B2 competitor. She took up the sport in 1999, and made her national team debut in 2010. Subsequently, she has competed at the 2010 Goalball World Championships, 2011 IBSA Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Champions and 2011 IBSA Goalball World Cup. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
Rachel Henderson is an Australian goalball player and is classified as a B2 competitor. While only starting playing the game in 2010, she made the national team in 2011 and competed in the 2011 IBSA Goalball World Cup and 2011 African-Oceania regional Paralympic qualifying competition. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
Michelle Rzepecki is an Australian goalball player classified as a B3 competitor. She made her debut for the Australia women's national goalball team at the 2011 African-Oceania regional Paralympic qualifying competition. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
Georgina Kenaghan is an Australian goalball coach. She won the 2012 NSW/ACT Inspiration Medal in the Pride of Australia Awards. As the coach of the Australia women's national goalball team, she led the team at the 2010 World Championships in Great Britain, the first time the national team had competed internationally in three years. She coached the team at the 2011 IBSA Goalball Continental Championships and Paralympic Qualifier, and was the national team coach for Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where the team did not win a single game.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the men's goalball tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's goalball tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.
Austria men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Austria. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions.
The Israel men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Israel. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team has taken part in international goalball competitions.
Belgium men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Belgium. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The national team takes part in international competitions.
Denmark men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Denmark. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions.
Germany men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Germany. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's goalball tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the men's goalball tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's goalball tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the men's goalball tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.