The 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, retroactively designated as the 1960 Summer Paralympics, were the first international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were organised under the aegis of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation. The term "Paralympic Games" was approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first in 1984, while the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989.
The 1964 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, and were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
The 1968 Summer Paralympics were the third Paralympic Games to be held. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), they were known as the 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games at the time. The games were originally planned to be held alongside the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, but in 1966, the Mexican government decided against it due to difficulties. The Israeli government offered to host the games in Tel Aviv, a suggestion that was accepted.
The Israel Sports Center for the Disabled is an Israeli institution operated by ILAN aimed at rehabilitation of physically disabled people.
Wheelchair fencing at the 1984 Summer Paralympics consisted of fifteen events, eleven for men and four for women.
Israel, participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 held in Rome, Italy. The 1960 Paralympics, now considered to have been the first Paralympic Games, were initially known as the ninth Stoke Mandeville Games, an event for athletes with disabilities founded in Great Britain in 1948.
Amnon Weiss is an Israeli businessman and a former paralympic champion.
Also known as the 13th Stoke Mandeville Games, the 1964 Summer Paralympics was the 2nd Paralympic Games. Hosted in Tokyo, the games ran from 8 to 12 November. Australia won a total of 30 medals and finished fourth on the medal tally behind Italy (3rd), Great Britain (2nd) and the United States (1st). Australia competed in 6 of the 9 sports at the Games, winning medals in each of those sports, but was most successful in the pool, winning a majority of their medals in swimming events.
John Martin is an Australian Paralympic archer, athlete, table tennis player, wheelchair basketballer and wheelchair fencer who won three silver medals at five Paralympics. He was born in England and emigrated to Australia with his family at the age of 13.
Caz Walton OBE is a British retired wheelchair athlete and former Great Britain Paralympic team manager. She was a multi-disciplinary gold medallist who competed in numerous Paralympic Games. Between 1964 and 1976 she won medals in athletics, swimming, table tennis, and fencing. She took a break from the Paralympics, entering the basketball and fencing competitions in 1988. In total Walton won ten gold medals during her Paralympic career, making her one of the most successful British athletes of all time. Walton should also have been awarded gold in the 1968 Tel Aviv Women's Pentathlon incomplete but, due to a miscalculation of her total score which went unnoticed at the time, she was given third place and a bronze medal.
Zsuzsanna Krajnyák is a Hungarian Paralympic wheelchair fencer. She has won 11 medals at the Paralympic Games, with the first two coming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where she won two bronze medals. She has also won medals at European and World Championships. Krajnyák was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability in 2006.
Maria Cristina Perez Naranjo is a wheelchair fencing athlete from Spain. She won two bronze medals at the Summer Paralympic Games.
Shoshana Sharabi was an Israeli Paralympic athlete, wheelchair fencer and wheelchair basketball player. She won two gold medals in foil, and wheelchair basketball.
Ayala Malchan-Katz is an Israeli Paralympic athlete. Between the years 1968-1988 she participated in six Paralympic competitions and won 12 medals, of which 4 were gold.
Batia Shviki is an Israeli Paralympic athlete. She won two gold medals and one bronze medal. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
Ariela Meizannée Cohen is a former Israeli paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player. She won seven Paralympic medals, three individual medals in swimming and four medals as a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team.
Abraham (Avi) Strauch is a former Israeli weightlifter who won five Paralympic medals and set several world records.
Chemda Levynée Shevah is a former Israeli wheelchair fencer and wheelchair basketball player. She won eight Paralympic medals: one individual medal in wheelchair fencing, four medals as a member of the women's wheelchair fencing team and three medals, as a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team.
Rachel Tassa is a former Israeli wheelchair fencer and wheelchair basketball player. She won 11 Paralympic medals: two individual medals in wheelchair fencing, two medals in swimming and seven medals as a member of Israel's women's team in wheelchair basketball and wheelchair fencing.
Naora Ibn-Zahav is an Israeli Paralympic athlete. She won Paralympic medals in athletics and was a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team.
