A wheelchair is a mobilized form of chair using 2 or more wheels, a footrest, and an armrest usually cushioned. It is used when walking is difficult or...
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Wheelchair racing at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme at the Athens Olympic Stadium on 22 August...
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Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is practiced...
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Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing...
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A motorized wheelchair, powerchair, electric wheelchair or electric-powered wheelchair (EPW) is a wheelchair that is propelled by means of an electric...
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Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France were held between 3 and 7 September. There was a total of sixteen events: eight events...
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World Abilitysport Games (redirect from Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games)
before 2023) are a parasports multi-sport event for athletes who use wheelchairs or are amputees. Organized by World Abilitysport (formerly IWAS), the...
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Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, including...
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2024 US Open (tennis) (redirect from 2024 US Open – Wheelchair women's singles)
showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand. The wheelchair events were not held this year due to scheduling conflicts with the Paris...
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Marathon (redirect from Wheelchair marathon)
can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair divisions. More than 800 marathons are held worldwide each year, with...
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Accessibility (redirect from Wheelchair accessible)
people with impaired mobility, through the provision of facilities like wheelchair ramps, the term can include other types of disability. Accessible facilities...
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A wheelchair ramp is an inclined plane installed in addition to or instead of stairs. Ramps permit wheelchair users, as well as people pushing strollers...
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World DanceSport Federation (WDSF). Wheelchair couple dances are for two wheelchair users or for one wheelchair user with a "standing" partner and include...
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ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late...
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A wheelchair lift, also known as a platform lift, or vertical platform lift, is a fully powered device designed to raise a wheelchair and its occupant...
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Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are...
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International Symbol of Access (redirect from Wheelchair symbol)
International Symbol of Access (ISA), also known as the International Wheelchair Symbol, denotes areas where access has been improved, mostly for those...
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Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France ran between 30 August and 7 September. It featured singles and doubles events in men's...
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Wheelchair fencing (also called Parafencing) is a version of fencing for athletes with a disability. Wheelchair fencing is governed by the International...
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the 2012 Paralympics. In wheelchair racing athletes compete in lightweight racing chairs. Most major marathons have wheelchair divisions and the elite...
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List of sports (section Wheelchair sports)
of sports played using wheelchairs Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair handball Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair rugby league Wheelchair tennis Sports which use...
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junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started...
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International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International...
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A mind-controlled wheelchair is a motorized wheelchair controlled by a brain–computer interface. Such a wheelchair could be of great importance to patients...
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lists of wheelchair tennis champions: List of men's wheelchair tennis champions List of women's wheelchair tennis champions List of quad wheelchair tennis...
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England, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior, wheelchair and Invitational tournaments were also scheduled. It was the 137th edition...
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Para table tennis (redirect from Wheelchair table tennis)
usual table tennis rules are in effect with slight modifications for wheelchair athletes. Athletes from disability groups can take part. Athletes receive...
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A wheelchair-accessible van is a vehicle that has been modified by increasing the interior size of the vehicle and equipping it with a means of wheelchair...
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IBOT (redirect from Stair-climbing wheelchair)
The iBOT is a powered wheelchair that uses gyroscopic technology to provide multiple operating modes for varied indoor and outdoor terrain. The current...
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2024 French Open (section Wheelchair men's singles)
2024, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments were also scheduled. It was the 123rd edition of the French...
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