Cerebral Palsy Games Explained

Cerebral Palsy Games
Abbreviation:CP Games
Formation:1972
Website:http://www.cpsport.org/news/cpisra-world-games/

The Cerebral Palsy Games (or CP Games) are a multi-sport competition for athletes with a disability, which under the former name of the International Stoke Mandeville Games were the forerunner of the Paralympic Games. The competition has been formerly known as the International Cerebral Palsy Games or the Stoke Mandeville Games. Since the 1990s the Games are organized by the organisation Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA), so they called also CPISRA World Games.

History

The Games were originally held in 1976 by neurologist Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who organized a sporting competition involving World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital rehabilitation facility in Aylesbury, England, taking place concurrently with the first post-war Summer Olympics in London. In 1952, the Netherlands joined in the event, creating the first international sports competition for disabled people. In 1960, the Ninth Stoke Mandeville Games were held in Rome, Italy, following that year's Olympic Games. These are considered to be the first Paralympic Games.[1] [2] The 2012 Paralympic mascot Mandeville was named after Stoke Mandeville Hospital.[3]

While the Paralympic Games evolved to include athletes from all disability groups, the Stoke Mandeville games continued to be organized as a multi-sport event for wheelchair athletes. Games were held annually in Aylesbury under the direction of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), which became the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF).

In 2023, International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) and Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) mergered into World Abilitysport.[4] The first edition World Abilitysport Games was Nakhon Ratchasima 2023 in Thailand.

Games

No.YearGamesHost CityOpening CeremonyClosing CeremonyRef.
119721. International Cerebral Palsy Games London
219742. International Cerebral Palsy Games London
319763. International Cerebral Palsy Games Montrodat
319784. International Cerebral Palsy Games EdinburghJuly[5] [6]
419805. International Cerebral Palsy Games Herentals
519826. International Cerebral Palsy Games Greve
619867. International Cerebral Palsy Games Gits
71989Robin Hood CP World Games Nottingham
81993Robin Hood CP World Games Nottingham[7]
91997Robin Hood CP World Games Delden8 May12 May[8]
102001CPISRA World Games
Robin Hood CP World Games		 Nottingham19 July29 July[9] [10] [11] [12]
112005CPISRA World Championships New London27 June11 July[13] [14] [15]
122015CPISRA World Games Nottingham6 August16 August[16]
132018CPISRA World Games Sant Cugat del Vallès[17]

Results

2015

2018

Over 600 participants from 30 countries in 5 sports:[18]

Sports

  1. Athletics
  2. Boccia
  3. CP Football
  4. Swimming
  5. Wheelchair Slalom

Results

2023

TBD.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: An Overview: 1969-1978 . cpisra.org . 2016-09-11 . 2016-09-19 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325082002/http://cpisra.org/dir/about-2/strategic-directions/ . 2016-03-25 .
  2. Web site: Paralympics traces roots to Second World War. September 5, 2008. CBC Sports. Randi Druzin.
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/london_2012/8690467.stm BBC Wenlock and Mandeville
  4. Web site: 2020-01-21 . History - World Abilitysport . 2023-08-24 . worldabilitysport.org . en-GB.
  5. Web site: CPISRA 30th Anniversary 1978-2018. cpisra.org.za. 2016-09-11. 2016-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305083036/http://cpisra.org.za/files/documents/CPISRA_Presentation_History_Of_CPISRA.pdf. 2017-03-05. dead.
  6. Web site: History. ifcpf.com. 2016-09-11. 2016-09-19.
  7. Web site: Cerebral Palsy Sport. cpsport.org. 2016-09-11. 2016-09-19.
  8. Web site: CP voetball, Interlands, Overzicht. cpvoetbal.nl. NL. 2016-09-11. 2016-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20170731135517/http://www.cpvoetbal.nl/Basis.aspx?Tid=2&Sid=1237&Hmi=7&Smi=1237. 2017-07-31. dead.
  9. Web site: CPISRA World Games is huge Success in Nottingham!. britishtaekwondo.org.uk. 2016-09-11. 2016-09-19.
  10. Web site: CP-ISRA MEETING SCHEDULES 2000 . cpisra.org . 2001-03-07 . 2016-09-19 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20000302222301/http://www.cpisra.org/ . 2000-03-02 .
  11. Web site: CP SPORT CALENDAR OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS (last updated 7/2/2001) . cpsport.org . 2001-03-06 . 2016-09-19 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20010306213804/http://www.cpsport.org/calendar.htm . 2001-03-06 .
  12. Web site: CP-ISRA World Games 2001 . cpisra.org . 2001-12-17 . 2016-09-19 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20011217223401/http://www.cpisra.org/worldgames . 2001-12-17 .
  13. Web site: 2005 CP-ISRA World Championships for Athletes with a Disability. olympic.cn. 2005-07-04. 2016-11-05.
  14. Web site: 2005 CP-ISRA World Championships . nationalsportsfestival.org . 2006-12-18 . 2016-11-05 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20051218025212/http://www.nationalsportsfestival.org/2005_results.htm . 2005-12-18 .
  15. Web site: 2005 CP-ISRA World Championships . ndsaonline.org . 2005-03-03 . 2016-11-05 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20050717092809/http://www.ndsaonline.org/ . 2005-07-17 .
  16. Web site: CP-ISRA World Games 2015 . cpsport.org . 2016-05-03 . 2016-09-19 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160503182941/http://www.cpsport.org/nottingham-2015-world-games/ . 2016-05-03 .
  17. Web site: CPISRA's premier international multi-sports event for elite and talented athletes. cpisra.org. 2016-09-11.
  18. Web site: World Games – CPISRA. 21 March 2019 .

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