Wheelchair rugby at the 2022 World Games explained

Event:Wheelchair rugby
Year:2022
Dates:14–17 July 2022
Num Events:1
Next:2025 Chengdu

The wheelchair rugby competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham, Alabama in United States.Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Wheelchair rugby competition made its debut as invitational sport of The World Games programme and also was the first paralympic sport at the World Games program. As happening at the Paralympics, wheelchair rugby is a mixed team sport for male and female quadriplegic athletes.[3]

Medalists

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David Cowling
Nick Cummins
Sam Dickinson
Kylie Grimes
Daniel Kellett
Myles Pearson
Luke Wilson
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Yuki Hasegawa
Tomoaki Imai
Kotaro Kishi
Kae Kurahashi
Seiya Norimatsu
Takayuki Norimatsu
Hitoshi Ogawa
Hidefumi Wakayama
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Florian Bongard
Niklas Braschoss
Britta Kripke
Christian Riedel
Peter Schreiner
Thomas Schuwje
Robert Teichmann

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The World Games 2022 Sports programme . 2020-09-01.
  2. Web site: 2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH. reuters.com. 2020-09-01.
  3. Web site: Introduction to Wheelchair Rugby. International Wheelchair Rugby Federation. Wheelchair Rugby is a mixed team sport for male and female quadriplegic athletes. Men and women compete on the same teams and in the same competitions.. iwrf.com. 2021-05-31. 2021-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728133140/https://www.iwrf.com/?page=about_our_sport. dead.