Ludwig Guttmann
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Sir Ludwig Guttmann was a German-British neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people with disabilities that evolved in England into the Paralympic Games. A Je
Guttmann in 1976
Guttmann presenting gold medal to Tony South at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv
Guttmann on a 2013 Russian stamp from the series "Sports Legends"
Ludwig Guttmann Statue, Stoke Mandeville, 2025
Paralympic Games
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The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since t
Ludwig Guttmann
…neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people with disabilities (PWD) that evolved in England into the Paralympic Games. A Jewish doctor who fled Nazi Germany just before the start of the Second World War, Guttmann was a founding father of organized physical activities…
IPC headquarters in Bonn
Opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens
A medal ceremony during the 2010 Winter Paralympics