wheelchair sports
Seated competitive games
Wheelchair sports are athletic competitions designed for or adapted to athletes who use wheelchairs, whether due to spinal cord injuries, amputations, or other mobility impairments.
Some sports like wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby were created specifically for wheelchair users; others adapt existing sports with modified rules.
She competed in wheelchair tennis at the Paralympics.
- Special OlympicsSports for intellectual disabilities
- gold medalistCompetition's top performer
- medal ceremonyFormal prize-giving event
- Invictus GamesWounded military athletic competition
- court surfaceAthletic competition ground
disability rights · track event · hand cycle · boccia · mental resilience · community building · classification system · Paralympic Games · advocacy groups · access ramp · universal design · Paralympian · personal best · team spirit · shock absorbers · stress reduction · sit-ski · public awareness campaigns
- adaptive recreationadaptive skiing, adaptive equipment, parasports, accessible trails, beach wheelchairs
- accessibilityadaptive skiing, accessibility features, handcycling, sled hockey, boccia
- Adaptive PEadaptive equipment, modified rules, boccia, goalball, sitting volleyball
- leisure activitiesrelax, watching, unwind, walking, chill
- therapeutic activitiesoccupational therapy, play therapy, aquatic therapy, equine therapy, bibliotherapy
- veteran rehabVA hospital, VA hospitals, veterans hospital, veterans affairs, veteran affairs
wheelchair sportsOlympic sports
Athletic competitions at Games
wheelchair sportsfoot races
Competitive running events
track and field · marathon running · sprinting · gymnastics · figure skating
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