Netherlands_at_the_1972_Summer_Paralympics

Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Netherlands competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany. The team included 39 athletes, 26 men and 13 women.[1] Competitors from Netherlands won 38 medals, including 14 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze to finish 5th in the medal table.[2]

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Disability classifications

Athletes at the Paralympics in 1972 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair.[3] This is in contrast to later Paralympics that include events for participants that fit into any of five different disability categories; amputation, either congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[4][5] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing.[6]

Medalists

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Source: www.paralympic.org[8] & www.olympischstadion.nl[9][10][11][12]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Participation Numbers Stoke Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Medal Standings Stoke Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
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    "Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
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    "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
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    "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
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    "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Trouw / De Rotterdammer | 30 juli 1973 | pagina 3".
  8. [8]
    "Dutch Medal winners 1972 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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    "Paralympische wall of fame" (PDF). www.olympischstadion.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  10. [10]
    "Gevonden in Delpher - Algemeen Dagblad".
  11. [11]
    "Gevonden in Delpher - Algemeen Dagblad".
  12. [12]
    "Gevonden in Delpher - Leeuwarder courant : Hoofdblad van Friesland".
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