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Story: Disabled sport

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Development of disabled sport

  3. Paralympics

  4. Special Olympics and Deaflympics

  5. Promoting disabled sport

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Development of disabled sport

Murray Halberg at the Rome Olympics, 1960

Murray Halberg at the Rome Olympics, 1960

Race at the annual limbless soldiers' picnic, 1920s

Race at the annual limbless soldiers' picnic, 1920s (1st of 2)

Riding for the Disabled

Riding for the Disabled (2nd of 2)

Father Leo Close

Father Leo Close

Pompey Heremaia at the Perth Games, 1962

Pompey Heremaia at the Perth Games, 1962

Boccia

Boccia (1st of 2)

Goalball

Goalball (2nd of 2)

From page 2 - Paralympics

1968 Paralympic team

1968 Paralympic team

Eve Rimmer

Eve Rimmer

Neroli Fairhall

Neroli Fairhall

Liam Malone, Rio, 2016

Liam Malone, Rio, 2016

From page 3 - Special Olympics and Deaflympics

Special Olympics at the Caledonian Ground, Dunedin, 2009

Special Olympics at the Caledonian Ground, Dunedin, 2009

Jenny Metcalfe

Jenny Metcalfe

Deaf  Rugby World Championships final 2002

Deaf Rugby World Championships final 2002

From page 4 - Promoting disabled sport

Halberg Disability Sport Foundation

Halberg Disability Sport Foundation

Disabled Snowsports New Zealand

Disabled Snowsports New Zealand

Sophie Pascoe, Halberg Award winner

Sophie Pascoe, Halberg Award winner

Halberg Junior Disability Games

Halberg Junior Disability Games

How to cite this page:

Ian McDonald, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/disabled-sport/media (accessed 10 December 2019)

Story by Ian McDonald, published 5 Sep 2013, reviewed & revised 2 Aug 2017

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