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JANUARY 27 - 31
IPC Biathlon and Cross Country World Cup
in Lanslebourg, France |
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FEBRUARY 3 - 4
Al Ain International Athletics Meeting for athletes with a disability
in the United Arab Emirates |
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FEBRUARY 12 - 14
Malmö Open for athletes with a disability
in Malmo, Sweden |
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| ATHLETE'S PROFILES |
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Beginning with photographs of the German amputee athlete HEINRICH POPOW , the amputee swimmers CHRISTIANE REPPE and XAVI TORRES we are now also showing photo sets with images of individual athletes on our website. These photographs have been taken over the years at various sports events for athletes with a disablity. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to find out more. |
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| WE4SPORTS |
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On November 7, 2009, sitting volleyball players met in Berlin for the last tournament of the 2009 WE4SPORTS series. Organized by the we4sports club, 6 teams from all over Germany had been competing over the year in Magdeburg and Berlin with the aim to give the participating teams and especially new players the chance to practice their skills and attract more visitors to the sport of Sitting Volleyball. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to find out more and view 56 photographs taken during the event. - CLICK HERE. |
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| WC CANCELED |
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| DEBRECEN 2009 |
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Amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities took part in the 2009 Hungarian Swimming Championships for athletes with a disability. The competition was held on September 5 and organized in the city of Debrecen, about three hours East of Budapest. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to view 56 photographs taken during the event in Debrecen. - CLICK HERE. |
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| TERRY FOX RUN 2009 |
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| MALMO OPEN 2009 |
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When the first Malmö Open for amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities were organized in 1977, only 25 table tennis players took part in the event. Thanks to the determination of one of Sweden's largest sports associations for disabled athletes, the Föreningen idrott för handikappade (FIFH), and the help and support of the Malmö Municipality, the competition has grown over the years and has recently attracted more than 2000 participants competing in 14 different events. Visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and view photographs taken during the Swimming and Ice Sledge Hockey Competition for amputees and athletes with other disabilities - CLICK HERE. |
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| PARALYMPICS ATHENS |
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| ROHAN MURPHY |
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| IRAQI PARALYMPIANS |
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| JACKIE FOSTER |
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| LISA BUFANO |
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Lisa Bufano from Boston, USA, who lost her legs and fingers at the age of 21, is telling her story of coming to terms with being an amputee in her work as an artist. She recently performed her first major dance work in New York. Listen to a story and watch videos of her performance on npr.org and make sure to visit Lisa Bufano's web site.
 STORY + VIDEOS ON NPR.ORG
LISA BUFANO'S WEBSITE | PODCAST |
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| SCOTT
RIGSBY |
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After becoming the first double
leg amputee to complete an Olympic
distance triathlon while running
on prosthetics, Scott Rigsby made
headlines again, when he completed
the 4th South Carolina Half-Ironman
Triathlon on October 1, 2006,
in just more than seven hours,
marking the first time that a
double amputee has finished a
half-ironman on prosthetic legs. More recently he completed
the Ironman Triathlon' in under 17 hours.
Find out more about Scott Rigsby
on his personal web site and view some photographs
by Alexey Tolchinsky.
SCOTT
RIGSBY HOMEPAGE
ALEXEY
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| NEW! HAFID ATIK |
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| THE AMPUTEE RAP |
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Watch leg amputee Josh Sundquist in his newest youtube video called "The Amputee Rap".
WATCH THE AMPUTEE RAP |
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| VANCOUVER 2010 |
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 Only a couple of weeks to go to the opening of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games to be held from March 12 to 21 in Vancouver, Canada. Hundreds of disabled athletes from around the world are expected to take part in various sports, including Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Biathlon, Ice Sledge Hockey, Bobsleigh and Curling. Find out more about the competition by visiting the Official Website.
VANCOUVER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
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| LEIPZIG 2009 |
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On November 28 and 29, 2009, sitting volleyball players met in Leipzig for the 3rd LE Sitting Volleyball Cup. The competition was organized in the ARENA sports complex and athletes from all over Germany and the Netherlands took part in the event. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to find out more and view 56 photographs. - CLICK HERE. |
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| WUPPERTAL 2009 |
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On November 14 and 15, 2009, amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities were in Wuppertal for this year's German Short Course Swimming Championships. The competition was organized in the swimming complex of Wuppertal's SSLZ sports center and athletes from all over Germany took part in the event. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to find out more and view 56 photographs. - CLICK HERE. |
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| ELBLAG 1 - 5 |
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From September 20 to 27, 2009, amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities met in Elblag, near Gdansk, for the 2009 European Championships in Sitting Volleyball for men and women. The competition was organized by the local sitting volleyball club IKS ATAK ELBLAG and teams from all over Europe took part in the tournament. Bosnia and Herzogovina won the Men's European Championships, while the team of the Netherlands won the women's competition. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to find out more and view five sets of photographs taken during the event. - CLICK HERE |
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| SLOVAKIA CUP 1 + 2 |
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| On September 19, 2009, amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities were in Bratislava for the 31st Slovakia Cup. Disabled swimmers from all over the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, Israel, Hungary, Spain and Romania took part in the competition. For some of the swimmers the Slovakia Cup was the last big test before the IPC European Swimming Championships for swimmers with a disability, held between October 18 and 24, 2009, in Reykjavik, Iceland. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information and two sets of photographs taken during the first day of the competition - CLICK HERE. |
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| ASEAN PARA GAMES |
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From August 15th to 19th more than 1200 amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities from 10 ASEAN member countries took part in the 2009 ASEAN Para Games in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. They competed in various sports, including Athletics, Sitting Volleyball, Table Tennis, Swimming, Sailing, Chess and Powerlifting. Thailand won the overall medal tally with 157 gold medals, Malaysia came in second and Vietnam third. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and five sets of photographs taken during the Athletics, Sitting Volleyball and Swimming competition. - CLICK HERE. |
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| BERLIN MARATHON |
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 On September 20, wheelchair racers and handbikers were in Berlin for the Handbike and Wheelchair race of the 2009 Berlin Marathon. For the 19th time Swiss Paralympic Athlete Heinz Frei won the wheelchair race, this year in a time of 1:28.38 h. The handbike competition was won by Torsten Purschke in 1:05:47 h.
BERLIN MARATHON PHOTOS:
2008 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2003 |
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| SINDELFINGEN 1 + 2 |
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From July 10 to 12, 2009, amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities from all over Europe and the United Arab Emirates were in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, for the 2009 German Disabled Athletics Championships. Visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and two sets of photographs taken during the competition - CLICK HERE. |
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| ANTWERP 2009 |
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From May 8 to 10, 2009, amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities from all over Belgium, the Netherlands, the Slovak Republic and other countries were in Antwerp for the 2009 IPC Belgian Swimming Open Championships. The competition was organized by the Vlaamse Liga Gehandicaptensport vzw (Flemish federation of sport for the disabled) and Wapper vzw (Sports club for athletes with an physical disability). Visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information and 80 photographs taken during the competition - CLICK HERE. |
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| JOSH SUNDQUIST |
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| OSCAR PISTORIUS |
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 From June 13 to 15, 2008, 455 athletes from 28 nations, including athletes from Poland, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Austria and the Netherlands, came to Berlin, where this year's International German Disabled Athletics Open was held at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadium in the city's trendy Prenzlauer Berg district. Among the many participants was also South Africa's most famous paralympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and two sets of photographs
GERMAN DISABLED OPEN SET 1
GERMAN DISABLED OPEN SET 2
BUY OSCAR PISTORIUS PROSTHETIC RUNNING LEGS PHOTO
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| PROSTHETIC ARM |
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 Lifelike prosthetic arms have been around for a number of years, trying to mimic the skin and hair of an amputees's original limb. Now, an international team led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has developed a prototype of the first fully integrated prosthetic arm that can be controlled naturally, enabled by Targeted Muscle Reinnervation, a technique that involves the transfer of residual nerves from an amputated limb to unused muscle regions. This technique provides for a more intuitive use of a prosthetic arm and allows for the natural sensation of grip strength and touch.
PROSTHETIC ARM PHOTO
JOHN HOPKINS WEBSITE ARTICLE
BIONIC ARM NEWS ARTICLE |
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| BETHANY
HAMILTON |
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 Only weeks after Bethany Hamilton
became an arm amputee because
of a shark attack while surfing
near Tunnels Beach in October
2003, she decided to go into the
waters again and has been actively
surfing ever since. Visit her
frequently updated web site for
upcoming events, go with her on a boat trip to Indonesia and check out her documentary DVD.
BETHANY
HAMILTON MOVIE DVD
BETHANY
HAMILTON BOAT TRIP
BETHANY
HAMILTON WEB SITE |
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