There are only a couple of months to go to the start of the 2012
Paralympic Games in London and around the world disabled athletes are getting ready for the biggest sports event of the year. From March 9 to 11, 2012, amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities from Denmark, Israel, Sweden, India, the Netherlands, Germany and other countries met in Esbjerg for this year's International Danish Open Swimming Championships. Get more information and view two sets of photographs - CLICK HERE.

From October 9 to 15, 2011 amputee athletes and athletes with other disabilities from all over Europe are taking part in the Men's and Women's European Championships in Sitting Volleyball. The competition is being organized in Rotterdam's Topsport Center and teams from the following countries have been taking part in the event: The Netherlands, Russia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Latvia,Slovenia, Hungary, Finland, Ukraine, Great Britain, Azerbaijan. For some photographs taken during the tournament - please CLICK HERE.

From April 28 to May 1, 2011, amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities from around the world were in Berlin for the 25th International German Swimming Open for athletes with a disability. Remember a previous competition organized in Berlin and view some additional photographs taken in the year 2003. Some of the athletes which took part in the event back then are still competing, others have ended their career or became coaches or team officials. For more - please visit TALBRONSTEIN.NET.

From January 27 to 29, disabled athletes from around the world took part in this year's IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Malchow, Germany. Please visit our disability sports photo site to find out more about the competition and view 56 photographs taken during the first day of the event.- CLICK HERE.

From December 1 to 6, 2011, amputee and wheelchair athletes from Japan, Iran, China, Croatia, Poland, Russia, Germany and many other countries were in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, for the 2011 IWAS World Games. Participants took part in several sports, including athletics, swimming, power lifting and table tennis. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site to find out more, check results, watch a video and view three sets of photographs taken during the swimming and athletics competition and 56 photographs taken during the preparations for an amputee football show event, presented by the GB amputee football players and the Amputee Soccer team of Russia - CLICK HERE..

On September 10, 2011, the annual Sit Ball Laender- pokal tournament for amputees and athletes with other disabilities was organized in Kornwestheim, on the outskirts of Stuttgart. Sitball or Sitzball - as it is being called in German - was invented by amputees 60 years ago. It is played in several European countries but not during international competitions like the Paralympics. There are 120 registered Sitzball teams in Germany which have formed a strong community organizing small tournaments all year long. For some photographs taken during the tournament - please CLICK HERE.

From July 11th to 16th, sitting volleyball players from all over the world met for the 2011 ECVD Continental Cup. The competition was organized by Volleyball England with support from the National Lottery in the National Volleyball Center in the city of Kettering. In the last match of the tournament Bosnia beat Egypt to be crowned ECVD Champions 2011. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information and three sets of photographs taken during the competition - CLICK HERE.

From April 28 to May 1, amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities from around the world were in Berlin for the 2011International German Swimming Open for athletes with a disability. The competition was organized for the 25th time and more than 400 athletes from 28 nations took part in the event. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information and three videos taken during the competition - CLICK HERE.

As part of the IWAS Disabled Athletics series, amputee athletes and
athletes with other disabilities from all over the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and other countries met from May 27 to 29 in Emmen for the 2011 Dutch Open Disabled Athletics. Get more information and view three sets of photographs taken during the second day of the competition - CLICK HERE.

From May 20 to May 22, 201, this year's Slovakia Cup, the Open Slovak Swimming Championships for amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities, was organized in Bratislava. Swimmers from all over the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Croatia and Hungary took part in the event, which was organized for the 33nd time in the Slovak capital. To find out more and view two sets of photographs taken during the event - please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site - CLICK HERE.

Each year in September, thousands of Canadians and people from around the world take part in the Terry Fox Run to honor legendary leg amputee Terry Fox and to raise money for cancer research. Terry Fox, who lost his right leg above the knee to cancer at the age of 18, became well known when he ran across Canada in 1980 to show the capabilities of amputees and to raise money for research. Until today the foundation set up in his name has raised millions of dollars to continue what he has started.
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On November 29, 2010, Palestinian amputee athletes, blind athletes and wheelchair athletes were in Gaza City to take part in a sports competition for disabled athletes. The event was called "Sports for Change" and organized by the Palestinian Paralympic Committee with support of the European Union and Mercy Corps. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, two sets of photos and three videos taken during the competition. CLICK HERE.