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On June 13 and 14 the 2009 International Werner-von-Siemens Sitting Volleyball Cup was organized in Hamburg. Fifteen teams from all over Europe, including Denmark, the Nederlands, Bosnia, Finalnd and Germany took part in the competition, which was organized for the 20th time in the Northern German City. Visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and 80 photographs taken during the competition - CLICK HERE.
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2009 |
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JULY 4 - 5
International Para-Cycling Cup - Road
in Cantimpalos, Segovia, Spain |
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JULY 14 - 19
Belgian Open Wheelchair Tennis Champs 2009
in Jambes, Belgium |
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JULY 19 - 20
Japan National Swimming Championships for amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities
in Osaka, Japan |
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| BORDEAUX NATATION |
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From March 20 to 22, swimmers from all over France, Belgium and other countries came to Bordeaux for the 2009 Championnat de France Open de Natation Handisport, the French Winter Swimming Open for athletes with a disability. The competition was organized in the Creps Aquitaine Swimming complex in Talence, West of the Bordeaux city centre. Visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information and two sets of photographs taken during the competition - CLICK HERE |
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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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| BERRE L'ETANG '09 |
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 On January 18 and 19, amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities from all over France came to Berre L'Etang, near Marseille, for the 2009
Championnat de France des Régions Handisport. The competition was organized in the Claude JOUVE swimming complex and more than 100 disabled athletes took part in the event. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information and 80 photographs - CLICK HERE. |
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| PARALYMPICS ATHENS |
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| ROHAN MURPHY |
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| IRAQI PARALYMPIANS |
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| AMPUTEE FOOTBALL |
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 The 2007 Amputee Football World Championships were held from November 11 to 21 in Antalya, Turkey. The competition was attended by Amputee Soccer players from Brazil, Sierra Leone, Russia, the Ukraine, England, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Iran, Liberia and France and won by the amputee football team of Uzbekistan, which beat the team of Russia with 2 : 1 in the final game of the match. To find out more and view five sets of photographs - visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site. CLICK HERE.
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| TERRY FOX RUN |
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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
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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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| 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 Republik 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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| OBERHAUSEN 2009 |
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From April 24 to 26, disabled athletes from all over Germany were in Oberhausen for the 2009 German Sit Ball Nationals. Sit Ball is mostly played by leg amputees in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, but there are also several teams in Africa. Visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and 80 photographs taken during the competition - CLICK HERE. |
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| ESBJERG 2009 |
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From March 6 to 8, amputee swimmers and swimmers with other disabilities from all over Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and other European countries met in Esbjerg for this year's International Danish Open Swimming Championships. Visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and view two sets of photographs taken during the competition - CLICK HERE. |
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| PARALYMPICS BEIJING |
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From September 7 to 17, hundreds of amputee athletes, wheelchair athletes and athletes with other disabilities from around the world were in Beijing for the 2008 Paralympic Games, the second biggest sports event of the year after the Olympic Games. Athletes competed in various sports, including athletics, swimming, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby, table tennis, goalball, sitting volleyball and powerlifting. Remember the great games and visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information and 11 sets of photographs - CLICK HERE. |
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| CORDOBA 2008 |
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 On December 13 and 14, Spanish swimmers with a disability took part in the II Copa Andaluza Ciudad de Cordoba, the 2008 Cordoba Short Course Swimming Championships for amputees and athletes with other disabilities. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, detailed results and 56 photographs taken during the competition - CLICK HERE. |
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| JOSH SUNDQUIST |
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| NIENBURG 1 + 2 |
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 Nienburg, about half an hour by train from Hannover, Germany, once again hosted an international Sitting Volleyball Tournament for amputees and athletes with other disabilities. 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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| BERLIN MARATHON |
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 On September 28, wheelchair racers and handbikers came to Berlin for the 2008 Berlin Handbike and Wheelchair Marathon. For the 18th time, Swiss Paralympic Athlete Heinz Frei won the wheelchair race. This year in a time of 1:27:55 h. The handbike competition was won by Bernd Jeffré in 1:05:06 h. Please visit our TALBRONSTEIN.NET site for more information, results and 72 photographs - CLICK HERE. |
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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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| HEINRICH POPOW |
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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
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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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