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The Paralympics grew out of a hospital sports day
Ludwig Guttmann organised the Stoke Mandeville Games in 1948
On 29 July 1948, the day of the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, neurologist Ludwig Guttmann held an archery competition for wheelchair users at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The event grew into an international movement, and the first Paralympic Games took place in Rome in 1960.
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International Paralympic Committee
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