Paralympic Games

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 2

What sports do you remember from the Olympics?

What is the name for the Olympic Games for disabled people?

The word 'paralympics' comes from 'paralysed' (=verlamd) + 'olympics.

...Olympic Games for 

people who can't walk...

Paralympic Games

Since 1948:   'International Wheelchair Games'

Since 1960:   officially connected to 
                        Olympic Games

..originally for victims from WOII

First 'Paralympic Games' in Rome

  Have you 

  already met 

  this guy?

...

What is the nick name of 

this athlete (Oscar Pistorius)?

1. The Bullit man
2. Speedy Conzalez
3. The Blade Runner
4. Oscar the Tornado

what do you think of the prestige of 'the Blade Runner'?

...is it a larger prestige than the one from a 'normal' athlete'?