Tag: wheelchair
That’s why Helena Bergström sits in a wheelchair
The actor and the director Helena Bergström60, is featured in SVT’s series The Pirate Bay, which is about the Swedish file-sharing site that was founded in the early 2000s by…
Wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot out of action for six months due to hip surgery
“Over the past few years, I have always worked very hard to keep my body and mind in optimal shape. I have reached incredible heights and met many wonderful people…
Toni Piispanen revealed the fierce background of the silver medal in the festive mood: “I couldn’t fit in the winding wheelchair” | Sports in a nutshell
Track and field athlete Toni Piispanen won the fourth Paralympic medal of his career in Paris, even though his preparations were disrupted by a broken femur in the spring. The…
Person in electric wheelchair in the water
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen A person has been taken to hospital after a drowning alarm in Sundsvall. Archive image. Photo: Mickan Mörk/TT One person has been taken to hospital…
Stéphane Houdet: who is the wheelchair tennis champion?
At 53, Stéphane Haudet is one of the greatest wheelchair tennis doubles players in history. Stéphane Houdet is a wheelchair tennis athlete born in 1970. An amateur tennis player and…
Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Paralympic Games: rules, disability classification… Info and program
Wheelchair rugby is a mix of rugby, handball and volleyball. It is held at the Arena du Champ de Mars during these Paris Games. Wheelchair rugby is a sport created…
Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Paralympic Games: rules, disability classification… Info and program
Wheelchair tennis will be present at the Paralympic Games at the Roland-Garros stadium. Wheelchair tennis is surely one of the most developed sports on the Olympic programme. Created in the…
A wheelchair at Sciences Po
According to figures from the Ministry of Higher Education, at the start of the 2021 academic year, there were 51,000 students with disabilities in public higher education institutions, or 2.2%…
The world’s fastest man was helped off the field in a wheelchair – says he ran in the corona | Sports in a nutshell
Noah Lyles missed out on the double championship he was aiming for, but even in pain he ran for bronze. Letsile Tebogo from Botswana took the 200m Olympic gold. Paris…
Missing wheelchair from Doorn foundation found again: ‘We are very happy’
Porte’s foundation places wheelchairs at public places throughout the country. Consider museums, amusement parks, shopping centers, but also cemeteries and crematoria. “The chair is designed to ensure that people can…