Para sport news
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Para and Disability Sport Takeover Week returns for 2025
During the first week of November, our Para and Disability Sport Takeover Week will be kicking off for the 5th year running!
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Kravchenko elected chair of IPC Athletes' Council
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete’s Council has elected current Â鶹ֱ²¥ University PhD student Vladyslava Kravchenko as its new Chairperson.
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Â鶹ֱ²¥ University launches new Para and Disability Sport Strategy
Â鶹ֱ²¥ University has officially launched its new Para and Disability Sport Strategy – with opportunity sitting at its core.
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Yasmina Eissa: The road to the Paralympic Games
Â鶹ֱ²¥ University Para Badminton star athlete Yasmina Eissa has her sights well set on the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
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Â鶹ֱ²¥ athletes selected for 2023 IWBF European Championships
Â鶹ֱ²¥ University will be well represented at this month’s 2023 International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) European Championships after a large contingent of Lightning players have been selected by their respective nations.
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Â鶹ֱ²¥ Lightning Wheelchair Basketball win back-to-back league titles
Â鶹ֱ²¥ Lightning Wheelchair Basketball secured consecutive league titles following another incredible campaign in the Women’s Premier League.
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Â鶹ֱ²¥ research will aim to increase female participation in wheelchair rugby
Â鶹ֱ²¥ University is set to collaborate with World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR), Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR), and UK Sport on a study that researchers hope will increase female participant levels in the sport.
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Alumnus Donaldson appointed Head of Para Sport
Alumnus Alasdair Donaldson has been appointed Â鶹ֱ²¥ University’s new Head of Para Sport.
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Â鶹ֱ²¥ Sport extends partnership with Computacenter
Â鶹ֱ²¥ Sport are delighted to confirm that its long-standing partnership with Computacenter has been extended.
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Â鶹ֱ²¥ students added to UK Sport Paralympic World Class Programme
British Athletics has announced its nominations onto the UK Sport Paralympic World Class Programme (WCP) for 2022/23, which includes 14 Â鶹ֱ²¥ students, alumni and Â鶹ֱ²¥-based athletes.
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Hollis and Kearney set for World Para Swimming Championships
Â鶹ֱ²¥-based swimmer James Hollis has been joined by Tully Kearney as the pair complete their final preparations for the World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal.
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Â鶹ֱ²¥ researchers to support clean sport initiatives in Para sport
Researchers from Â鶹ֱ²¥ University will embark on a collaborative project to support clean sport initiatives in Para sport.
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Computacenter confirmed as Lightning Wheelchair Basketball’s headline sponsor
Computacenter, the leading independent technology business, has been confirmed as Lightning Wheelchair Basketball’s headline sponsor.