Tag: IPC

  • USA Wins Gold and Canada Captures Bronze at IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

    USA Wins Gold and Canada Captures Bronze at IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

    Hamar-Norway, April 01, 2012: USA Wins Gold, USA defended its world title by defeating Korea, 5-1, in the gold-medal game of the 2012 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships on Sunday (1 April) in Hamar, Norway. The Americans have now finished first at the last three major international tournaments – the 2009 and 2012…

  • IPC President and CEO Meet British Prime Minister

    IPC President and CEO Meet British Prime Minister

    Munich-Germany March 28, 2012: British Prime Minister, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven and Chief Executive Officer Xavier Gonzalez paid a visit to 10 Downing Street on Wednesday morning (28 March) to meet the British Prime Minster David Cameron. The visit coincided with the start of the final IOC Co-ordination Commission ahead of…

  • IPC Joins Forces with Barcelona Foundation

    The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has joined forces with the FC Barcelona Foundation to launch “We are what we do, we are what we achieve,” a campaign to raise awareness of people with a disability and train teachers how to implement inclusive sport. Supported by four Barcelona players from different sports, including the club’s all-time…

  • Call for Nominations for Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame

    For the first time since its introduction six years ago, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is calling upon members of the public to nominate retired Paralympians and coaches to be inducted into the Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame during the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Launched in 2006, by founding partner Visa, the Paralympic Hall of…

  • Top Teams Head to Hamar for 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

    Top Teams Head to Hamar for 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

    The world’s top eight teams are making their way to Hamar, Norway for the 2012 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey A Pool World Championships, which begin on Saturday, running 24 March – 1 April. The Championships kick off with the Opening Ceremony at 18:00 (CET) on Saturday, and then Estonia will challenge USA…

  • Parapan American Games Mandatory for Pan American Hosts

    Parapan American Games Mandatory for Pan American Hosts

    Bonn, Germany, March 19, 2012: It will be mandatory for the hosts of the Pan American Games to also stage the Parapan American Games in future years, it has been announced. At the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) General Assembly in Mexico City, PASO President Mario Vasquez Raña confirmed that the host city of future Pan…

  • Daily Telegraph’s Davies to Represent IPC on IOC Press Commission

    Daily Telegraph’s Davies to Represent IPC on IOC Press Commission

    Bonn-Germany, March 16, 2012: The Daily Telegraph’s award winning sports correspondent Gareth Davies has been appointed as the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) representative on the IOC’s Press Commission. The IOC Press Commission, which is chaired by Kevan Gosper, is responsible for advising the IOC and Organizing Committees on the provision of the best possible working conditions…

  • Russia’s Slesarenko Named IPC Athlete of the Month

    Russia’s Slesarenko Named IPC Athlete of the Month

    Oksana Slesarenko, captain of Russia’s Wheelchair Curling team, has been voted the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month for February after leading her squad to the 2012 World Championship title in Chuncheon, Korea. In honour of International Women’s Day on 8 March, all of the finalists for the award were women. Slesarnko paid…

  • Venezuelan Athletics Athlete Suspended after Anti-Doping Rule Violation

    The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Venezuelan athlete Yoldani Silva Pimentel, the Parapan American Games 100m T12 gold medallist, has been suspended for two years for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation. Silva Pimentel returned an adverse analytical finding for Stanozolol Metabolites, 19-Norandrosterone and 19-Noretiocholanolone in a urine sample provided on 15 November 2011 following…

  • Brazilian Powerlifter Sanctioned after Anti-Doping Rule Violation

    The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Brazilian Powerlifter Claudemar Santin has been suspended for two years for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation. Santin returned an adverse analytical finding for Tamoxifen and its metabolites 4-hydroxytamoxifen and N-desmethyltamoxifen in a urine sample provided on 18 November 2011 during the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara,…