Tag: IPC

  • EBU and IPC team up for Sochi 2014 Rio 2016

    EBU and IPC team up for Sochi 2014 Rio 2016

    Germany, Feb 28, 2013: The European Broadcasting Union, operating EUROVISION, and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have formed a multiservice partnership covering the media rights on all platforms for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, the Rio 2016 Paralympic Summer Games and various other para-sport events. Under the new terms, the EBU will exploit the…

  • Eskau wins first gold at IPC Nordic Skiing Worlds

    Eskau wins first gold at IPC Nordic Skiing Worlds

    Germany, Feb 26, 2013: Sit skier Andrea Eskau won the first gold medal for Germany at the 2013 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Solleftea, Sweden, on Tuesday (26 February),

  • Bochet, Santacana and Salcher make it two

    Bochet, Santacana and Salcher make it two

    Germany, Feb 21, 2013: After winning gold in Wednesday’s downhill, France’s Marie Bochet, Spain’s Jon Santacana and Austria’s Markus Salcher all struck gold again on the second day of the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, Spain, this time with victories in the super-G. Bochet, who is just 19 years old and…

  • Japan’s Kubo voted IPC Athlete of the Month

    Japan’s Kubo voted IPC Athlete of the Month

    Germany, Feb 16, 2013: After winning all three of the biathlon sitting events at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup last month in Cable, Wisconsin, USA, Kozo Kubo of Japan was voted by the public as the IPC’s Athlete of the Month for January. Kubo finished first in the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup biathlon…

  • IPC President Congratulate Vergeer on historic career

    IPC President Congratulate Vergeer on historic career

    Germany, Feb 12, 2013: Following wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer’s retirement announcement on Tuesday (12 February), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven would like to extend his congratulations to the Dutch star on her tremendous career and for transforming the sport of wheelchair tennis. For more than a decade, Vergeer has dominated the…

  • Polish Ice Sledge Hockey player suspended

    Polish Ice Sledge Hockey player suspended

    Germany, Feb 01, 2013: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Polish Ice Sledge Hockey player Piotr Truszkowski has been suspended for one year for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation. Truszkowski returned an adverse analytical finding for Carboxy-THC (Cannabis) in a urine sample provided on 17 November 2012 following Poland’s match with Germany in…

  • IPC Shooting adopts new rule changes

    IPC Shooting adopts new rule changes

    Germany, Feb 01, 2013: IPC Shooting, the International Federation for the sport of shooting for athletes with an impairment, has introduced a number of new rule changes for 2013 which will make the climax of competitions more exciting and dramatic for spectators and ensure athletes in some events need to be even more accurate with…

  • Montreal to stage Swimming Championships

    Montreal to stage Swimming Championships

    Germany, Jan 24, 2013: Montreal, Canada will stage the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships this August, the International Paralympic Committee has announced. The event will be the first major gathering of international athletes since the London 2012 Paralympic Games and is expected to attract around 650 of the world’s best swimmers from 50 countries. It…

  • IPC launches event websites for Ice Sledge Hockey

    IPC launches event websites for Ice Sledge Hockey

    Germany, Jan 16, 2013: With just three months to go until the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A Pool World Championships and two months until the B Pool World Championships, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) launched the official event websites for both Championships on Wednesday (16 January) at www.icesledgehockeyworlds.org and www.icesledgehockyworldspoolb.org, respectively. In addition to…

  • Doha will stage IPC Athletics Championships

    Doha will stage IPC Athletics Championships

    Germany, Jan 15, 2013: Doha, Qatar, will stage the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, the International Paralympic Committee has announced. The event will be the last major gathering of top international athletes before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and is expected to attract around 1,300 of the world’s best athletes from 90 countries and will…