Tag: ParalympicsGB
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BPA chooses Belo Horizonte
By: Rob Fawdon, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 24, 2014: The British Paralympic Association has today signed an agreement with the City of Belo Horizonte and the State Government of Minas Gerais that will see ParalympicsGB train and prepare in the city in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games that will take place…
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Mother of Hynd Brothers Chosen as IPC London 2012 Torchbearer
Bonn-Germany, June 6, 2012: Helen Hynd, the mother of Paralympics GB swimmers Sam and Oliver Hynd, has been chosen by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement, to act as a Torchbearer during the London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay. The 49 year-old from Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, was chosen…