Cerebral Palsy Games

The Cerebral Palsy Games (or CP Games) are a multi-sport competition for athletes with a disability, which under the former name of the International Stoke Mandeville Games were the forerunner of the Paralympic Games. The competition has been formerly known as the International Cerebral Palsy Games or the Stoke Mandeville Games. Since the 1990s the Games are organized by the organisation Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA), so they called also CPISRA World Games.

Cerebral Palsy Games
AbbreviationCP Games
First event1974
Websitehttp://www.cpsport.org/news/cpisra-world-games/

The Games were originally held in 1976 by neurologist Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who organized a sporting competition involving World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital rehabilitation facility in Aylesbury, England, taking place concurrently with the first post-war Summer Olympics in London. In 1952, the Netherlands joined in the event, creating the first international sports competition for the disabled. In 1960, the Ninth Stoke Mandeville Games were held in Rome, Italy, following that year's Olympic Games. These are considered to be the first Paralympic Games.[1][2] The 2012 Paralympic mascot Mandeville was named after Stoke Mandeville Hospital.[3]

While the Paralympic Games evolved to include athletes from all disability groups, the Stoke Mandeville games continued to be organized as a multi-sport event for wheelchair athletes. Games were held annually in Aylesbury under the direction of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), which became the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF).

Games

No. Year Games Host City Opening Ceremony Closing Ceremony Ref.
1 1974 1. International Cerebral Palsy Games London [1]
2 1976 2. International Cerebral Palsy Games Montrodat
3 1978 3. International Cerebral Palsy Games Edinburgh July 1978 [4][5]
4 1980 4. International Cerebral Palsy Games [4]
5 1982 5. International Cerebral Palsy Games Greve [4]
6 1986 6. International Cerebral Palsy Games Gits
7 1989 Robin Hood CP World Games Nottingham [4]
8 1993 Robin Hood CP World Games Nottingham [4][6]
9 1997 Robin Hood CP World Games Delden 8 May 12 May [4][7]
10 2001 CPISRA World Games
Robin Hood CP World Games
Nottingham 19 July 29 July [4][8][9][10][11]
11 2005 CPISRA World Championships New London 27 June 11 July [4][12][13][14]
12 2015 CPISRA World Games Nottingham 6 August 16 August [15]
13 2018 CPISRA World Games Sant Cugat del Vallès [16]
14 2021 CPISRA World Games

2015 Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

  *   Host nation (England)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England (ENG)*855219156
2 Scotland (SCO)29131153
3 Australia (AUS)227332
4 Ireland (IRE)183425
5 Austria (AUT)1117634
6 Denmark (DEN)102012
7 Sweden (SWE)67417
8 Portugal (POR)36312
9 Hungary (HUN)3104
10 Russia (RUS)1001
11 Brazil (BRA)0213
12 Japan (JPN)0000
 Netherlands (NED)0000
Totals (13 nations)18811051349

See also

References

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