Paralympic Hall of Fame

Hall of fame established by the International Paralympic Committee
The aussie Louise Sauvage, one of two Australian members of the 2012 Paralympic Hall of Fame induction.

The Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the International Paralympic Committee.[1]

On 30 August 2012 five paralympic athletes were inducted into the fourth Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame in a ceremony in London.[2]

Criteria

Every two years, the prize is awarded to personalities Paralympic who have made outstanding contributions to success on and fair play, from the third edition of the award is sponsored by VISA.[3]

Members

2006
  • Finland Jouko Grip
  • Sweden Ulla Renvall (coach)
  • Germany Annemie Schneider
2008
  • Denmark Connie Hansen
  • Germany Claudia Hengst
  • Australia Peter Homann
  • Canada André Viger
  • Australia Kevin McIntosh (coach)
2010
  • Finland Tanja Kari
  • United States Chris Waddell
  • Germany Rolf Hettich (coach)
2012

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ "IPC Announces Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame Inductees". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. ^ "The 5 New Inductees into the 2012 Paralympics Hall of Fame". whatdisability.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Visa Sponsors Third Paralympic Hall of Fame Induction". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Inductees 2014". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  5. ^ "IPC announces 2016 Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame inductees". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

External links

  • Paralympic Hall of Fame at IPC web site
  • Paralympic Hall of Fame at IPC web site (old site)
  • Multi-Medallists at Internet Archive web site
  • Media related to Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame at Wikimedia Commons