OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT ISSUE # 02 | 2018 THE FOCUS A busy summer of World Championships build excitement for Tokyo 2020 HOW TO … FEATURE ATHLETE INTERVIEW Two Paralympians share their Celebrate 10 years since Winter is coming to Brazil, at least transitions to professional careers Beijing 2008 Paralympics for one teenage Nordic skier PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE “An organisation is strong only if its members are strong, and we will look to introduce new ways to address the different needs of members at all levels.” elcome to the final edition of respect their human rights. We have a powerful The Paralympian for 2018, a voice in this area, a voice we aim to make magazine packed full of sport stronger through a number of new strategic following an extremely busy and sensational alliances. summer of World Championships. The Paralympic Games are the world’s num- This is the first edition since September’s ber one event for showcasing the abilities of IPC Gathering and I would like to thank all people with an impairment. I am delighted members who participated for their fantastic therefore that the “Transforming Lives Makes contributions to three intense days of Sense for Everyone” campaign – launched discussion and debate in Madrid. in December in partnership with the United Nations Human Rights Office – will do much All the members’ comments captured are to showcase to a worldwide audience how now feeding into the new IPC Strategic Plan the Paralympic Movement’s work really does for 2019-2022 which will be published in the change lives and societies for the better. first half of the new year alongside the first IPC Athletes’ Council Strategic Plan. Finally, we are nine months on from signing 43Gaz Choudhry our latest partnership agreement with the IOC. (on basketball hoop) Having visited many IPC members throughout It is already paying dividend with the IPC’s and Terry Bywater 2018 to greater understand their needs, one commercial portfolio bolstered by several new celebrate a historic of the key focus areas for the new Strategic additions and renewals. The Paralympic Move- Plan will be measures that can be taken ment also has more representation than ever world title win at centrally to strengthen and advance the IPC before on IOC Commissions and I believe we Hamburg 2018. membership. An organisation is strong only if its end 2018 in a stronger position with the IOC members are strong, and we will look to intro- than at any time in the IPC’s history. duce new ways to address the different needs of members at all levels. Another focus area going forward will be pursuing the human rights agenda and highlighting how the Paralympic Movement’s tremendous work drives social inclusion. More than one billion people globally have Andrew Parsons an impairment and far more must be done to IPC President 2 THE PARALYMPIAN 02|2018 THE PARALYMPIAN 02|2018 3 CONTENTS THE PARALYMPIAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR Craig Spence LEAD EDITOR Ros Dumlao 30 COPY EDITORS Jürgen Padberg, Emma Storey CONTRIBUTORS Hernan Goldzycher, Jonas Oliveira DESIGNER Designfee – Bianca Werninghaus ART EDITORS Yosof Rohesh, Annika Zeyen, Carolin Baird PRINTING welzel + hardt GmbH All rights reserved © 2018 International Paralympic Committee ISSN 1609-1329 CONTACT International Paralympic Committee Adenauerallee 212-214 D-53113 Bonn, Germany Tel. +49 228 2097-200 28 Fax +49 228 2097-209 [email protected] www.paralympic.org IMAGES © Photo Credits: Steve Pope/Sportingwales (p.1/44); Steffie Wunderl (p.2/43); Michael Schwartz (p.43); Uli Gasper (p.43/51); Ken Goh (p.4); Getty Images (p.4/12/18/19/26/27/30/31/32/33/37/38/39/41/45/48 /50/51/52/53/54/55/58/60); Liz Gregg (p.4/28/29/47); Ottobock (p.4/5); Alex Molina (p.6); Centre for Sport and Human Rights (p.7); WOWOW (p.8); 123rf.com (p.8/17/37/52/53); Matthew Murnaghan/Canadian Paralympic Committee (p.9); Lima 2019 (p.10); Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile (p.11/48); Georgie Kerr (p.11); Tokyo 2020 (p.12); Philippe Millereau/KMSP (p.13); Kristjan Jarv/Agitos Foundation (p.15); The Nippon Foundation Paralympic Sport Centre (p.15); Joan Monfort/Agitos Foundation (p.15); Agitos Foundation (p.15); Amos Gumulira/Agitos Foundation (p.16/17); Marcio Rodrigues-MPIX-CPB (p.22/23); Leandro Martins-MPIX-CPB (p.22); Bureau de la sénatrice 60 Chantal Petitclerc-Senate Communications Directorate (p.24/25); Lieven Coudenys (p.25/33/34); Prezioso (p.34/50/51); Vid Ponikvar Sportida (p.37/47); NPC Sweden (p.36/59); Karl Nilsson (p.40); Madrid 2018 LOC (p.40); World ParaVolley (p.41); SWPix (p.41); Auletta Bizzi (p.41); Cherie Harris (p.42); 06 GENERAL NEWS 14 AGITOS FOUNDATION 24 HOW TO … 36 CASE STUDY 56 THE BIG DEBATE Zsuzsanna Vekassy (p.44); Igor Meijer (p.45); Ben Chattell (p.45); Delly Carr/ITU Media (p.46); Wagner Araujo/ITU Media (p.46); Ralf Kuckuck (p.48/59/60); The IPC Membership Gathering was held, new Find out about some of the great work of Learn what two Paralympians did to land How NPC Sweden activated their Should sports consider holding joint Rakhmawaty La’lang (p.49); Agoes Rudianto (p.49); Fernando Randy (p.49); Andry Prasetyo/INAPGOC partnerships were signed and other top news the IPC’s development arm and a case study professional jobs after their sporting careers. partnerships with Toyota’s “Start Your World Championships? Three key figures (p.49); OIS (p.52/53/54/55); Jörn Wolter (p.58); Australian Paralympic Committee (p.59) from around the Paralympic Movement. on efforts in Malawi. Impossible” campaign. give their opinions. The views expressed in The Paralympian are not neces- sarily those of the IPC. In case of republication of any part of The Paralympian, please send a copy to the IPC. The publisher reserves the right to edit submitted articles. 10 SPORT NEWS 20 DIGITAL DYNAMICS 28 A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF … 40 WORLD SPORT ROUND-UP 60 THE LAST WORD The International Paralympic Committee endeavours to be as current and accurate as possible with this publica- tion, aiming to treat all readers with courtesy and respect. We cannot guarantee however, that the information con- All the latest headlines from the International Celebrating 70 years since the Stoke Share the saddle with Denmark’s Stinna Catch up on a busy summer filled with Being a Paralympian meant more than tained in this publication is complete and accurate in all Federations, including event announcements Mandeville Games which evolved into the Tange Kaastrup at the Para Equestrian 12 World Championships. winning for Germany’s Heinrich Popow. respects and readers are taken to understand and agree to this disclaimer upon reading any part of The Paralym- and awards. Paralympic Games. World Championships. pian. No infringements upon any law, including sport regulations, from people within the photographs and/or featured in the magazine’s content were known at the time of publication. Articles, pictures and other written or graphic devices published in The Paralympian may not be reproduced without the prior written permission of the 12 FUTURE GAMES 22 ONES TO WATCH INTERVIEW 30 FEATURE 50 MY GAMES EXPERIENCE International Paralympic Committee. Updates on Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022 and Teenage Nordic skier Cristian Ribera is Ten years on from the glittering Beijing 2008 The Michael Jordan of wheelchair basketball Paris 2024, as well as the race for 2026. a rare talent in Brazil. Paralympics, a catalyst for the success of reflects on his favourite career moments. all future Games. ID-No. 1876526 4 THE PARALYMPIAN 02|2018 THE PARALYMPIAN 02|2018 5 GENERAL NEWS IPC strengthens human rights agenda support IPC President Andrew Parsons has called on institutions around the world to do more to empower and respect the human rights of persons with a disability. Speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council Social Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, on 1 October, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Parsons highlighted how sport is one of the best vehicles for promoting human rights. “The practice of sport is itself a human right and it is sport that has a unique unifying power to attract and inspire, bringing together and empowering people of all backgrounds free from discrimination,” said Parsons who used his Almudena Rivera – representative of address to question the stigma still attached to the Spanish media Marca that won the 2017 Paralympic Sport and Media disability. Awards – leads a panel of Spanish athletes at Madrid 2018. While at the Social Forum, the IPC accepted an invitation to join the Advisory Council of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights. The Centre works towards a vision of a world of sport that fully respects human rights by sharing knowledge, building capacity and strengthening the accountability of all actors through col- IPC joins Advisory Council of Centre for Sport and lective action and promotion of the Sporting Human Rights. Chance Principles. + + NEWS IN-BRIEF + + +++ IPC: The IPC announced the composition of several Standing Committees whose job it is to consult and advise the IPC in a number of key areas. +++ NHK: As part of its effort to raise awareness IOC membership ahead of Tokyo 2020, Japanese broadcaster NHK produced a third episode of the anime At the 133rd IOC Session in Buenos Aires, organisations and provides the Paralympic series “Animation x Paralympic: Who is your IPC member representatives heard from their president Andrew Parsons about the IPC-IOC agreement. They also participated in workshops ranging from youth development Argentina, IPC President Andrew Parsons was Movement with even grea ter stability.