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Ludwig Guttman

The creator of the paralympic games

DR Guttman 1899-1980

Occupation: neurologistFounder of: the paralympic gamesNationality: German-BritishCitizenship: Germany, United-Kingdom

Timeline

1917

He met his first paraplegic patient

1918

He started his medical studies at the University of Breslau

1937

The British government asked him to establish the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital .

1943

He organised the first Stoke Mandeville Games for disabled war veterans

1945

With the arrival of the Nazis in power, Guttmann was assigned to work at the Breslau Jewish Hospital, where he became medical director

First Paralympic games

-He believed that sport was an important method of therapy for the rehabilitation of injured military personnel, helping them build up physical strength and self-respectThe first paralimpics were realised in 1960 during the Summer Olympics in Rome.-In 1961, Guttmann founded the International Medical Society of Paraplegia.-Guttmann died of a heart attack in 1980.

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