World Abilitysport Games
Overview
Overview
The World Abilitysport Games are the world’s biggest gathering of athletes with physical disabilities.
A biennial event featuring multiple sports, the Games aim to give aspiring athletes their first taste of international competition and older athletes the chance to continue competing.
Athletes can compete in under 23, open and Masters (over 40 years) categories.
All World Abilitysport Games are individually tailored to each Local Organising Committee objectives and resources and can include all or a selection of the traditional Games sports: archery athletics, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby, table tennis and volleyball.
All of the sports are well established on the Paralympic Games programme, offering athletes the chance to experience international competition before they face their peers on the biggest stage of them all.
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The Value of the World Abilitysport Games to the Paralympic Movement
World Abilitysport and its predecessor – the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF) and the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association – were founders of the Paralympic Games.
Our history governing major international sporting events and working with Local Organising Committees is now over 70 years old.
The early Games have gone on to create the blueprint for which the Paralympic Games and Paralympic movement has become today.
The early Games have gone on to create the blueprint for which the Paralympic Games and Paralympic movement has become today.
Whilst the Paralympics are now the pinnacle of Para sport, the World Abilitysport Games continue the ethos and legacy of the early editions as a platform for development and promotion.
Recognised and encouraged by the International Paralympic Committee as a key effort towards the Paralympic movement’s objectives, the World Abilitysport Games still make a valuable contribution to Para sport today.