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Opening of the wheelchair Olympics. The scene here in the Aqua Acetosa Stadium , Rome as Italy's Minister of Health , Camillo Giardina , officially opening the ''wheelchair Olympics'' . About 400 men and women from 22 nations are here for the ninth International games for paraplegics , the biggest compeition of its kind in history . The participants are all confined to wheelchairs and are paralysed from the wiast down with spinal injuries . 19th September 1960 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/opening-of-the-wheelchair-olympics-the-scene-here-in-the-aqua-acetosa-stadium-rome-as-italys-minister-of-health-camillo-giardina-officially-opening-the-wheelchair-olympics-about-400-men-and-women-from-22-nations-are-here-for-the-ninth-international-games-for-paraplegics-the-biggest-compeition-of-its-kind-in-history-the-participants-are-all-confined-to-wheelchairs-and-are-paralysed-from-the-wiast-down-with-spinal-injuries-19th-september-1960-image441343378.htmlRM2GJ0WYE–Opening of the wheelchair Olympics. The scene here in the Aqua Acetosa Stadium , Rome as Italy's Minister of Health , Camillo Giardina , officially opening the ''wheelchair Olympics'' . About 400 men and women from 22 nations are here for the ninth International games for paraplegics , the biggest compeition of its kind in history . The participants are all confined to wheelchairs and are paralysed from the wiast down with spinal injuries . 19th September 1960
Lawrence Sapp, U.S. Paralympic swimmer, finishes a practice lap at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021, before competing in the 2020 Summer Paralympic games in Tokyo. Para swimming was first introduced in the 1960 Rome Paralympic Games, where 77 athletes from 15 countries competed. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/lawrence-sapp-us-paralympic-swimmer-finishes-a-practice-lap-at-yokota-air-base-japan-aug-18-2021-before-competing-in-the-2020-summer-paralympic-games-in-tokyo-para-swimming-was-first-introduced-in-the-1960-rome-paralympic-games-where-77-athletes-from-15-countries-competed-image442089772.htmlRM2GK6X0C–Lawrence Sapp, U.S. Paralympic swimmer, finishes a practice lap at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021, before competing in the 2020 Summer Paralympic games in Tokyo. Para swimming was first introduced in the 1960 Rome Paralympic Games, where 77 athletes from 15 countries competed.
Vatican City The scene as Pope John XXIII (top left) received a special audience, 350 disabled athletes from the Paralympics which took place in Rome. 26th September 1960 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/vatican-city-the-scene-as-pope-john-xxiii-top-left-received-a-special-audience-350-disabled-athletes-from-the-paralympics-which-took-place-in-rome-26th-september-1960-image441339618.htmlRM2GJ0N56–Vatican City The scene as Pope John XXIII (top left) received a special audience, 350 disabled athletes from the Paralympics which took place in Rome. 26th September 1960
Opening of Wheelchair Olympics Rome: The scene here in the Aqua Acetosa Stadium as Italy's Minister of Health, Camillo Giardina, officially opened the Paralympics Wheelchair Olympics. About 400 men and women from 22 Nations are here for the ninth international games for Paraplegics, the biggest competition of its kind in history. The participants all are confined to wheelchairs, and are paralyzed from the waist down by spinal injuries. 19th September 1960 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/opening-of-wheelchair-olympics-rome-the-scene-here-in-the-aqua-acetosa-stadium-as-italys-minister-of-health-camillo-giardina-officially-opened-the-paralympics-wheelchair-olympics-about-400-men-and-women-from-22-nations-are-here-for-the-ninth-international-games-for-paraplegics-the-biggest-competition-of-its-kind-in-history-the-participants-all-are-confined-to-wheelchairs-and-are-paralyzed-from-the-waist-down-by-spinal-injuries-19th-september-1960-image441339617.htmlRM2GJ0N55–Opening of Wheelchair Olympics Rome: The scene here in the Aqua Acetosa Stadium as Italy's Minister of Health, Camillo Giardina, officially opened the Paralympics Wheelchair Olympics. About 400 men and women from 22 Nations are here for the ninth international games for Paraplegics, the biggest competition of its kind in history. The participants all are confined to wheelchairs, and are paralyzed from the waist down by spinal injuries. 19th September 1960
Seven of the 51 disabled British competitors who left London to take part in the International Stoke Mandeville Paraplegic games at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. 16th September 1960 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/seven-of-the-51-disabled-british-competitors-who-left-london-to-take-part-in-the-international-stoke-mandeville-paraplegic-games-at-the-olympic-stadium-in-rome-16th-september-1960-image441343374.htmlRM2GJ0WYA–Seven of the 51 disabled British competitors who left London to take part in the International Stoke Mandeville Paraplegic games at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. 16th September 1960
Opening of the wheelchair Olympics. The scene here in the Aqua Acetosa Stadium , Rome as Italy's Minister of Health , Camillo Giardina , officially opening the 'wheelchair Olympics' . About 400 men and women from 22 nations are here for the ninth International games for paraplegics , the biggest compeition of its kind in history . The participants are all confined to wheelchairs and are paralysed from the wiast down with spinal injuries . 19th September 1960 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/opening-of-the-wheelchair-olympics-the-scene-here-in-the-aqua-acetosa-stadium-rome-as-italys-minister-of-health-camillo-giardina-officially-opening-the-wheelchair-olympics-about-400-men-and-women-from-22-nations-are-here-for-the-ninth-international-games-for-paraplegics-the-biggest-compeition-of-its-kind-in-history-the-participants-are-all-confined-to-wheelchairs-and-are-paralysed-from-the-wiast-down-with-spinal-injuries-19th-september-1960-image623316704.htmlRM2Y62EPT–Opening of the wheelchair Olympics. The scene here in the Aqua Acetosa Stadium , Rome as Italy's Minister of Health , Camillo Giardina , officially opening the 'wheelchair Olympics' . About 400 men and women from 22 nations are here for the ninth International games for paraplegics , the biggest compeition of its kind in history . The participants are all confined to wheelchairs and are paralysed from the wiast down with spinal injuries . 19th September 1960
Rome: Pictured in action during the basketball game between the US and Israel part of the International Games for paraplegics. In Rome on September 20th. The ninth games for the paralysed (which this year for the first time are patterned after the real Olympic Games) take place in Rome on the site of the 19th Olympiad, with some four hundred wheelchair men and women from twenty two countries participating. The next games will be held in tokyo, after Olympics. 29th September 1960 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/rome-pictured-in-action-during-the-basketball-game-between-the-us-and-israel-part-of-the-international-games-for-paraplegics-in-rome-on-september-20th-the-ninth-games-for-the-paralysed-which-this-year-for-the-first-time-are-patterned-after-the-real-olympic-games-take-place-in-rome-on-the-site-of-the-19th-olympiad-with-some-four-hundred-wheelchair-men-and-women-from-twenty-two-countries-participating-the-next-games-will-be-held-in-tokyo-after-olympics-29th-september-1960-image623319737.htmlRM2Y62JK5–Rome: Pictured in action during the basketball game between the US and Israel part of the International Games for paraplegics. In Rome on September 20th. The ninth games for the paralysed (which this year for the first time are patterned after the real Olympic Games) take place in Rome on the site of the 19th Olympiad, with some four hundred wheelchair men and women from twenty two countries participating. The next games will be held in tokyo, after Olympics. 29th September 1960
