Check out this highlight video of Wheelchair Basketball at the London 2012 Paralympic Games Results: Men Gold: CANADA Miller, Tyler Peter, Richard Rouillard, Yvon Wagner, Brandon Hedges, Bo Lancia, Adam Johnson, Joey Jassman, Chad Eng, David Durepos, Dave Dini, Abdi Anderson, Patrick Silver: AUSTRALIA Alcott, Dylan Knowles, Tristan Mizens, Grant Simmons, Tige Norris, Shaun Ness, Brad Eveson, Justin Stibners, Brett Taylor, Nick Latham, Bill Blair, Jannik Hartnett, Michael Bronze: USA Waller, William Barber, Eric Chambers, Joseph Hinze, Nate Jenifer, Trevon Lade, Jeremy Lynch, Ian Nelms, Jason Schulte, Paul Scott, Matt Serio, Steven Turek, Joshua Women Gold: GERMANY Zeyen, Annika Lindholm, Maya Kuhn, Maria Friedrich, Heike Dillmann, Britt Briessmann, Annegret Breuer, Annabel Mohnen, Marina Muller, Edina Schunemann, Gesche Welin, Johanna Adermann, Mareike Silver: AUSTRALIA Gauci, Kylie Del Toso, Leanne Merritt, Amber Chaplin, Shelley Hill, Katie Nott, Clare Kean, Bridie Mckenzie, Tina Carter, Amanda Crispin, Cobi Vinci, Sarah Stewart, Sarah Bronze: NETHERLANDS Van Bergen, Barbara Beijer, Mariska Garnier, Petra Houwen, Lucie Huitzing, Inge Korver, Cher Oosterbaan, Roos Pronk, Saskia Timmerman, Sanne De Rooij-Versloot, Carolina Visser, Jitske Wevers, Miranda Wheelchair basketball was originally developed by World War II veterans in the USA in 1945. At the same time, Sir Ludwig Guttmann developed a similar sport, Wheelchair Netball, at the Spinal Rehabilitation Hospital in Stoke Mandeville. Since then, the sport has grown worldwide and was introduced on the global stage at the Rome 1960 Paralympic Games, and today it is practiced in nearly 100 countries. It is designed for athletes who have a physical impairment that prevents running, jumping and pivoting. Men and women play on teams of five players each and the measurements of the court and the height of the baskets are the same as in able-bodied basketball. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org. To watch videos on demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.

• published: 30 Jul 2013
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