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BOCCIA PARALYMPIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2020-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bowling, Billiards and Other Ball Games
  • Disabled Sports
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
CONT

Paralympic boccia is open to male and female athletes with severe locomotive disabilities of a cerebral or non-cerebral origin.

OBS

Boccia is governed by the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) and is one of only two Paralympic sports (along with goalball) that have no counterpart in the Olympic program.

OBS

Boccia was introduced onto the Paralympic program in 1984. Today, it is played in over fifty countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quilles, billards et autres jeux de boules
  • Sports adaptés
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
CONT

La boccia paralympique est ouverte aux athlètes masculins et féminins ayant de graves handicaps locomoteurs d'origine cérébrale ou non cérébrale.

OBS

La boccia a été ajoutée au programme paralympique en 1984. Aujourd'hui, la boccia est pratiquée dans plus de 50 pays.

OBS

La boccia est une discipline de nature exclusivement paralympique, comme le goalball.

Spanish

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