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The Paralympic Oath is identical to the Olympic Oath, with the exception of the word 'Olympic' being substituted by 'Paralympic'. The Oath was originally written by Pierre de Coubertin. The first oath (an Athlete's Oath) was taken at the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920. The original text by Coubertin, has since been modified several times.
An athletes' oath was introduced for the 1920 games and Victor Boin was the first person to take the oath on behalf of all athletes. Giuliana Minuzzo was the first woman to take the athletes' oath at the winter games in 1956, while Heidi Schuller did likewise at the Summer Olympics in 1972.
The Special Olympics athlete's oath, which was first introduced by Eunice Kennedy Shriver at the inaugural Special Olympics international games in Chicago in 1968, [57] is "Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." The origin of the oath came from Herbert J. Kramer, then Public Relations Advisor to the Kennedy Foundation.
Team USA won their first medal of the Paralympics when swimmer Ellie Marks claimed silver in the women’s 50m freestyle S6. ... While the Paralympic oath was read out by Arnaud Assoumani and ...
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The Paralympic flag was brought on stage by British Paralympic sprinter and astronaut John McFall and French sailor Damien Seguin, while visually impaired musician Luan Pommier, played the Paralympic Anthem on the piano. [8] [18] French athletes Sandrine Martinet and Arnaud Assoumani took the Paralympic Oath, along with a coach and an official ...
Ezra Frech made history, extended his arms wide and flashed a knowing smirk to the cheering crowd. On an NBC interview after he soared to a world-record 1.97-meter high jump at the U.S. Paralympic ...
IPC officially hosted the Games for the first time and assumed responsibility for future Games. [2] First Games to attract worldwide sponsorship. 12,000 volunteers assisted with the operation of the Games. [5] 1998: 5–14 March - Nagano Winter Paralympics - 571 athletes from 32 countries; [6] 122 events in 4 sports. Athletes with an ...