Impairment and Intellectual Disability. In Paralympic Games in Reo de Janeiro (Brazil), India won gold medals (Mariyappan Thangavelu in Men’s High Jump and Devendra Jhajharia in Men’s Javelin), silver medal (Deepa Malik in Women’s Shot Put) and bronze medal (Varun Singh Bhati in Men’s High Jump). The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the paralympic movement. Its purpose is to organise the summer and winter Paralympic Games and act as the International Federation for ten sports, supervising and coordinating World Championships and other competitions.” Founded on September, as a non-profit organisation, it is based in Bonn, Germany and aims to develop sports opportunities for all the people with impairment from the beginner to elite level.
Till , the Summer Paralympic Games included sports and medal events, and the Winter Paralympic Games included sports and disciplines and about events. The number and types of events change from one Paralympic Game to another. Activity . Collect photographs of Summer and Paralympic medal winners of India.
Prepare a collage with caption. Share it with your classmates. Commonwealth Games Melville Marks Robinson was the founder of the Commonwealth games. The First Commonwealth games were held in in Hamilton (Canada).
Since then, the Commonwealth Games have been conducted every four years except for and due to World War II. From to , the games were known as the British Empire Games. From to , the games were called the British Empire and Commonwealth Games and from to , the games were termed as the British Commonwealth Games. It was from Edmonton (Canada) Games onwards, these are known as the Commonwealth Games.
India’s Performance in Commonwealth Games Year Edition Venue Medals Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total XXI Gold Coast (Australia) 3rd XX Glasgow (Scotland) 4th XIX Delhi (India) 3rd XVIII Melbourne (Australia) 4th XVII Manchester (England) 4th XVI Kuala