Media Centre - 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships Montreal

Wheelchair Basketball

Who will win Best Male award?

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Patrick Anderson, Ryley Batt, Daniel Dias, Heinrich Popow and David Weir.

Swimming

No. 49: ‘Amphibian Namibian’ makes history in pool

Gideon Nasilowski – dubbed the Amphibian Namibian – has entered into the International Paralympic Committee’s Top 50 Moments of 2013 after becoming the first Namibian swimmer to enter a World Championships.

Swimming

Mexico's Nely Miranda wins national award

World Champion swimmer wins 2013 National Sport Award in Paralympic category.

Swimming

Paralympian Mihovil Spanja begins work for NPC Croatia

After retiring from his swimming career, the 26-time international medallist has taken up a role in the Croatian Paralympic Committee’s media department.

Swimming

Caixa Loterias Circuit closes Brazil’s calendar

Athletics and swimming national competitions close a year filled with good results for Brazilian athletes at IPC Swimming and IPC Athletics World Championships.

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Rio 2016

Swimming medal events for 2015 World Champs and Rio 2016 unveiled

• Rio 2016 to feature 152 swimming events, four more than London 2012• 80 men’s, 71 women’s and new mixed relay make up the competition schedule

Para dance sport

WADA publishes Draft 2015 World Anti-Doping Code, Version 4.0

World anti-doping body has spent two years consultating with stakeholders to develop the Code.

Football 7-a-side

Parapan American Youth Games close in Buenos Aires

More than 600 athletes from 16 countries took part in the event which saw Brazil top the medals table.

Athletics

Brazilian medal hopes head to Youth Parapans

Brazil fields strong team of youngsters, including world champions, for the Youth Parapan American Games being held in Buenos Aires.

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Sophie Pascoe in world record breaking form…again

Swimmer follows up IPC Athlete of the Month win with two short-course world records at New Zealand nationals.

Swimming

British Para-Swimming unveils new head coach

Former swimmer Rob Greenwood announced as coach who will lead highly successful British squad into Rio 2016.

Cycling

Vote for IPC Athlete of the Month for August

IPC Athlete of the Month nominees include: Yijun Chen, Sophie Christiansen, Carol-Eduard Novak, Maddison Elliott, Erik Horrie, Sophie Pascoe and Olga Sviderska.

Tokyo 2020 react to the news that they have won the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Swimming

Tokyo to stage 2020 Paralympic Games

IPC sends congratulations to Tokyo 2020 bid team.

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London 2012

Nick Parr: Intellectually disabled athletes will benefit from 2012

One year on, the Executive Director of Inas (International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability), talks about the early legacy and momentum of including these athletes in London 2012.

London 2012

One year on: I chose 2012 to retire and hit the jackpot

Croatian swimmer Mihovil Spanja retired after winning backstroke bronze at London 2012 and spoke to Paralympic.org about the impact it has had on his future one year on.