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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Wheelchair fencing

Details of fencing clubs for wheelchair users. Find information, facts, rules and advice. Wheelchair Fencing was part of the first Paralympic Games in Rome 1960. At the Paralympic Games in Seoul 1988, a new system for Wheelchair Fencing was introduced, which allows athletes with different disabilities (amputee, polio, cerebral palsy and paraplegia) the opportunity to compete together. Wheelchair Fencing was introduced to the UK by Sir Ludwig Guttmann at the 1953 Stoke International Games.

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Includes rules and regulations of the sport and how to join and take part.
A brief description of wheelchair fencing provided by the Paralympic Committee.