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SDSC Touch (Issue 4): Did YOU Know?

By Loh Shih Ying

How much do you know about disability? Find out now!

Did you know...
The first formal competition in deaf sport was the Silent Games, held in Paris in 1924.

Did you know...
In the recent ‘Bridge to Brisbane’ fun run held in Australia, Paralympic gold medallist Richard Colman won the 14km wheelchair race in 32 minutes 51 seconds.

Did you know...
Sir Ludwig Guttmann of the Stoke Mandeville Hospital was the man who started making disability sports competitive.

Did you know...
In the Commonwealth Games 2006, Nigeria’s successes in EAD (Elite Athletes with a Disability) sports placed them in the 9th overall position, beating countries such as Wales.

Did you know...
At the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Canadian Chantal Petitclerc became the first athlete with a disability to carry her country’s flag in the opening ceremony of an integrated games.

Did you know...
People often mistake the Special Olympics for the Paralympic Games. In actual fact, the Paralympic Games are an event for athletes with a disability, while Special Olympics are only for people with intellectual disabilities.

Did you know...
The Paralympic Games is always held after, and in the same city, as the Olympic Games.

Did you know...
The most popular wheelchair sport is basketball, followed by tennis.

Did you know...
At the 2006 Adaptive Water Sports Festival held in USA, the Disabled Sports USA enabled the soldiers who were severely injured in Afghanistan and Iraq to learn water sports such as adapted water skiing and scuba diving.

If you like what you saw here, check back next month for more!

If you know any interesting trivia on disability which you would like to share, email to us with the subject heading - SDSC Touch Trivia.