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The rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games will take place between 24 August – 5 September 2021. The global event was postponed in March, by a year due to the spread of the Corona Virus. Team South Africa won 17 medals (7 Gold; 6 Silver; 4 Bronze) at the last Paralympic Read more…
This is need to know info for all SASAPD track and field athletes. Find the different distances and times that athletes will need to achieve for important upcoming events. At the bottom of the document you will find criteria regarding age categories for all junior and youth athletes. HOW TO Read more…
The IPC Anti-Doping Code is the revised version of the IPC Anti-Doping Code first published in 2004 and amended in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2020. This version of the IPC Anti-Doping Code has been approved by the IPC Governing Board and is effective as of 1 July 2020.
April 28 2020 – Dr Suzanne Ferreira is no stranger to guiding South African athletes to Paralympic glory and has some valuable lockdown advice for athletes through this time and beyond. Ferreira completed her PhD in sport performance management for persons with cerebral palsy and has helped prepare athletes for Read more…
24 April 2020 – Former T37 Paralympic sprint champion, Fanie van der Merwe retired after the 2016 Rio Games and has been ploughing his love of the Lord and athletics into the next generation of Paralympic stars. Van der Merwe was part of the coaching staff for the first time Read more…
To ensure competition is fair and equal, all Paralympic sports have a system in place which ensures that winning is determined by skill, fitness, power, endurance, tactical ability and mental focus, the same factors that account for success in sport for able bodied athletes. This process is called classification and Read more…
Dear Partners, Sponsors, National Executive Committee Members, National Sport Conveners, Honorary Life Members, Provincial Chairpersons and Affiliates Following the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa of a state of national disaster due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Toyota National Championships for the physically disabled will not go ahead as planned Read more…
15 March 2020 – Following the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa of a state of national disaster due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Toyota National Championships for the physically disabled will not go ahead as planned from the 21-25 March in Nelson Mandela Bay. SASAPD president, Moekie Grobelaar says Read more…
12 March 2020 – The South African Association for the physically disabled would like to assure athletes, coaches and officials that the upcoming Toyota National championships for the physically disabled will go ahead. The National institute for communicable diseases confirmed this morning that the country has 17 confirmed cases of Read more…
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