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Being active in sports with disability

Photo: Three young people play wheelchair basketball; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf

The Rehabilitation and Sports Association of People with Handicaps in North-Rhine Westphalia invites visitors to the REHACARE Sports Center in hall 7a to inform themselves about the variety of disabled sports and to try out different types of sports directly on site.

Exhibitors SPORTS

Exhibitors SPORTS

Current news concerning the topic SPORTS

Interviews

Photo: Christiane Reppe with her handbike; Copyright: Oliver Kremer
Christiane Reppe: "I have a real chance of winning gold in Rio"
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Photo: Ludger Steffens; Copyright: private
"Judo is ideal for persons with or without disabilities"
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Articles

Photo: Wheelchair basketball player Annika Zeyen and the German Dutch sitting volleyball team during a competition; Copyright: Annika Zeyen/Michael Overhage
Practiced inclusion: wheelchair basketball and sitting volleyball are prime examples
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Photo: Weight lifter during Special Olympics; Copyright: SOD/Andreas Bister
Paralympics, Special Olympics, Deaflympics: Athletic competitions for all people with disabilities
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Sports in focus - photo gallery

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Photo: Soccer player, woman playing wheelchair table tennis and young female runner with a prosthesis; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf
Photo: Woman in a wheelchair playing badminton; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf
Photo: Young women and men after game of wheelchair basketball; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf
Photo: Wheelchair dance; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf
Photo: WCMX skater David Lebuser in action in the skatepark; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf