International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing chairperson Pál Szekeres has paid tribute to five-time Paralympian David Heaton, who has died.
International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing has announced a worldwide training base for referees, classifiers and coaches in Sao Paulo will launch in 2021.
International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing is set to change its name to World Para Fencing following a motion at the governing body's Congress.
Nine people have been elected to the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing Executive Committee, after a motion to expand the number of members-at-large was approved.
International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing Executive Board chairperson Pál Szekeres is set to remain in the post after being confirmed as standing unopposed for re-election.
The bidding window for major wheelchair fencing events due to be held between next year and 2024 has closed.
International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing has published the list of the athletes who topped their respective classifications in 2019.
This year's International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing Asian Championships in Thailand have been moved to April 22 to 27.
The Wheelchair Fencing European Championships have been pushed back by a year to 2021 and moved from Britain to Hungary in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic have forced the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Pisa to be cancelled.
The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing have announced new dates for the Paralympic qualifiers that were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paralympic wheelchair fencing gold medallist Bebe Vio has taken part in a virtual clinic for Italian television.
The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) has announced the postponement of three wheelchair fencing events in Poland.
International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing has moved its World Championships from 2021 to 2022 as it seeks to find space to hold cancelled events.
Jamaica has created do-it-yourself wheelchair fencing frames to aid their team towards international competitions in the future, with a higher level of training.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
International Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Games Brand Manager - Bonn, Germany
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) offers the position of a full-time Paralympic Games Brand Manager (f/m/x) in an international and multicultural team at the IPC Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, starting in early 2021. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. We supervise the organisation of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games and serve as International Federation for 10 Para sports. The Paralympic Games Brand Manager is accountable to the Head of Brand and Engagement and will be responsible for ensuring the Paralympic brand is represented in a consistent and impactful way at the Paralympic Games.
As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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