World Wheelchair Rugby
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:Infobox Organization World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR) is the international governing body for the sport of wheelchair rugby.
Value - To be a world leader in para sport[1]
Mission - growing and supporting the wheelchair rugby family[1]
WWR is a volunteer-run organisation that supervises the international competitions and development of wheelchair rugby.
It was created in 1993 as a sport section of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF). (The ISMWSF is known as the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) since 2005). WWR became an independent sport federation on 1 January 2010.
WWR puts on a number of international wheelchair rugby competitions such as the WWR European Championship, WWR Americas Championship, WWR Asia/Oceania Championship, Rugbymania, and more every year.[1]
WWR and the Paralympics
WWR has been playing a key role in organising wheelchair at the Paralympics. Wheelchair Rugby was brought to the 1996 Atlanta Games as a demonstration sport and then became a full sport at the 2006 Sydney Paralympic Games.[2] Since then, Wheelchair Rugby has been played at every Paralympic Games.
See also
- Wheelchair Rugby World Championships
- IWRF Americas Championship
- IWRF European Championship
- IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship
- International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS)