September 2022

On Tuesday, 27.9.2022, Celje Youth Center held a major sport event as part of our local activities during the European Week of sports. We wanted to follow the slogans #beactive #beadaptive, so we decided to collaborate with local elementary school for pupils with different mental and phisical disabilities. Together, we planned a sports day for …

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Today our Inspirational Wednesday is a bit different. Usually we present inspiring athletes, but today we will focus on the whole national team! Heroes on carts sent a bronze salute last Sunday to homeland Slovenia. The Slovenian wheelchair handball team won the bronze medal at the World Championship in Egypt.  “We went to Egypt with …

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Being diagnosed with spinal bifida at birth didn’t stop him from achieving his goal – Matt Scott’s only wish since he was a kid was to become a basketball player and hold the trophy after a winning match. He joined a wheelchair basketball team for the first time at the age of 14. In 2004 …

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Here they are! Freshly printed Adaptive Sport Programs PLAYBOOKS came to our office at Celje Youth Center today. They contain good practices from each partner country and many sport activities adapted for people with visual impairments, people with mental disabilities and people with physical disabilities. We decided to print two versions – one standard and one in Braille, …

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David Roberts CBE is one of the greatest male Paralympian the UK has ever produced. His gold medal tally equals that of Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson and Sarah Storey, a joint record for the most Paralympic titles ever won by a British athlete. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of eleven and was encouraged …

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Hannah Cockroft has won five Paralympic, 10 world and two European titles since making her international debut in 2011, while still in her mid-twenties. She added to her collection by winning gold in the 100m, 400m and 800m T34 at London 2017.  She successfully retained her women’s 100 metres T34 Paralympic title after winning gold …

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