parasport brochure

Paralympic athletes are raising the bar of

human potential to new heights. They provide an

example of overcoming challenges in life against

all odds and also of the determined strength of

the soul, the courage and resolve of character, the

unfaltering will to reach victory, and incredible

physical abilities beyond one’s wildest expecta-

tions.

Founder oF the PArASPort FoundAtion

Oleg Boyko

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PreSident

Pavel Rozhkov

Chairman & First Vice President of the Executive

Committee of the Russian Paralympic Committee,

Member of Board of the IWAS, Honored Сoach of

Russia, D.Sc. in Economics, Professor

the executive BoArd

Oleg Smolin

Vice President of the Russian Paralympic

Committee, Deputy of the State Duma of the

Russian Federation

Michail Terentyev

Paralympic Champion, Member of the Executive

Committee of the Russian Paralympic Committee,

Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation

Rima Batalova

Thirteen fold Paralympics Champion, Vice

President of the Russian Paralympic Committee,

Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation

Oleg Boyko

Founder of the PARASPORT Foundation, Head of

the Paralympic Movement Development Committee

of the Russian Paralympic Committee, President of

Finstar Investment Holding

Victor Khotochkin

Emeritus Vice President of the Russian Olympic

Committee, Vice President of the Russian Boxing

Federation

Avtandil Baramidze

Chief Couch of the Russian Cerebral Palsy Football

Team

Anatoly Tzarik

Vice President of the Russian Paralympic

Committee, Paralympic Sports Coach

Huynh Thanh Tuyen

Chairwoman of PARASPORT Foundation in Asia-

Pacific

Lev Seleznev

President of the Russian Sport Federation for the

Athletes with Physical Disabilities, Member of the

Executive Committee of the Russian Paralympic

Committee, Honored Worker of Physical Culture of

Russia

Igor Medvedev

President of the Russian Blind Football Federation,

Member of the Board of the Russian Paralympic

Committee

Andrey Lozhechnikov

Paralympic Cerebral Palsy Football Champion,

Honored Master of Sports of Russia

the FoundAtion GovernAnce

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the PArAlymPic SPortS SuPPort

FoundAtion PArASPort

The Paralympic Sports Support Foundation PARASPORT is a non-profit charitable foundation organized to support development of Paralympic sports throughout the world. It serves as a long term source of financial assistance in physical rehabilitation, social adaptation for athletes and people with physical and sensory impairments, and promotes equal opportunities for all members of the modern community.

PARASPORT works in close partnership with the national Paralympic organizations. The PARASPORT foundation invites founding contributors to join us in our work. We are open to partnerships and cooperation to support the right of disabled people to full participation, equality, and development through the world of sports.

miSSion

the FoundAtion, Both in itS role AS a founding sponsor of the Paralympic Movement and through a variety of other fundraising initiatives:• supports paralympic athletes in their

participation in sports and social activities • provides financial support directly to promising

athletes• stimulates public policy discussion and

promotes sports among disabled individuals and groups

• helps to enact measures to advance the state of paralympic sports.

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In 2010 the foundation establishes special grants for

Russian athletes – participants of the Vancouver Winter

Paralympics of 2010. The money is distributed among

those sportsmen who did not receive Paralympic

medals but were among the top ten finalists in the

Paralympics competitions.

PARASPORT provides financing support for the

Russian Paralympic Team since its launch. The

foundation granted financial aid for Russian team`s

participation in the XI Winter Paralympics in Sochi,

Russia, in 2014, the London 2012 Paralympic Games,

the X Winter Paralympics 2010 in Vancouver, Canada,

the Beijing Summer Paralympic Games in 2008, and

the IX Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy.

ActivitieS And SPonSorShiP ProGrAmmeS

PArASPort StriveS to Provide sufficient fund-ing and charitable programs to paralympic athletes through active cooperation with the National Para-lympic Committees. Today the foundation works to develop charitable programs in three major fields.

PArAlymPic teAmS SPonSorShiP

throuGh our FundrAiSinG efforts and donations to the national Paralympic teams, PARASPORT has provided substantial financial assistance for the countries` athletes and sports facilities.

trAininG

PArASPort SPonSorS trAininG of individual ath-letes with disabilities, assists in construction of new sports facilities and methodology development. The foundation also helps to create new jobs for disabled sportsmen. This aid is provided mostly upon request and recommendation from the Na-tional Paralympic Committees and other paralym-pic institutions.

The foundation provided financial and organiza-

tional support to the Ukrainian Paralympic Team in

arranging its training and participation in the Beijing

Summer Paralympic Games in September 2008.

In November 2013 the meeting of the Russian Sports

Minister Vitaly Mutko, Vladimir Lukin, President of

the Russian Paralympic Committee, and Pavel Rozhkov,

Chairman of the Executive Committee, First Vice-

President of the Russian Paralympic Committee, with

the candidates to the national team for the XI Para-

lympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi was held at the

Novogorsk Training Center.

Since 2015 PARASPORT Foundation Vietnam

has provided financial assistance to Vietnamese

Paralympic athletes nationwide.

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PArAlymPic movement develoPment The foundation is deeply committed to issues and events pertaining to athletes with disabilities throughout the world. The assistance is realized by financing and arranging official events and educational programs to strengthen cooperation between Paralympic institutions, Russian and in-ternational Paralympic organizations, athletes, and society at large. PARASPORT works in Asia-Pacific through its Vietnam branch - Parasport Founda-tion Vietnam, opened in February 2015.


The President of the IPC Sir Phillip Craven and the Founder of the PARASPORT

Oleg Boyko.

In May 2015 PARASPORT convened the official visit

of Vietnam Paralympic Association headed by its

President Pham Van Tuan to Russia.

At the meetings the Governing Boards of Russian

Paralympic Committee, Vietnam Paralympic

Association and PARASPORT discussed issues

of mutual cooperation for the development of the

Paralympic Movement, exchange of experience on

the organization of training activities of national

teams of Russia and Vietnam.

The sides signed tripartite Memorandum of Russian-

Vietnamese cooperation enlargement for Paralympic

sport development.

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An official meeting between the Governing Boards of Russian Paralympic Committee, Vietnam Paralympic Associa-

tion and PARASPORT Foundation

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PARASPORT is the general partner of the IWAS

World Games, which are held on 26 September-3

October 2015 in Sochi. The IWAS World Games

brings together over 800 participants from 35

countries. Competitions are held in six sports –

athletics, swimming, table tennis, archery, taekwondo,

and armrestling.

PARASPORT makes a large contribution to support

the Vietnamese National ParaGames in August 2015.

Nationwide games with more than 1000 participants,

including athletes, coaches, audience and guests are

held in the Sports Center of Dong Nai, Vietnam.

WORLD GAMES


PAPASPORT sponsors and organizes IX General

Assembly meeting of the European Paralympic

Committee in Moscow, Russia, on the 23rd and 24th

of September 2011.

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PARASPORT co-organized the meeting of Sir Phil-lip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee, with the heads and representatives of the National Paralympic Committees of the CIS coun-tries, Eastern Europe and the Baltic states.The session took place at the Novogorsk Training Center, Moscow region, in November 2013. The issues of paralympic movement development worldwide, co-operation and the strengthening of cooperation be-tween the IPC and National Paralympic Committees were discussed.

The first visit of Sir Phillip Craven to Moscow was

arranged by PARASPORT foundation in 2007.

In April 2015 PARASPORT Foundation Vietnam

organized a Wheelchair Granting in Tien Giang for

disabled students who has good achievement in their

life. Moreover, they also had a chance to meet and

share with famous Paralympic athletes of Viet Nam

about overcoming the difficulties.

This is believed to be a very fruitful inspiration of

encouraging new generation of para sport’s industry.

AwArdS ceremonieS

PARASPORT sponsors award ceremonies for outstanding achievements in paralympic sports in order to promote paralympic activities among government, institutions, the media, and the general public and to increase the public’s awareness and engagement in the Paralympic Movement.


Since 2007 the foundation has sponsored and

organized national award ceremony “Back to Life”.

The awards are given in 10 categories to outstanding

athletes, coaches, and physicians of the National

Paralympic Team, who achieve successful results at

the Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, and

other international competitions.

Valentina MatviyenkoChairman of the Federation Council of the

Russian Federation“Back to Life” ceremony, 2014

In 2008 the foundation sponsors and organizes an

Ambassador reception at the Beijing Paralympics.

The event serves as a meeting point for representatives

of fifteen National Paralympic Committees, the

Games organizers, and the International Paralympic

Committee.

Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Com-mittee, Vitaly Mutko, Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Lukin, President of the Russian Paralympic Committee.

Sergey NaryshkinChairman of the State Duma

of the Russian Federation“Back to Life” ceremony, 2010

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In support of XI Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi

PARASPORT organizes a reception in honor of the

Russian champions and medalists.

During the ХI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014

PARASPORT foundation sponsors Russian talk show

“Heroes of Our Time”. The objective of the program is to provide good and

positive examples of helping people find themselves,

and to promote qualities like determination, optimism,

and willpower, which can help to bring about success

no matter the hardships faced. The show was launched

on Russia’s leading business channel RBC TV.

In December 2014 Parasport Foundation participates

in the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Sports

House – first ever in the history of Russian Paralympic

Movement. The Award Ceremony «Back to Life» takes

place in the new Russian Paralympic Committee head-

quarters as part of celebrations.


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SPeciAl eventS

PARASPORT gives financial and organization-

al assistance to unique events and projects in-

tended to make a breakthrough in the minds of

society and break stereotypes, to change public

opinion about people with disabilities.

In December 2011 PARASPORT hosts a reception

dedicated to the Russian Paralympic Committee’s

15th anniversary. The event gathers great Russian

Paralympic champions, coaches and athletes, found-

ers and pioneers of the Paralympic Movement in the

country.


Since 2011 the foundation has organized master

classes for students of a boarding school for children

with disabilities in Moscow. Famous Russian Paralym-

pic athletes come to share their skills in wheelchair

basketball, para-table tennis, wheelchair fencing,

wheelchair dance, boccia and arm wrestling, and etc.

In 2011 PARASPORT publishes the first children’s

book about Paralympic Movement in Russia and

the world, named «Paralympic Sports. Courage and

overcoming». The new edition was published in 2014.

Pavel Rozhkov, Vitaly Mutko, Alexey Kulakovsky

Vladimir Lukin, Xavier Gonzalez

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