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SPORTS FEDERATION FOR THE DISABLED OF SLOVENIA

ACTIVITIES OF SPORTS FEDERATION FOR THE DISABLED OF SLOVENIA

The Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia (SFDS) was founded in 1950, when the Committee for Sports was established within the Association of the Disabled War Veterans; the Committee later evolved into the present Sports Federation for the disabled of Slovenia (SFDS), which meant the beginning of organised sports for the disabled in Slovenia.

Over the years SFDS has undergone many changes in terms of programmes and organisation. At the beginning it founded sports societies for the disabled, organised competitions, trained organisers, and encouraged new groups to take up sports and recreation activities. The following disciplines have been part of the programme since the very start: giant slalom, skittles, bowling, swimming, table tennis and shooting with air weapons.

Today, national organisations for the disabled, as founders of SFDS, carry out recreation and sports activities on a lower level, and SFDS mostly covers national championships and top level sports for disabled athletes. The programme includes all disabled groups – physically impaired, deaf, blind and partially sighted, mentally impaired.

We organise around 30 national championships every year with around 1.000 disabled athletes participating, and take part in 8 to 15 official international championships for the disabled (World and European championships, World Games and Paralympic Games) with 70 to 100 athletes regardless of the nature of their disability. Between 1992 and 1999 Slovenian disabled athletes won 163 medals (56 gold, 52 silver, 55 bronze). SFDS is a member of 15 international sports for the disabled organisations, the most important being the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the governing body of the Paralympic Games.

SFDS is also a member of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia where it represents all the sports for the disabled in Slovenia and its president Ernest Jazbinšek is at the same time a member of the executive board of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia.  

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Updated: 21-05-04.