We
wish to express our gratitude to all those who have helped us with the
successful preparations of our Participation
in the Paralympic Games project. First
and foremost we would like to thank all those who have assisted us during
the preparations: the national disabled organisations and their clubs,
sport organisations and sport facilities where our competitors trained,
the Olympic Committee of Slovenia, the official equipment providers to the
national team, the Foundation for the Financing of Disabled and
Humanitarian Organisations, the Ministry of Education and Sport, the
sponsors and donors, especially Austria's Lauda Air, Prešernova Družba,
Zavarovalna Družba, AC Avto Triglav and Laško Health Spa. Special thanks
go to the coaches, the athletes' families and the organisations in which
the athletes and their guides to Sydney are employed. And
finally, most sincere thanks to journalists and the media for having given
more of their attention to the Paralympic Games and disabled athletes than
ever before. We
also need to thank the Campbelltown city council, the Sydney and Triglav
Slovenian clubs, and the Slovenian Honorary Consul General in Sydney, who
will all make our stay in Australia even more enjoyable. We
consider all of this as recognition of the quality of our programmes and
of our disabled athletes' efforts. In Sydney, the athletes will try hard
to give everybody a special thank you by achieving good results and high
placings. |
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Mag. Branko Mihorko Chef de Mission on XI.Paralympic Games | Ernest Jazbinšek, dipl.sociolog President of Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia |