A Video Celebration of
Wheelchair Athletes

“Many wheelchair athletes have survived injuries that would have left the majority of us side-lined for life. They have not only come back from their injuries, they have shown us that they are heroes. But are we paying attention?” asked Dr Emmer.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) devotes entire section of its website to “Disability Sport” and regularly reports on wheelchair sporting events.

The BBC is setting an example for other leading newspapers and broadcasters around the world who do not give wheelchair athletes the level of coverage they deserve.

Med Services Europe has already gathered a wide-range of videos representing a cross section of wheelchair sports and some exceptionally talented wheelchair athletes, including wheelchair tennis player Ester Vergeer, wheelchair basketball player Ade Adeptan, murderball player Mark Zupan and the young wheelchair skateboarder Aaron Fotheringham.

Plans are to continually expand the collection over time.

"Our vision is that this will become the largest collection of wheelchair sports videos on the internet," Emmer added. He is asking the public to help by suggesting inspiring and unusual sports wheelchair videos.

"And we are challenging the sports media to give these remarkable men and women the attention that they deserve," he said.

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