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RI Newsletter November 2024 Issue

Dear Members of Rehabilitation International, dear friends and partners of Rehabilitation International, and all interested readers, This is the first Edition of the Rehabilitation International Newsletter during my term of office as president of RI global....

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Paralympic champion accepts herself for her daughter

For the USA’s Paralympic snowboard champion Brenna Huckaby, openness is a contagious source of strength. She is not afraid to tell you the best and worst moments of her life: whether that is the joy of winning two gold medals at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter...

World ParaVolley to collaborate with FIVB

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and World ParaVolley have teamed up for the first time to explore co-operative opportunities in the following disciplines: indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, snow volleyball, sitting volleyball and beach ParaVolley....

Pyha 2019: USA double stoked with double gold

Filled with adrenaline, all five winners on Saturday tried to understand what just happened when they each crossed the finish line on a historic day of the 2019 World Para Snowboard Championships in Pyha, Finland. Four-way races in snowboard-cross were witnessed at a...

Rebeca Valenzuela ready for Worlds

Rio 2016 Paralympic bronze medallist Rebeca Valenzuela Alvarez has made an impressive start to an important athletics season. The Mexican field athlete set an Americas record* of 13.15 in the women’s shot put F12 on her way to gold at the Dubai Grand Prix in February....

Male goalball team targets Paralympic qualification

Finnish men’s goalball coach Jarkko Pokkinen and his team may have been out of the limelight since 2017 but, this year, they are firmly focused on making it their most successful yet. Pokkinen’s side managed to stay in the A pool when they hosted the European...

Simone Barlaam focused on fun

Italy’s latest Para swimming superstar Simone Barlaam has an admirably simple recipe for success: “my aim is just to have fun”. It has worked so far. The Milan native may only be 18 years old but he is already a two-time world champion, a four-time European champion...

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