A few days ago he hosted in Poznan vice-president Joaquim Viegas BISFed - the technical delegate at the World Boccia Open Championships 2015. During our stay we got to know many of the details sinn watches of world history Bocci and the role he played in its creation.
First contact our guest of Boccia took place in Denmark in 1983, when this fledgling then adapted physical activity was one of many used in recreational activities for people with cerebral palsy. Inspired novel idea Joaquim after returning to Portugal began the slow process of systematizing and in principle the creation of rules of the game. One of the problems were balls into Bocci, simply there was no their standard, played what it could. Joaquim experimented with rubber balls, which was filled with sawdust and then sawdust and sand. You had a great time and effort to create effective tools for the game.
History Bocci adapted as a sport dates back to 1984. During the Paralympic Games in New York, was first presented Boccia still a demonstration sport. 17 riders took off - separately in competitions for men and women. The Portuguese team consisting of Antonio Baltazar, Maria Helena Martins, Antonio Jose Mateus won the gold medal. It is worth noting that the Games in 1984 were held simultaneously in the US and Europe in Stoke Mandeville.
A watershed event were Paralympic Games in Seoul in 1988, where Boccia was officially incorporated into the program (with the participation of athletes from C1 and C2). Boccia was then grown in approx. 20 countries. From Seoul athletes Joaquim deported 1 gold medal in the team and two individual bronze medals.
In 1989, at the initiative of Howard Bailey established the International Committee of Bocci "IBC - International Boccia Committee. Joaquim Viegas was one of the founders of the Committee has sought to meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving discipline.
In 1990, the World Championships were held in Assen in the Netherlands. A year later (1991), Joaquim Viegas organized the inaugural World Cup in Coimbra sinn watches in Portugal. In 1992 Boccia again appeared at the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
In 2000, during the Paralympic Games in Athens in the program are introduced Bocci game individual BC4 classes and playing in pairs BC4 class. sinn watches At that time, followed by further changes in IBC - renamed CPISRA Boccia Committee (CBC). The Board is then dominated by representatives of the United Kingdom, Portugal, USA, Canada, Denmark, sinn watches Belgium, Argentina and Hong Kong.
The year 2010 CPISRA general meeting sinn watches at the request of Portugal (Joaquim Viegas again showed his foresight) decide on the transfer of management of the CPISRA discipline to an independent international sports organization. sinn watches CPISRA General Assembly on December 15, 2012 session decided to refer the BISFed (Boccia International Sports sinn watches Federation) full jurisdiction over the discipline of January 1, 2013. President BISFed (International Federation of Sports Bocci based in the United Kingdom in St.Albans) elected David Hadfield and Vice-President Joaquim Viegas.
Since her debut in 1984 Bocci at the Olympic sinn watches discipline in New York reached an extremely wide range. Currently, sinn watches the global system Bocci - BISFed form 53 countries grouped in 4 groups of mainland - the Americas, Asia and South Pacific, Europe and Africa. From 2013 there is also an ordinary member of Poland represented by the Polish Federation of the Disabled Bocci.
Joaquim Viegas is the best example of that in the history of many (perhaps most) of phenomena depends on individuals. In June 2015 years Joaquim will serve a key role technical delegate BISFEd on BOCCIA WORLD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS POZNAŃ'2015.
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