Program

Under the motto “Enabling a change of perspective – create encounters”, sports played in the Paralympic event were displayed (e.g. wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball or goalball). The short workshops were instructed by para-athletes or trainers from para-sport, who not only introduced visitors to their sport in a technically adept manner, but also passed on the authentic experiences of people with disabilities both in everyday life and in sport. The demonstrations took place in english.

PROGRAMMME

“Goalball” workshop (a ball sport for people with visual impairments) with

• Michael Breidbach (Cologne), former long-standing member of the German national team, Athens 2004 Paralympics participant and multiple European Championship bronze medalist

Workshop wheelchair basketball with

• Philipp Wilmes (Paderborner Ahorn Panther), long-standing member of the U22 national team, 5^th place in the World Championship, 3^rd place in the European Championship, championship winner of the 2. RBBL-Nord league.
• Katharina Hatting (Paderborner Ahorn Panther), long-time player in the 2. Bundesliga-Nord

Workshop Sitting volleyball with

• Suvi Blechschmidt (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, youth development sitting volleyball) German Volleyball Youth development manager, former Development Director at ParaVolley Europe, former member of the Development Commission at World ParaVolleyball, former officer at the Finnish Disabled Sports Association
• Mathis Tigler (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen), long-standing member of the national team, Paralympics participant in Rio and Tokyo (6^th place in each competition), twice World Cup participant (6^th and 10^th place), three-time European Championship participant (silver and 2x bronze medalist)