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The Paralympic Games

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London hosted the Paralympic Games in 2012. The Paralympics began with the work of Dr Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a German refugee, at Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire. He developed new treatments for people with spinal injuries and encouraged patients to take part in sport.

Memory tip: Paralympics: London 2012; origins with Dr Ludwig Guttmann at Stoke Mandeville hospital.

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The Paralympic Games have their origin in the work of Dr Sir Ludwig Guttmann at which hospital?

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