The story of
Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games
In the summer of 1948, neurologist Ludwig Guttmann set up a sporting competition between patients. It was the birth of the Paralympic Games.
Series
UK Sport Website
Catalogue reference: PF 99
What's it about?
PF 99
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the UK Sport website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PF 99
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Title (The name of the record)
- UK Sport Website
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Date (When the record was created)
- From 2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the UK Sport website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Please see information at Divisional level
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- UK Sport, 1997-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- archived website(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Gathered from original website
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Official publications
- Sports
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Future website versions may be anticipated.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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UK Sport is the strategic lead body for high performance sport in the UK. It invests Exchequer and National Lottery funds in Britain’s best Olympic and Paralympic sports and athletes to maximise their chances of success on the world stage. For London and beyond, a third stream of private sector funding (' Team 2012') complements this public investment. UK Sport was established by Royal Charter in 1997, succeeding the Sports Council of Great Britain. It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18214/
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