International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) is an international sports organisation that governs sports for athletes with physical impairments.

IWAS is a registered charity with its headquarters located at Aylesbury College in Buckinghamshire. It is the international governing body for the Paralympic sport of wheelchair fencing as well as the developing sport of Power hockey. IWAS has over 60 member nations and it provides support for sporting opportunities across the world.

IWAS acts as a multi-sport competition organiser for the IWAS World Games and IWAS Under 23 World Games.

History
The International Stoke Mandeville Games were the forerunner of the Paralympic Games and followed the vision of their creator and founder, Sir Ludwig Guttmann.

 
IWAS was formed in 2005 following a merger of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF) (which was formerly known as the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF) and the International Sports Federation of the Disabled (ISOD). ISOD had been founded by the International War Veterans Association in 1964.

In 2021 IWAS's Wheelchair Fencing Athletes' Council identified international representatives for a new Gender Equity Commission.

 1964 : Formation International Sports Federation of the Disabled (ISOD)
 2005 : Formation IWAS - Merge International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF) and International Sports Federation of the Disabled (ISOD) 
 2023 : Formation World Abilitysport - Merge IWAS and CPISRA

Also International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF) - 1952 - 2004 (1948-1951 Stoke Mandeville Games)

Games History 
 1948  Unofficial Stoke Mandeville Games for the Paralyzed
 1949 - 1951 Unofficial Stoke Mandeville Games
 1952 - 1995 International Stoke Mandeville Games 39 Editions
 1997 - 2003 World Wheelchair Games 6 Editions
 2005 - 2007 World Wheelchair and Amputee Games 3 Editions
 2009 - 2022 IWAS World Games 7 Editions
 2023 - Ongoing World Abilitysport Games 1 Editions

Also 12 Editions (2005 - 2016) for Juniors: IWAS World Junior Games

Games 
 WORLD ABILITYSPORT GAMES 
 WORLD ABILITYSPORT GAMES / Guttmann Games 
 World Games (IWAS and CPISRA) (One Women Edition Games was cancelled) 
 World Youth Games

2023 
In 2023 was merged with CPISRA to create the World Abilitysport Games. CPISRA are very excited to start working with IWAS under the new organisation launching in early 2023. More information will follow in the coming months.

 2023 World Abilitysport Games -  - 1 – 9 December 2023 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

1st World Abilitysport Games (56th/60th in Totally)

Athletes ages 16–23, 24-40 and 40+

The provisional sports programme includes:

 Athletics
 Swimming
 Shooting
 Wheelchair Tennis
 Wheelchair basketball
 Powerlifting
 Table tennis
 Archery
 Badminton
 Road cycling
 Indoor rowing
 Wheelchair fencing
 Lawn Bowls

Sports

International Federation:

 Wheelchair Fencing
 Powerchair Hockey

Developing Sports:

 Frame Running
 Wheelchair Slalom
 Frame Football

Some of other sports in the games: Athletics, Swimming, Shooting, Taekwondo, Wheelchair Tennis, Wheelchair basketball, Powerlifting, Table tennis, Archery, Badminton, Road cycling, Indoor rowing, Wheelchair fencing, Lawn Bowls

IWAS World Games Programme 
The IWAS Games are held annually in different nations around the world and host they hundreds of athletes competing in a differing range of sports including Athletics, Swimming, Table Tennis, Wheelchair Fencing, Para Taekwondo and Archery. The Games offer the athletes of the 65+ IWAS Member Nations opportunities in the Paralympic movement.

IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships
 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships
 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Under 17 and Under 23 World Championships
IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships, Eger (HUN) 2015
IWAS World Championships, Budapest (HUN) 2013
IWAS World Championships, Catania 2011
IWAS World Championships, Paris 2010
IWAS World Championships, Budapest (HUN) 2006 Torino Italy

This bond has been strengthened by the opportunities presented by Organising Committees to create combined FIE/IWAS World Championship situations, such as the World Championships in Torino Italy (2006) and the forthcoming World Championships in Paris, France (2010)

U23 and U17 World Championships (NED)	7-11 October 2016
IWAS Under 23 Wheelchair Fencing World Championships, Sharjah (UAE)
IWAS Under 17 Wheelchair Fencing World Championships, Sharjah (UAE) 2015
IWAS Wheelchair Fencing U23 Championships, Warsaw (POL)

IWAS Wheelchair Fencing U17 Championships, Warsaw (POL)2014	
IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Junior Competitions (POL)2013

See also
 IWAS World Games

References

External links
 https://www.paralympic.org/news/fie-iwas-extend-agreement
 http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/iwas-news1/results-summary-iwas-wheelchair-fencing-world-cup1/
 http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/sports/iwas-wheelchair-fencing/
 http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/sports/iwas-wheelchair-fencing/competitions1/
 http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/sports/iwas-wheelchair-fencing/history1/
 

Parasports organizations
Amputee organizations
International Paralympic Committee competitions
Wheelchair sports
Sport in Buckinghamshire
Charities based in Buckinghamshire
Sports organizations established in 2005
2005 establishments in the United Kingdom
International organisations based in the United Kingdom
International sports organizations