Jersey used by the USA Wheelchair Rugby team during the 2014 season
date: label: date made
content: 2015
label: date made
content: 2014
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Jersey used by the USA Wheelchair Rugby team during the 2014 season. This jersey was not specifically worn by a player on the team but it is a representation of the team uniform worn by players in 2014. The first Paralympic Games were held in Rome in 1960, a week after the Summer Olympics. This tradition of holding the games for athletes with disabilities after the Olympics continues today. These first games were for wheelchair users only, but in 1976 athletes with other disabilities were welcomed. In that same year adaptive athletes from the Winter Olympics were also embraced. The 1996 games in Atlanta marked a turning point as the first games to fully include the Paralympic athletes and events under the Team USA banner.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2014 Winter Paralympics, also known as the 11th Winter Paralympic Games were held in Sochi, Russia with 45 countries and 550 athletes participating. This was the first time Russia hosted the Paralympics with snowboarding making its debut. Five sports were featured with 72 events. American Amy Purdy won bronze in snowboard cross and the US men’s Paralympic sled hockey team beat Russia in the gold medal game 1-0. Russia topped the medal count with 80 but it was discovered that Russia’s team was supplied steroids by the state and as a result many athletes had their medals stripped.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Wheelchair Rugby
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: level of sport
content: paralympics
label: web subject
content: Adaptive Sports
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0063.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0063
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0063.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wheelchair rugby jersey
label: Object Name
content: jersey, adaptive sports, wheelchair rugby
label: Object Name
content: jersey, adaptive sports
label: Object Name
content: jersey, paralympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 79.5 cm x 60.5 cm; 31 5/16 in x 23 13/16 in