Introduction to Blind Sports

SPORT NAME: Blind Sports
SPORT TYPE: sports for the vision impaired

Organizations:

ENTITY: International Blind Sports Federation
FORMERLY KNOWN AS: International Blind Sports Association
ESTABISHED: 1981
MEMBER OF: International Paralympic Committee
WEB SITE URL: ibsasport.org | Link |
ARTICLE: wikipedia.org
PARALYMPIC SPORTS:
- Football | ibsasport.org |
- Goalball | ibsasport.org |
- Judo | ibsasport.org |
OTHER SPORTS:
- Chess | ibsasport.org |
- Ninepin Bowling | ibsasport.org |
- Powerlifting | ibsasport.org |
- Showdown | ibsasport.org |
- Tenpin Bowling | ibsasport.org |
- Torball | ibsasport.org |

ENTITY: Northwest Association for Blind Athletes
ESTABISHED: 2007
DESCRIPTION: blind sports in the northwest United States
WEB SITE URL: nwaba.org | Link |

Sports

Goalball

Chess:
- International Braille Chess Association

Cricket:
India: Cricket Association for the Blind in India
Pakistan: Pakistan Blind Cricket Council
World: World Blind Cricket Council

Football:
Asia: IBSA Blind Football Asian Championships
Europe: IBSA Blind Football European Championships
World: IBSA Blind Football World Grand Prix
World: World Blind Football Championships

Goalball
skatedancer.com - sports - goalball

Golf
Italy: Italian Golf Federation For Disabled
Japan Japanese Blind Golf Association
World: International Blind Golf Association

Judo
Europe: IBSA European Judo Championships

Skiing:
- Ski for Light

All Blind Sports:
Turkey: Turkish Blind Sports Federation
United Kingdom: British Blind Sport
World: IBSA World Games
World: International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)

References:

- askaboutsports.com - blind spors - archive
- wikipedia.org - blind sports - category
- wikipedia.org - blind sports competitions - category
- wikipedia.org - blind sports organizations - category
- curlie.org - sports - disabled- blind - directory
- commons.wikimedia.org - visual impairment sports - images category