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The Boccia Player
2012.09.26
June 30, 2012
Boccia is a Portuguese precision ball sport game, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name Boccia is derived from the Latin word for boss – bottia. The sport is competed at national and international level, by athletes who require a wheelchair because of physical disability. It was originally designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy but now includes athletes with other severe disabilities affecting motor skills. In 1984 it became a Paralympic sport, and in 2008 was being practised in over fifty countries worldwide. Boccia is governed by the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) and is one of three Paralympic sports that have no counterpart in the Olympic program.
Adolf von Hildebrand (October 6, 1847 – January 18, 1921) was a German sculptor,
Hildebrand was born at Marburg, the son of Marburg economics professor Bruno Hildebrand. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, with Kaspar von Zumbusch at the Munich Academy and with Rudolf Siemering in Berlin.
He was the author of Das Problem der Form in der Bildenden Kunst ("The Problem of Form in Painting and Sculpture"). From 1873 he lived in Florence in San Francesco, a secularized sixteenth-century monastery. In 1877 he married Irene Schäuffelen. He spent significant time in Munich after 1889 executing a monumental fountain there, the Wittelsbacher Brunnen. He is known for five monumental urban fountains.
He was ennobled by the King of Bavaria in 1904, He was the father of the painter Eva, Elizabeth, sculptor Irene Georgii-Hildebrand, Sylvie, Bertele, and Catholic theologian Dietrich von Hildebrand.
He died in Munich.
Boccia is a Portuguese precision ball sport game, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name Boccia is derived from the Latin word for boss – bottia. The sport is competed at national and international level, by athletes who require a wheelchair because of physical disability. It was originally designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy but now includes athletes with other severe disabilities affecting motor skills. In 1984 it became a Paralympic sport, and in 2008 was being practised in over fifty countries worldwide. Boccia is governed by the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) and is one of three Paralympic sports that have no counterpart in the Olympic program.
Adolf von Hildebrand (October 6, 1847 – January 18, 1921) was a German sculptor,
Hildebrand was born at Marburg, the son of Marburg economics professor Bruno Hildebrand. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, with Kaspar von Zumbusch at the Munich Academy and with Rudolf Siemering in Berlin.
He was the author of Das Problem der Form in der Bildenden Kunst ("The Problem of Form in Painting and Sculpture"). From 1873 he lived in Florence in San Francesco, a secularized sixteenth-century monastery. In 1877 he married Irene Schäuffelen. He spent significant time in Munich after 1889 executing a monumental fountain there, the Wittelsbacher Brunnen. He is known for five monumental urban fountains.
He was ennobled by the King of Bavaria in 1904, He was the father of the painter Eva, Elizabeth, sculptor Irene Georgii-Hildebrand, Sylvie, Bertele, and Catholic theologian Dietrich von Hildebrand.
He died in Munich.
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Great that there is a sport for the handicapped..interesting..
NellyBly · 2012-09-24: 15:44
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wonderful info and great shots to illustrate it!
KatysPassionata · 2012-09-24: 16:02
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Interesting post !!
finbarr · 2012-09-24: 17:01
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I'm very glad to see this post. Thanks for sharing this info.
maharba · 2012-09-24: 17:53
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Very interesting, thanks!
atszabo · 2012-09-24: 23:30
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Une belle info ! Je ne connaissais pas ! Votre insatiable curiosité fait encore merveille ! Et les photos sont très élégantes
josy63 · 2012-09-25: 02:15
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interesting...
BeataAngelika · 2012-09-25: 02:26
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wonderful!
tomie · 2012-09-25: 04:24
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Fascinating insight.
Jarvo · 2012-09-26: 18:36
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PERFECT !! LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Davorka · 2012-09-28: 04:33
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