Ludwig Guttmann

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German-British neurologist who created the Paralympic Games (1899-1980)

United Kingdom DoctorsLived 1899 to 1980 · aged 80

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Photos 4

Guttmann presenting gold medal to Tony South at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv

Guttmann on a 2013 Russian stamp from the series "Sports Legends"

Ludwig Guttmann Statue, Stoke Mandeville, 2025

Awards 5

1972Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Fellow of the Royal Society

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Germany's Sports Hall of Fame

Knight Bachelor

Connected to Ludwig 6

Ingrid BeckerAlso won Germany's Sports Hall of Fame

Carl SchuhmannAlso won Germany's Sports Hall of Fame

Peter-Michael KolbeAlso won Germany's Sports Hall of Fame

Gottfried von CrammAlso won Germany's Sports Hall of Fame

Rudolf CaracciolaAlso won Germany's Sports Hall of Fame

Ulrike MeyfarthAlso won Germany's Sports Hall of Fame

About this person

Sir Ludwig Guttmann was a German-British neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people with disabilities (PWD) that evolved in England into the Paralympic Games. A Jewish doctor who fled Nazi Germany just before the start of the Second World War, Guttmann was a founding father of organized physical activities for people with disabilities.

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