'FC Barcelona-Institut Guttman' is a
Catalan wheelchair basketball team. It is part of both the
FC Barcelona family and the ''Fundacio Institut Guttman''. The latter is a
hospital in
Catalonia that provides treatment and rehabilitation for people with
spinal injury,
brain damage, and other
neurological disabilities. It is named after
Dr. Sir Ludwig Guttmann, founder of the
Paralympics and a pioneer of wheelchair sports. ''Club Esportiu Institut Guttman'' was founded in
1967 and is the oldest disabled sports club in
Spain. As well as a
basketball team it also has
boccia,
hockey, and
wheelchair tennis teams, and promotes
athletics,
weightlifting,
archery, and
table tennis.
External links
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Institut Guttman