Seongnam City Sports Association for the Disabled, delivered ‘sports wheelchairs’ to vitalize physical education for the disabled

[분당신문] Seongnam City Sports Association for the Disabled (Chairman Eun Su-mi) delivered two sports wheelchairs to Seongnam Hanmaeum Welfare Center (Director Heo Young-mi) to promote sports for the disabled.

A sports wheelchair is one of the key elements of physical education for the disabled, and it is absolutely necessary for physical activities of the disabled who need to use a wheelchair, such as basketball, table tennis, and badminton. However, since it costs 5-6 million won depending on the sport, it is a big burden for people with disabilities, making it difficult to purchase a sports wheelchair.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled, with the cooperation of the provincial and provincial athletic associations for the disabled, investigated the demand for wheelchair placement, and decided to support 20 general-purpose sports wheelchairs to a total of 13 facilities nationwide.

Seongnam City Sports Association for the Disabled has been allocated two general-purpose sports wheelchairs this time, two each year from 2019 to now, and has been using it to revitalize sports for the disabled. The wheelchair delivered this time was scheduled to be supported last year, but was delivered late due to the corona virus.

The Seongnam Sports Association for the Disabled visited the Hanmaeum Welfare Center on the 31st and delivered the assigned sports wheelchair, and announced that they plan to use it to revitalize the sports of boccia and table tennis, which are currently in the spotlight, along with the wheelchairs that have been delivered.

Lee Tae-bok, executive vice president of Seongnam Sports Association for the Disabled, said, “We will do our best to promote health and sports welfare by using a sports wheelchair so that people with disabilities who have difficulty in ordinary sports can access exercise more easily.”