On Monday 30 November 2015 at Podini Holding – seat of the Olympic Torches Museum – Stefano Podini handed over a check to the President of the South Tyrol Disabled Sports Group Markus Kompatscher which will be destined for the Sledge Hockey section for the purchase of two wheelchairs.
The Olympic Aid and Sport Promotion Project association has always supported sport because it believes that physical activity is important for everyone but especially for people with physical limitations because it allows them to lead an independent life. Sledge hockey has been featured in the program of the “South Tyrolean Disabled Sports Group” for over a decade. It seems strange that people with a spinal cord injury or leg amputation can play hockey, but the passion for sport has no barriers or boundaries .
The South Tyrolean team has won the title of Italian Champion several times and the local athletes are the pillars of the Italian national team. 194 / 5.000 Risultati della traduzione Risultato di traduzione At the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi 2014, seven members (two of whom were sixteen) from the South Tyrolean Disabled Sports Group were part of the Italian national Sledge Hockey team.
The sports group, based on financial resources, tries to provide its members with equipment and clothing but since most of this sports equipment must be manufactured individually and adapted to the individual needs of the athletes, production costs are considerable. For this purpose, the Olympic Aid and Sport Promotion Project association wanted to support the purchase of two new wheelchairs.
Present at the delivery of the check were: Stefan Leitner, Hansi Dalvai, Heinz Gutweniger, Renzo Stenico and Dody Nicolussi (Olympic Aid and Sport Promotion Project commission), Markus Kompatscher (President of the South Tyrol Disabled Sports Group) Florian Planker (athlete and manager of the Sledge Eishockey section), Nils Larch (athlete) and Ulrich Larch (companion).
