In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a sports competition involving World War II veterans with a spinal cord-related injury in Stoke Mandeville, Eingland.

1948年，路德维格-古特曼爵士在英国的斯托克曼·德维尔专门为二战中脊髓受损的老兵组织了一次运动会。

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The unit was founded in 1944 by neurologist Professor Sir Ludwig Guttmann to treat servicemen who had sustained spinal cord injuries in World War II.

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Although the first Paralympics were held in Rome in 1960, they were inspired by the Stoke Mandeville Games - a sports contest for British World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries that was organised by Dr Ludwig Guttmann of Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1948.

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