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Sir Ludwig Guttmann CBE FRS [1] (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-British [2] neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people with disabilities (PWD) that evolved in England into the Paralympic Games.
- Contents
- Father of The Paralympic Movement
- Early Years to 1944, from Germany to Stoke Mandeville
- 1944-66 The National Spinal Injuries Centre
- 1966-80 Retired But Still Active
- Professor Sir Ludwig Guttmann's Legacy
Professor Sir Ludwig 'Poppa' Guttmann CBE FRS is known as the father of the Paralympic movement; he was the medical pioneer who proved that disabled sport could be as competitive and exciting as non-disabled sport. In September 1943, he took charge of the National Spinal Injuries Unit at Stoke Mandeville. He implemented his own theories on how best...
Ludwig Guttmann was born on the 3rd of July 1899, the eldest child of four, in Tost, Upper Silesia in Germany (which is now Toszek in Poland), and raised in the Jewish faith. He started studying medicine at the University of Breslau in 1918 after he was turned down for military service on medical grounds. He continued his studies in Würzburg and Fr...
The new Spinal Injuries Unit was opened at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in February 1944 with Dr Guttmann in charge. It had 24 beds and one patient. It was initially very poorly resourced but the medical need was clear; within six months Guttmann had nearly 50 patients. When Ludwig Guttmann started work at the Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandevill...
Following his retirement from the Spinal Injuries Centre in 1966, Guttmann continued to be heavily involved with the Games and the national and international organisations, both sports and medical. That year he was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen, becoming Sir Ludwig Guttmann. In 1969, following fundraising to cover the cost of the building works...
©WheelPower The aim of the Stoke Mandeville Games is to unite paralysed men and women from all parts of the world in an international sports movement, and your spirit of true sportsmanship today will give hope and inspiration to thousands of paralysed people. Forty-five years on the terminology may have changed but the core message remains the same...
Sep 1, 2021 · Dr Ludwig Guttmann was a German neurologist who fled to Britain in 1939. He was Jewish, and at that time Nazi persecution was rampant and put his life at risk. Aware of his work with paraplegic...
Aug 25, 2021 · Dr. Ludwig Guttman's work surpassed the Nazi eugenics that tried to eradicate him along with the Jewish and disabled communities.
May 4, 2022 · Known at the time as the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, they were organised with the support of the World Federation of Ex-servicemen, and are now recognised as having been the first Paralympic Games.
As a result, special centres for the treatment of spinal cord injuries were set up in many of them; the centres in Spain and Germany bear his name, as does a street in Holland. He was appointed OBE in 1950, CBE in 1960 and knighted in 1966.
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Aug 16, 2012 · In 1944 a talented neurologist called Guttmann arrived at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and transformed its Spinal Injuries Unit into a place of hope, independence and determination. The BBC drama, The Best of Men, tells this incredible story with Eddie Marsan playing Dr Guttmann.
