Guiding dog

Player of the Czech Goalball Team holding his guiding dog up in his arms during a ceremony getting the first price for winning the international Goalball tournament in Zagreb. Goalball is a team sport designed for blind and visually impaired athletes. It was devised by an Austrian, Hanz Lorenzen, and a German, Sepp Reindle, in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans. The International Blind Sports Federatgion (IBSA - www.ibsa.es), responsible for fifteen sports for the blind and partially sighted in total, is the governing body for this sport.

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Copyright: Bjoern Steinz
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Player of the Czech Goalball Team holding his guiding dog up in his arms during a ceremony getting the first price for winning the international Goalball tournament in Zagreb. Goalball is a team sport designed for blind and visually impaired athletes. It was devised by an Austrian, Hanz Lorenzen, and a German, Sepp Reindle, in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans. The International Blind Sports Federatgion (IBSA - www.ibsa.es), responsible for fifteen sports for the blind and partially sighted in total, is the governing body for this sport.