Welcome to the Official USA goalball page. A page created by USA goalball players.

USGoalball.com is dedicated to all the past, present, and future US elite male and female athletes in this great sport of goalball from a regional level all the way up to the elite level and the Paralympics. If you are a fan of goalball in the USA, then you've found the right site. Read our brief info about the
Paralympic history. Here you will be able to "read up" on these great athletes, sign our guest book and wish past, present and future athletes well, get up to date results, view our 2007 Goalball Calendar, and much much more!! Follow along as USA Men's and Women’s Goalball enters a new era filled with inspired and dedicated athletes who have one goal in mind and that is to bring home the gold for the good old US of A!! The game of goalball has been around awhile and the goalball movement in the United States is increasing at a dramatic rate. If you have ever laced up and padded up for this game then you know what we are talking about. If you are new to the game, check out the history of goalball section however, I must warn you, the game is addictive.

USGoalball.com is currently updating the site. Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Please email the webmasters with your feedback. John Mulhern: USGoalball.com Webmaster

A little History About the Paralympics

The first Paralympic Games originated with the vision of Sir Ludwig Guttman, an English Neurosurgeon at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, England, who in 1948 organized the International Wheelchair Games to coincide with the 1948 London Olympics. The first deliberate attempt to connect the Olympics and Paralympics was made in 1960 when the Paralympic Games were held in Rome, just a few weeks after the 1960 Rome Olympics. In the first years of the games, only wheelchair athletes competed. However, through the years, the games were expanded to include amputees, persons with cerebral palsy, persons with visual impairments and other disabled groups. Now, the Paralympics are not to be confused with the Special Olympics, for athletes with mental retardation. The Paralympics are games for elite athletes. The Paralympics are now the second largest games in the world.