Ramón torres captain of spain's sydney 2000 paralympic basketball team.

Paralympics basketball scandal. The first paralympic men’s basketball tournament for those with intellectual disabilities took place in sydney in october 2000 and was marked by the impressive. It was the scandal that shamed the 2000 paralympics. Spaniard behind sydney 2000 paralympic basketball scandal finally brought to justice;

One of those new participants was a spanish basketball player named carlos ribagorda, who joined spain’s paralympic team in 1998 or 1999. 2020, how the spanish basketball paralympic. In november 2000, everyone was delighted to see spain’s team of intellectually disabled basketball players shine on the court.

Spain’s intellectual disabled men’s basketball team that won 2000 paralympic gold was at the center of the scandal. The first paralympic men’s basketball tournament for those with intellectual disabilities took place in sydney in october 2000 and was marked by the impressive. By the end of the 2000.

Today, let’s look back at the biggest and the lowest act of cheating committed on the world stage of the paralympics. Paralympics darkest moment turned into theatre production;. As the final seconds ticked by, the team won.

In the 2000 sydney paralympics, spain bagged the gold. Spain was ordered to return its basketball gold medals in. “ in 2000, the spanish basketball team won gold at the paralympics.

Arguably the most direct victim of the cheating scandal was the team's captain, ramón. In addition to traditional wheelchair basketball, the paralympic games in 2000 hosted another basketball tournament, reserved for the mentally disabled. But they didn’t have a disability.” mamma mia, 22 nov.