Oct 08, 2013 · spain’s intellectual disabled men’s basketball team that won 2000 paralympic gold was at the center of the scandal.

Spanish paralympic scandal. Miguel sagarra, the secretary general of the spanish paralympic committee,. The scandal led to a total ban on athletes with an intellectual disability from the 2004 and 2008 paralympics, destroying the careers of thousands of sportspeople around the world. Spanish official fined for fielding athletes.

The sydney 2000 paralympics is a bittersweet memory for retired boomerang basketballer bradley lee. The scandal broke in november. But they didn't have a disability.

On october 24th, 2000, spain. In november 2000, everyone was delighted to see spain’s team of intellectually disabled basketball players shine on the court. As the final seconds ticked by, the team won.

One of those new participants was a spanish basketball player named carlos ribagorda, who joined spain’s. Shepherd describes the scandal that broke out after the discovery that most players on the spanish paralympic basketball team were not intellectually disabled. 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 performance of the.

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 performance of the. It was the scandal that shamed the 2000 paralympics. Cheating at the paralympic games has caused scandals that have significantly changed the way in which the international paralympic committee (ipc) manages the events.

In 2000, the spanish basketball team won gold at the paralympics. A spanish gold medallist has accused the nation's paralympic team of fielding athletes with no disabilties in. In 2013, the former head of the spanish federation for mentally handicapped sports, fernando martin vicente, was found guilty of the fraud and was fined a sum of $7300 (around rs 55 lakh).