Sports aid - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1984 - 60 Pfennig

The issue of special stamps with surcharges in favor of the »Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe«, whose patron is the Federal President, is to help the social tasks and tasks of the foundation in all areas of sport. The sports brands are dedicated this year to the theme »Olympic Games 1984«. As a classical throwing discipline of Greek antiquity symbol of the sport in the antiquity the discus throw is carried out with the olympic summer plays of the modern time since its introduction 1896. The disc weighs 2 kg for men and 1 kg for women. He must be thrown out of a throwing circle of 2.50 m. In disability sports there are different weights for the disc depending on the kind of disability. In the case of women, the discus weighs 1 kg as the non-disabled. Diskuswerfen is practiced in disabled sports of physically handicapped, paralyzed, blind and visually impaired women. Non-disabled throw the discus out of rotation, while disabled people use different techniques; Often the shock from the state is preferred. Paralyzed people throw the disc from the wheelchair, which is fixed in the worm ring with holding devices. Almost 60 member associations from all over the world are affiliated to the international disabled sports federations. In the German Disabled Sports Federation (DBS) over 120,000 disabled people are organized; the DBS is z. Z. the member-strongest association in the international handicapped sport. Athletics is one of 15 Olympic disciplines in the disabled sport.