Goalball

Team sport designed for participants with vision impairment

Austriacountry of origin

1946first recorded

—not on the Olympic programme

—disciplines & variants

—international bodies

Goalball is a team sport and ball game. It originated in Austria, with its first record dating to 1946.

Country of originAustria

First recorded1946

Invented byNatalie Örnkvist

PractitionersGoalball player, Goalball player

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Multi-sport events

At other multi-sport games

Games	Editions	First	Latest	Years
Summer Paralympic Games	14	1972	2024	1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021, 2024 …
Arab Games	1	2011	2011	2011
Islamic Solidarity Games	1	2005	2005	2005