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Official Prosthetic, Orthotic and Wheelchair Technical Services Provider for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Partner to the Paralympic Games since 1988.

At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, over 4000 athletes from 147 countries will compete in the second largest sporting event in the world. They will use a variety of equipment including wheelchairs, throwing frames, hand-cycles and the iconic running blade. Behind the Scenes Ottobock will provide an international team of more than 70 prosthetists, orthotists and wheelchair technicians.  Starting one week before the start of the Games, they will be available 24/7 to repair and maintain the equipment Paralympians rely on to compete.
 
The service will be provided out of workshops at the Athletes’ Village on the Olympic Park, at Weymouth and Portland Sailing Village and at Egham Rowing and Canoe Sprint Village. Smaller workshops will be set up in nine competition venues supported by a mobile unit.
 
The London 2012 Paralympic Games will be the 12th where Ottobock has provided a Technical Services Team.

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Behind the scenes

Ottobock’s first Games

Ottobock first provided technical service at the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games, with a small team of four technicians from Australia. This was also the first year carbon fibre running blades were used in Paralympic competition.

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Global expertise

At the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games the technical service team included 136 technicians from 19 countries.

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Committment to athletes

The technical service team in Beijing worked more than 10,000 hours, completing 2,188 repairs for Paralympic athletes from 120 countries.

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Ready for London

The Technical Service Team for the London 2012 Paralympic Games will comprise 80 prosthetists, orthotists and wheelchair technicians, including 12 welders.

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Getting started

Nine tonnes of equipment and 15,000 spare parts will be unpacked and assembled in two days to equip the main workshop in the Athletes’ Village on Olympic Park as well as smaller repair centre in Weymouth and Egham as well as nine competition venues.

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Powerful partnership

Partner of the Paralympic Games since 1998 the London 2012 Paralympic Games will be the 12th Games where Ottobock has provided technical service.



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Paralympic experience

In 24 years of providing technical service to Paralympic athletes there is not much Ottobock technicians haven’t seen.


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Carbon competence

Carbon fibre running blades are produced by Ottobock at its manufacturing facilities in Duderstadt, Germany. It takes two hours to lay the 80-120 carbon fibre layers used in each running blade.

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Exercise test

Running blades are tested for strength and durability in the Ottobock’s test laboratory.

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Prosthetic pros

Athletes walk into the workshop with a wide variety of prosthetic legs. Ottobock technicians need to have the experience, expertise and resources to repair whatever they are confronted with.

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Pushing technology

Technology and materials have changed dramatically in the 24 years Ottobock has been a providing service to the Paralympic Games.

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