S2 Ep1633: Celebrating 50years of the Winter Paralympic Games with Mike Brace CBE DL
From RNIB - See Sport Differently by RNIB Connect Radio
March 5, 2026 · 24 min · Season 2 · Episode 1633
About this episode
Mike Brace reflects on the first Winter Paralympic Games and the evolution of the event over 50 years.
With 2026 marking the 50th anniversary of the first ever Winter Paralympic Games held in Sweden in February 1976 with teams of blind and partially sighted athletes competing in both alpine and nordic skiing for the first time too here on RNIB Connect Radio’s we thought it would be a good time to look back on that very first Winter Paralympic Games and find out what it was like taking part in the games for the first time as a visually impaired Paralympian. RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Mike Brace CBE DL who was there along with five other young visually impaired athletes competing for Great Britain at that very first Winter Paralympic Games. Mike began by telling Toby about how the opportunity came about for him to compete as a blind person in that very first Winter Paralympic Games plus what the training was like to get him and the other visually impaired skiers ready for the games. Mike then talked about how the games have evolved over the last 50 years from his view point competing as a blind skier in that first ever Winter Paralympic Games, managing the great British Paralympic Cross-Country Ski Team from 1988 to 1994, Chef de Mission for the Great British…
People in this episode
Host: Toby Davey
Guest: Mike Brace CBE DL
Topics covered
- Winter Paralympic Games
- visually impaired athletes
- sports history
- Paralympic evolution
- alpine skiing
- nordic skiing
Keywords
- Winter Paralympic Games
- Mike Brace
- visually impaired skiing
- sports history
- Paralympics GB
- alpine skiing
- nordic skiing
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