2016.12.04 菲利普-克雷文爵士 国际残奥委员会主席

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Sir Philip Craven is the President of the International Paralympic Committee and a former wheelchair basketball athlete.

Craven represented Great Britain in wheelchair basketball at five editions of the Paralympic Games, from 1972 to 1988. He also competed in track and field athletics and swimming at the 1972 Games.

He won gold at the wheelchair basketball World Championships in 1973, and bronze in 1975, as well as two gold medals (1971, 1974) and a silver (1993) at the European Championships. He also won gold at the European Champions Cup in 1994, and gold at the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in 1970.

Sir Philip Craven has been passionate about sport all his life. He was born in Bolton and educated at the University of Manchester, where he graduated with a geography degree in 1972.

He grew up the younger of two boys to parents Herbert and Hilda who ran a floristry shop. He spent his childhood playing lots of cricket, climbing trees and trainspotting. Then when he was sixteen, he fell whilst rock climbing and broke his back. He was paralysed from the chest down and lost the use of his legs. He became a wheelchair user, went on to university and became a wheelchair basketball player.

He met his French wife, Joscelyne when he was working as a sports trainer in Brittany. They have been married for 42 years and have two children and three grandsons.



菲利普-克雷文爵士是国际残奥委员会主席，曾是一名轮椅篮球运动员。

克雷文代表英国参加了1972至1988年的五届残奥会的轮椅篮球比赛。他还参加了1972年奥运会的田径和游泳比赛。

他在1973年的轮椅篮球世界锦标赛上赢得了金牌，在1975年赢得了铜牌，并在欧洲锦标赛上获得了两枚金牌（1971年、1974年）和一枚银牌（1993年）。他还在1994年的欧洲冠军杯上赢得了金牌，并在1970年的英联邦截瘫运动会上赢得了金牌。

菲利普-克雷文爵士一生都热衷于体育运动。他出生在博尔顿，在曼彻斯特大学接受教育，并于1972年毕业，获得地理学学位。

他是两个男孩中的小儿子，父母赫伯特和希尔达经营着一家花店。他的童年是在打板球、爬树和看火车中度过的。在他16岁的时候，他在攀岩时摔倒，摔断了腰。他从胸部以下瘫痪，失去了双腿的功能。他成为一名轮椅使用者，进入大学并成为一名轮椅篮球运动员。

他在布列塔尼担任体育教练时，遇到了他的法国妻子乔丝丽娜。他们已经结婚42年，有两个孩子和三个孙子。