SIR PHILIP CRAVEN MBE
President
International Paralympic Committee

Sporting Achievements and Awards
• Five time Paralympian in Wheelchair Basketball (1972-1988) and Swimming
(1972)
• International Achievements in Wheelchair Basketball:
• Gold medal - World Championship/Gold Cup (1973)
• Bronze medal - World Championship/Gold Cup (1975)
• Gold medal – European Championship (1971 and 1974)
• Silver medal – European Championship (1993)
• Gold medal – European Champions Cup (1994)
• Gold medal – Commonwealth Games (1970)
• Juan Antonio Samaranch Disabled Athlete Award (2006)
• Knight Bachelor by HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to Paralympic Sport
(2005)
• Gold Medal of the City of Athens by Mayor Dora Bakoyiannis (2004)
• Induction into the Stoke Mandeville Hall of Fame (2003)
• Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to Wheelchair Basketball (1991)
• La medaille d’argent de la Jeunesse et des Sports, France (1973)

Major Contributions to Paralympic Sport
• President, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) (since 2001)
• Member, International Olympic Committee (IOC) (since 2003)
• Member, Executive Board, British Olympic Association (since 2003)
• Board Member, London 2012 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (since 2005)
• Administration Council Member, International Committee for Fair Play (since 2003)
• Foundation Board Member, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) (since 2002)
• Board Member, Olympic Truce Foundation (since 2002)
• Member, IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Education (since 2005)
• Member, IOC 2008 Beijing Co-ordination Commission (since 2002)
• Member, IOC Sport & Environment Commission (2002-2005)
• President, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) (1998-2002)
• Chairman, Classification Committee, Basketball Section ISMWSF (1984-1988)
• Chairman, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (1977-1980,
1984-1987, 1989-1994)

Professional Career
• Performance Director, GBWBA Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team (1998-2002)
• Chief Executive Officer, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation
(1994-1998)
• Company Secretary, British Coal Corporation (1986-1991)

Website: www.paralympic.org