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How is the name Mandeville linked to the 2012 London Olympics? Any link with the Middle Age travel writer Mandeville?

Question #152105. Asked by chabenao1.
Last updated May 20 2025.
Originally posted May 20 2025 10:20 AM.

Philip_Eno
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Philip_Eno
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It is at the Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire, UK, where neurologist Sir Ludwig Guttmann established the Stoke Mandeville Games, a sporting event for people with disabilities, that evolved into the Paralympics.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Guttmann#Stoke_Mandeville_and_Paralympic_Games

link https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-and-tourism/theatres/paralympic-heritage/

May 20 2025, 11:05 AM
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