A TEAM of top technicians from one the world’s leading healthcare companies, Otto Bock, will be on hand to help all 4,200 athletes at next year’s Paralympic Games.
Makers of cutting edge prosthetics and wheelchairs, Otto Bock are preparing a specially trained 80-strong squad to ensure that the elite athletes have the very best back up service.
Herr Helmut Pfuhl, marketing director, said at a press conference in Berlin: “For almost a century Otto Bock has been helping people with their mobility.
“We are delighted to provide technical support at the Games.”
During the Games the Otto Bock team will set up and manage repair centres at the three Paralympic Villages: Stratford, Weymouth and Eton Dorney.
They will also manage smaller repair centres around other competition venues and mobile units at selected competition venues.
Commercial Director of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, Chris Townsend said:
“The appointment of Otto Bock demonstrates our approach to staging the Games – keeping athletes at the centre of everything.
“Otto Bock brings significant experience at Paralympic Games and they will become a vital part of the team, ensuring athletes will have a magnificent experience and are able to compete at their optimum levels.”
Chairman and chief executive of Otto Bock, Professor Hans Georg Näder said: “We very much look forward to making the 2012 Paralympic Games a huge success for London.
“The types of sporting events and competitor levels within them are growing constantly, so the challenge for our team of technicians is to ensure the best possible care for all athletes to help them perform to their greatest ability on the day.”
Otto Bock has been providing technical support to the Paralympic Games since 1988.
At the Beijing Games in 2008, approximately 4,000 athletes competed and Otto Bock technicians dealt with 2,188 repairs.
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