Philip Craven

Sir Philip Craven is an English sports administrator who was also a Paralympic athlete. A rock-climbing fall at the age of sixteen left him without the use of his legs, and he went on to represent Great Britain in wheelchair basketball at five editions of the Paralympic Games between 1972 and 1988, as well as competing in track and field athletics and swimming at the 1972 Games. His playing honours include wheelchair basketball world championship gold in 1973 and several European titles. Moving into administration, he helped build the functional classification system for wheelchair basketball, became the first athlete to lead the sport worldwide, served as first president of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation, and was the second president of the International Paralympic Committee from 2001 to 2017.