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We're the Superhumans is a television advert which was produced by Channel 4 to promote its broadcast of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.. Serving as a follow-up to Meet the Superhumans (which was used to promote the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London), the advert featured people of various backgrounds and disabilities (including several British Paralympic athletes) performing ...
The 2016 Summer Paralympics (Portuguese: Jogos Paralímpicos de Verão de 2016), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
In 2016 he was featured in the Channel 4's Paralympics trailer 'We're the Superhumans'. [7] in 2018 he won the Young Sports Personality of the Year in the Sport Guildford Awards. [8] He left school in 2019 and spent time in Boulder, Colorado climbing with his coach Robin O'Leary and a number of US climbers.
The IPC's trailer inspired by McCartney's “Rupert and the Frog Song” film is in that tradition. The Paris Paralympics will have a record 164 broadcasters worldwide covering 549 events across ...
2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony; Part of 2016 Summer Paralympics: Date: 7 September 2016 () Time: 18:30 – 22:00 BRT : Venue: Maracanã Stadium: Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Coordinates: Filmed by: Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) Footage
"We're the Superhumans" for Channel 4's Rio Paralympics coverage in 2016. Directed by Dougal Wilson, the ad was launched in 2016 as part of the channel's Year of Disability and features a cast of more than 140 people with disabilities. [32] It won the Film Grand Prix at the 2017 Cannes Lion Festival. [33]
During the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics, athletes from each participating country paraded in the Maracanã Stadium, preceded by its flag and placard barrier. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.
The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 18 September 2016. The ceremony's cultural portions were structured as a concert featuring a number of mainstream Brazilian singers and bands, headlined by pop divas Ivete Sangalo and Gaby Amarantos.