IPC Blogger - Bradley Snyder (USA), talks tattoos, Paralympics 2012

  • 7 years ago
Paralympic swimmer Bradley Snyder speaks about his prominent tattoos and the meanings behind them. You can follow him on Twitter - @snyderhetoric

USA's Bradley Snyder has won gold and silver medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games already.

Sept. 7, the day in which he'll compete in the 400m freestyle (S11), will mark the one year anniversary of his injury while serving with the U.S. Navy. Snyder was blinded by an IED explosion while deployed in Afghanistan.

Here he explains his tattoos.


Federation for nine sports, for which it supervises and co-ordinates the World Championships and other competitions. The IPC is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality.

For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org.

To watch live action and videos on demand of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, and subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV.

Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.

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