Deutscher Rollstuhl-Sportverband

Founded in 1977, Deutscher Rollstuhl-Sportverband is a non-profit network based in Duisburg, Germany working on disability, sport for development.

The Deutscher Rollstuhl-Sportverband e.V. (DRS) is the national federation for wheelchair sport in Germany. Founded in 1977 from the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rollstuhlsport, it is a specialist association of the Deutscher Behinderten-Sportverband and promotes and develops wheelchair sport at both recreational and competitive levels. It is affiliated with more than 330 clubs supporting around 9,000 wheelchair sports participants and offers 34 sports organised in specialist divisions and working groups. The federation is run by a board and has regional wheelchair sport officers in the German states. Its offices are in Duisburg, with a federal centre in Hamburg.