National Paralympic Committee
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National Paralympic Committees (or NPCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee
(IPC), they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games
.
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event
where athletes with physical disabilities compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness
, and Cerebral Palsy
. There are Winter
and Summer Paralympic Games
, which are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games
.
As of 2010, there are 165 NPC members of the IPC. Only NPCs in good standing may enter athletes in the Paralympic Games. Within countries, some NPCs serve as the national governing body for one or more sports, while others only act as the IPC member with responsibility for Paralympic Games.
- Comité Caboverdeano Desp. Para Deficientes - Comité National Paralympique Centrafricain - Comité National Paralympique Congolais - Fédération Ivoirienne des Sports Paralympiques - Egyptian Paralympic Committee - Ethiopian Paralympic Committee - Federation Gabonaise Omnisports pour Paralympique pour Handicapées - Gambia Association of the Physically Disabled - National Paralympic Committee of Ghana - Guinea Paralympic Committee - suspended
- Kenya National Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Lesotho - Liberia National Paralympic Committee - Libyan Paralympic Committee - Fédération Malagasy Handisport - National Paralympic Committee of Mali - National Paralympic Committee of Mauritania - Mauritius National Paralympic Committee - Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled - Paralympic Committee Mozambique - Namibia National Paralympic Committee - Fédération Nigérienne des Sports Paralympiques - suspended
- National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda - Comité National Provisoire Handisport et Paralympique Sénégalais - Sierra Leone Paralympic Committee - Somali Paralympic Committee - South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
- Sudan National Paralympic Committee - Tanzania Paralympic Committee - Federation Togolaise de Sports pour Personnes Handicapees - Tunisian Paralympic Committee - Uganda National Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Zambia
- Zimbabwe Paralympic Committee
- Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Federación Paralímpica de Chile - Comité Paralímpico Colombiano - Comité Paralímpico de Costa Rica - Comité Paralímpico Cubano - Organ. Dominicana de Ciegos Inc. - Ecuadorian Paralympic Sport Federation - Comite Paralímpico de El Salvador - Comité Paralímpico Guatemalteco - National Paralympic Committee of Haiti - Honduran Paralympic Committee - Jamaica Paralympic Association - Comité Paralímpico Mexicano - Comité Paralímpico Nicaragüense - Paralympic Committee of Panama - National Paralympic Committee Peru - Comité Paralímpico de Puerto Rico - National Paralympic Committee of Suriname - Trinidad & Tobago Paralympic Committee - US Paralympics - United States Olympic Committee - Uruguayan Paralympic Committee - Comité Paralímpico Venezolano
- National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia - I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
- Iraqi National Paralympic Committee - Japan Paralympic Committee
- Jordan Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Kazakhstan - Korean Paralympic Committee
- Kuwait Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic - Lao Paralympic Committee - Lebanese Paralympic Committee - Associacion Recreativa dos Deficientes de Macau - Malaysia Paralympic Council - Mongolian Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Myanmar - National Paralympic Committee Nepal - Oman Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Pakistan - Palestinian Paralympic Committee
- Philippine Sports Association of the Differently Abled - (PHILSPADA) - NPC Philippines - Qatar Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Committee of Saudi Arabia - Singapore National Paralympic Council - National Federation of Sports for the Disabled - Syrian Paralympic Committee - Tajik Paralimpic Committee - Paralympic Committee of Thailand - Comité Paralimpico Nacional de Timor-Leste - National Paralympic Committee of Turkmenistan - UAE Paralympic Committee - Uzbekistan National Paralympic Association - Vietnam Paralympic Association
- National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic - Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus - Belgian Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Committee of Bosnia & Herzegovina - Bulgarian Paralympic Association - Croatian Paralympic Committee - Cyprus National Paralympic Committee - Czech Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Committee Denmark - Estonian Paralympic Committee
- Itrottasamband Fyri Brekad - Faroese Paralympic Committee - Finnish Paralympic Committee
- French Paralympic and Sports Committee - Georgian Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee Germany
- British Paralympic Association
- Hellenic Paralympic Committee - Hungarian Paralympic Committee - Icelandic Sports Association for the Disabled - Paralympics Ireland
- Israel Paralympic Committee - Italian Paralympic Committee - Latvian Paralympic Committee
- Liechtensteiner Behinderten Verband - Lithuanian Paralympic Committee
- Luxembourg Paralympic Committee - Macedonian Paralympic Committee - Federation for Sport and Recreation for Disabled of Macedonia - Malta Federation of Sports Associations For Disabled Persons - Paralympic Committee of Moldova - National Paralympic Committee of Montenegro - National Paralympic Committee of the Netherlands - Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
- Polish Paralympic Committee - Portugal Paralympic Committee - Romanian Sport Federation for Disabled People - Paralympic Committee of Russia - Paralympic Committee of Serbia - Slovak Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Committee of Slovenia - Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia - Spanish Paralympic Committee - Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee
- Swiss Paralympic Committee - Turkish Paralympic Committee
- National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine
- Fiji Paralympic Association - Paralympics New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea Paralympic Committee - Samoa Paralympic Committee - Tonga National Paralympic Committee - Vanuatu Paralympic Committee
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...
(IPC), they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...
.
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event
Paralympic sports
The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2010, the Summer Paralympics include 20 sports and disciplines and about 420 events, and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about 64 events...
where athletes with physical disabilities compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness
Blindness
Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...
, and Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
. There are Winter
Winter Paralympic Games
The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Winter Paralympic Games are held every four years directly following the Winter...
and Summer Paralympic Games
Summer Paralympic Games
The Summer Paralympic Games or the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event, where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years,...
, which are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
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As of 2010, there are 165 NPC members of the IPC. Only NPCs in good standing may enter athletes in the Paralympic Games. Within countries, some NPCs serve as the national governing body for one or more sports, while others only act as the IPC member with responsibility for Paralympic Games.
List of NPCs by continent
There are five regional organizations:| Continent | Association | NPCs | |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
African Paralympic Committee African Sports Confederation of Disabled The African Paralympic Committee or the African Sports Confederation of Disabled is an organization based in Cairo, Egypt. Its African membership is 40 National Paralympic Committees.- Member countries :... |
40 | |
| Americas Paralympic Committee Americas Paralympic Committee Americas Paralympic Committee is an international IPC regional committee which represents the current 26 National Paralympic Committees of the North American and South American continents... |
26 | ||
| Asian Paralympic Committee Asian Paralympic Committee The Asian Paralympic Committee is an organization based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Its Asian membership is 41 National Paralympic Committees.-History:... |
41 | ||
| European Paralympic Committee European Paralympic Committee The European Paralympic Committee is an organization based in Rome, Italy. Its European membership is 48 National Paralympic Committees, the European branches of four disability-specific International Organisations of Sports for the Disabled and one Independent Paralympic Sports Federation.- Member... |
48 | ||
| Oceania Paralympic Committee Oceania Paralympic Committee Oceania Paralympic Committee is an organisation based in Sydney, Australia. It is an international organisation that congregates the 7 National Paralympic Committees of Oceania.-History:... |
7 | ||
Africa
- Algerian National Paralympic Committee - Comite Paralimpico Angolano - Federation Handisport du Benin-Comité National Paralympique - Paralympic Association of Botswana - National Paralympic Committee Burkina Faso - Burundi Paralympic Committee - suspendedSuspension (punishment)
Suspension is a form of punishment that people receive for violating rules and regulations.- Workplace :Suspension is a common practice in the workplace for being in violation of an organization's policy...
- Comité Caboverdeano Desp. Para Deficientes - Comité National Paralympique Centrafricain - Comité National Paralympique Congolais - Fédération Ivoirienne des Sports Paralympiques - Egyptian Paralympic Committee - Ethiopian Paralympic Committee - Federation Gabonaise Omnisports pour Paralympique pour Handicapées - Gambia Association of the Physically Disabled - National Paralympic Committee of Ghana - Guinea Paralympic Committee - suspended
Suspension (punishment)
Suspension is a form of punishment that people receive for violating rules and regulations.- Workplace :Suspension is a common practice in the workplace for being in violation of an organization's policy...
- Kenya National Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Lesotho - Liberia National Paralympic Committee - Libyan Paralympic Committee - Fédération Malagasy Handisport - National Paralympic Committee of Mali - National Paralympic Committee of Mauritania - Mauritius National Paralympic Committee - Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled - Paralympic Committee Mozambique - Namibia National Paralympic Committee - Fédération Nigérienne des Sports Paralympiques - suspended
Suspension (punishment)
Suspension is a form of punishment that people receive for violating rules and regulations.- Workplace :Suspension is a common practice in the workplace for being in violation of an organization's policy...
- National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda - Comité National Provisoire Handisport et Paralympique Sénégalais - Sierra Leone Paralympic Committee - Somali Paralympic Committee - South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee is a non-profit organisation that serves as the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the South Africa and the controlling body of all performance sports of South Africa and coordinates the relationship with...
- Sudan National Paralympic Committee - Tanzania Paralympic Committee - Federation Togolaise de Sports pour Personnes Handicapees - Tunisian Paralympic Committee - Uganda National Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Zambia
National Paralympic Committee of Zambia
The National Paralympic Committee of Zambia is, as its name suggests, the National Paralympic Committee of Zambia, and is a member of the International Paralympic Committee. It was set up in 2005, replacing the Zambia Sports Federation of the Disabled...
- Zimbabwe Paralympic Committee
Americas
- Comité Paralímpico Argentino - Paralympic Association of Barbados - Bermuda Paralympic Association - Brazilian Paralympic CommitteeBrazilian Paralympic Committee
The Brazilian Paralympic Committee or BPC is the private, non-profit organization representing Brazilian Paralympic athletes in the International Paralympic Committee and the Parapan American Games. It is the governing body of Brazilian Paralympic sport....
- Canadian Paralympic Committee
Canadian Paralympic Committee
The Canadian Paralympic Committee - CPC is the private, non-profit organization representing Canadian Paralympic athletes in the International Paralympic Committee and the Parapan American Games...
- Federación Paralímpica de Chile - Comité Paralímpico Colombiano - Comité Paralímpico de Costa Rica - Comité Paralímpico Cubano - Organ. Dominicana de Ciegos Inc. - Ecuadorian Paralympic Sport Federation - Comite Paralímpico de El Salvador - Comité Paralímpico Guatemalteco - National Paralympic Committee of Haiti - Honduran Paralympic Committee - Jamaica Paralympic Association - Comité Paralímpico Mexicano - Comité Paralímpico Nicaragüense - Paralympic Committee of Panama - National Paralympic Committee Peru - Comité Paralímpico de Puerto Rico - National Paralympic Committee of Suriname - Trinidad & Tobago Paralympic Committee - US Paralympics - United States Olympic Committee - Uruguayan Paralympic Committee - Comité Paralímpico Venezolano
Asia
- Afghanistan Paralympic Committee - Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation-Bahrain Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Bangladesh - Paralympic Council of Brunei Darussalam - National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia - National Paralympic Committee of China - Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee - Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled - Paralympic Committee of IndiaParalympic Committee of India
The Paralympic Committee of India is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Paralympic Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events....
- National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia - I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
The Paralympic Committee of Iran is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent Iran at the Paralympic Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events.-External links:*...
- Iraqi National Paralympic Committee - Japan Paralympic Committee
Japan Paralympic Committee
Japan Paralympic Committee is a National Paralympic Committee of Japan. The committee was established on August 20, 1999, and is recognized by International Paralympic Committee , Asian Paralympic Committee and Ministry of Health....
- Jordan Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Kazakhstan - Korean Paralympic Committee
Korean Paralympic Committee
Korean Paralympic Committee is a National Paralympic Committee of South Korea. The committee was established on May 12, 2006, and is recognized by International Paralympic Committee and Asian Paralympic Committee ....
- Kuwait Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic - Lao Paralympic Committee - Lebanese Paralympic Committee - Associacion Recreativa dos Deficientes de Macau - Malaysia Paralympic Council - Mongolian Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Myanmar - National Paralympic Committee Nepal - Oman Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee of Pakistan - Palestinian Paralympic Committee
Palestinian Paralympic Committee
The Palestinian Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee of Palestine.In 2010, the Palestinian Paralympic Committee and the global aid agency Mercy Corps, started a 2-year program, funded by the European Union...
- Philippine Sports Association of the Differently Abled - (PHILSPADA) - NPC Philippines - Qatar Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Committee of Saudi Arabia - Singapore National Paralympic Council - National Federation of Sports for the Disabled - Syrian Paralympic Committee - Tajik Paralimpic Committee - Paralympic Committee of Thailand - Comité Paralimpico Nacional de Timor-Leste - National Paralympic Committee of Turkmenistan - UAE Paralympic Committee - Uzbekistan National Paralympic Association - Vietnam Paralympic Association
Europe
- Albanian National Paralympic Committee - Committee Paralimpic Andorra - Armenian National Paralympic Committee - Austrian Paralympic CommitteeAustrian Paralympic Committee
The Austrian Paralympic Committee was founded in 1998 with the objective to enable qualified athletes to compete at the Paralympics...
- National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic - Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus - Belgian Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Committee of Bosnia & Herzegovina - Bulgarian Paralympic Association - Croatian Paralympic Committee - Cyprus National Paralympic Committee - Czech Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Committee Denmark - Estonian Paralympic Committee
Estonian Paralympic Committee
Estonian Paralympic Committee was founded on April, 1991....
- Itrottasamband Fyri Brekad - Faroese Paralympic Committee - Finnish Paralympic Committee
Finnish Paralympic Committee
Finnish Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee in Finland for the Paralympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Finnish competitors to Paralympic events organised by the International Paralympic Committee .The...
- French Paralympic and Sports Committee - Georgian Paralympic Committee - National Paralympic Committee Germany
National Paralympic Committee Germany
National Paralympic Committee Germany is responsible for Germany's participation in the Paralympic Games.The DBS represents rehabilitation sports, popular sports, and professional sports....
- British Paralympic Association
British Paralympic Association
The British Paralympic Association is responsible for the United Kingdom's participation in the Paralympic Games.-Structure:* President: Tim Reddish, OBE* Chairman: Tim Reddish, OBE* Vice Chairman: Ann Cutcliffe-External links:*...
- Hellenic Paralympic Committee - Hungarian Paralympic Committee - Icelandic Sports Association for the Disabled - Paralympics Ireland
Paralympics Ireland
Paralympics Ireland is the National Paralympic Committee in Ireland for the Paralympic Games movement...
- Israel Paralympic Committee - Italian Paralympic Committee - Latvian Paralympic Committee
Latvian Paralympic Committee
The Latvian Paralympic Committee is responsible for Latvia's participation in the Paralympic Games....
- Liechtensteiner Behinderten Verband - Lithuanian Paralympic Committee
Lithuanian Paralympic Committee
Lithuanian Paralympic Committee was founded on 1990 and recognized after one year.- Presidents :* Jonas Mačiukevičius – 1990-1992* Vytautas Kvietkauskas – 1992-2005* Vytautas Girnius – 2005–2009...
- Luxembourg Paralympic Committee - Macedonian Paralympic Committee - Federation for Sport and Recreation for Disabled of Macedonia - Malta Federation of Sports Associations For Disabled Persons - Paralympic Committee of Moldova - National Paralympic Committee of Montenegro - National Paralympic Committee of the Netherlands - Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, with more than 2 million members, and 12000 sports clubs, in 19 region confederatons and 56 national federations...
- Polish Paralympic Committee - Portugal Paralympic Committee - Romanian Sport Federation for Disabled People - Paralympic Committee of Russia - Paralympic Committee of Serbia - Slovak Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Committee of Slovenia - Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia - Spanish Paralympic Committee - Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee
Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee
The Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee is the umbrella organization for disability sports in Sweden....
- Swiss Paralympic Committee - Turkish Paralympic Committee
Turkish Paralympic Committee
Turkish Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee representing Turkey. It was founded in 2002....
- National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine
Oceania
- Australian Paralympic CommitteeAustralian Paralympic Committee
The Australian Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the means by which Australia participates at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics.-History:...
- Fiji Paralympic Association - Paralympics New Zealand
Paralympics New Zealand
Paralympics New Zealand is the National Paralympic Committee in New Zealand for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the means by which New Zealand participates at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics.-External links:...
- Papua New Guinea Paralympic Committee - Samoa Paralympic Committee - Tonga National Paralympic Committee - Vanuatu Paralympic Committee