British Paralympic Association

British Paralympic Association
British Paralympic Association logo
Logo
National Paralympic Committee
Country  United Kingdom
Code GBR
Created 1989[1]
Continental
Association
EPC
President Nick Webborn, OBE
Website www.paralympics.org.uk

The British Paralympic Association (BPA) is the National Paralympic Committee for Great Britain (GBR), and is responsible for the United Kingdom's participation in the Paralympic Games.

The BPA select, prepare, enter, fund and manage the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the Paralympic Games. This team is known as ParalympicsGB.

Structure

  • Chief Executive Officer: Tim Hollingsworth, OBE
  • Chair: Nick Webborn, OBE

See also

References

  1. History of the BPA Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. (.pdf-file), The Official website of the British Paralympic Association


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