Americas Paralympic Committee
Americas Paralympic Committee (acronym: APC; Spanish: Comité Paralímpico de Américas ; Portuguese: Comitê Paralímpico das Américas ; Catalan: Comitè Paralímpic de les Amèriques ; Esperanto: Komitato Paralimpika de la Amerikoj ; French: Comité Paralympique des Amériques) is an international IPC regional committee[1] which represents the current 33 National Paralympic Committees of the North American and South American continents.[2] It is affiliated to/with the International Paralympic Committee and its affiliated bodies.
Type | Sports federation |
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Headquarters | Mar Del Plata, Argentina |
Membership | 33 National Paralympic Committees |
Official language | Spanish, English, Portuguese, French |
President | |
Website | http://www.americasparalympic.org/ |
APC is the body that organizes and oversees the Parapan American Games held every four years in the year before the Summer Paralympics.
Member countries
In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.
Nation | Code | National Paralympic Committee | Created | Ref. |
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ANT | Antigua and Barbuda Paralympic Committee | [3] | ||
ARG | Comité Paralímpico Argentino | 2004 | [3] | |
ARU | Aruba Paralympic Committee | [3] | ||
BAR | Paralympic Association of Barbados | [3] | ||
BER | Bermuda Paralympic Association | [3] | ||
BRA | Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro | 1995 | [3] | |
CAN | Canadian Paralympic Committee | 1981 | [3] | |
CHI | Federacion Paralimpica de Chile | [3] | ||
COL | Comité Paralìmpico Colombiano | 2001 | [3] | |
CRC | Comite Paralimpico de Costa Rica | [3] | ||
CUB | Comité Paralimpico Cubano | [3] | ||
DOM | Organ. Dominicana de Ciegos Inc. | [3] | ||
ECU | Ecuadorian Paralympic Sport Federation | [3] | ||
ESA | Comite Paralimpico de El Salvador | [3] | ||
GRN | Grenada Paralympic Committee | [3] | ||
GUA | Comité Paralimpico Guatemalteco | [3] | ||
GUY | Guyana Paralympic Committee | [3] | ||
HAI | National Paralympic Committee of Haiti | [3] | ||
HON | Honduran Paralympic Committee | [3] | ||
JAM | Jamaica Paralympic Association | [3] | ||
MEX | Comite Paralimpico Mexicano | [3] | ||
NCA | Comité Paralímpico Nicaragüense | [3] | ||
PAN | Paralympic Committee of Panama | [3] | ||
PAR | Paraguay Paralympic Committee | 2018 | [3] | |
PER | National Paralympic Committee Peru | [3] | ||
PUR | Comite Paralimpico de Puerto Rico | [3] | ||
VIN | National Paralympic Committee St Vincent & the Grenadines | [3] | ||
SUR | National Paralympic Committee of Suriname | [3] | ||
TRI | Trinidad & Tobago Paralympic Committee | 2009 | [3][4] | |
USA | US Paralympics - United States Olympic Committee | 2001 | [3] | |
URU | Uruguayan Paralympic Committee | [3] | ||
VEN | Comité Paralimpico Venezolano | [3] | ||
ISV | National Paralympic Committee US Virgin Islands | [3] |
See also
- Pan American Sports Organization
- Parapan American Games
- Pan American Games
References
- IPC Style Guide Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- "Americas Paralympic Committee - About us". Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- Paralympic boost for T&T Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, trinidadexpress.com, December 1, 2010