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 | Julio César Ávil |
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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Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | Antigua and Barbuda Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
Argentina | ARG | Argentine Paralympic Committee | 2004 | [3] |
Aruba | ARU | Aruba Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
Barbados | BAR | Paralympic Association of Barbados | [3] | |
Bermuda | BER | Bermuda Paralympic Association | [3] | |
Brazil | BRA | Brazilian Paralympic Committee | 1995 | [3] |
Canada | CAN | Canadian Paralympic Committee | 1981 | [3] |
Chile | CHI | Paralympic Committee of Chile | [3] | |
Colombia | COL | Colombian Paralympic Committee | 2001 | [3] |
Costa Rica | CRC | Paralympic Committee of Costa Rica | [3] | |
Cuba | CUB | Cuban Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
Dominican Republic | DOM | Paralympic Committee of the Dominican Republic | [3] | |
Ecuador | ECU | Ecuadorian Paralympic Sport Federation | [3] | |
El Salvador | ESA | Paralympic Committee of El Salvador | [3] | |
Grenada | GRN | Grenada Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
Guatemala | GUA | Guatemalan Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
Guyana | GUY | Guyana Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
Haiti | HAI | National Paralympic Committee of Haiti | [3] | |
Honduras | HON | Honduran Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
Jamaica | JAM | Jamaica Paralympic Association | [3] | |
Mexico | MEX | Mexican Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
Nicaragua | NCA | Nicaraguan Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
Panama | PAN | Paralympic Committee of Panama | [3] | |
Paraguay | PAR | Paraguay Paralympic Committee | 2018 | [3] |
Peru | PER | National Paralympic Committee Peru | [3] | |
Puerto Rico | PUR | Paralympic Committee of Puerto Rico | [3] | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VIN | National Paralympic Committee St Vincent & the Grenadines | [3] | |
Suriname | SUR | National Paralympic Committee of Suriname | [3] | |
Trinidad and Tobago | TRI | Trinidad & Tobago Paralympic Committee | 2009 | [3][4] |
United States | USA | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee | 2001 | [3] |
Uruguay | URU | Uruguayan Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
Venezuela | VEN | Venezuelan Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
United States Virgin Islands | ISV | National Paralympic Committee US Virgin Islands | [3] |
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