Americas Paralympic Committee
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Type | Sports federation |
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Headquarters | Mar Del Plata, Argentina |
Membership | 33 National Paralympic Committees |
Official language | Spanish, English, Portuguese, French |
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Website | http://www.americasparalympic.org/ |
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.
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 | [3] | ||
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ARG | Argentine Paralympic Committee | 2004 | [3] |
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ARU | [3] | ||
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BAR | [3] | ||
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BER | [3] | ||
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BRA | Brazilian Paralympic Committee | 1995 | [3] |
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CAN | Canadian Paralympic Committee | 1981 | [3] |
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CHI | [3] | ||
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COL | Colombian Paralympic Committee | 2001 | [3] |
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CRC | [3] | ||
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CUB | [3] | ||
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DOM | [3] | ||
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ECU | [3] | ||
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ESA | [3] | ||
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GRN | [3] | ||
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GUA | [3] | ||
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GUY | [3] | ||
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HAI | [3] | ||
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HON | [3] | ||
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JAM | [3] | ||
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MEX | [3] | ||
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NCA | [3] | ||
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PAN | [3] | ||
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PAR | 2018 | [3] | |
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PER | [3] | ||
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PUR | [3] | ||
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VIN | [3] | ||
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SUR | [3] | ||
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TRI | 2009 | [3][4] | |
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USA | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee | 2001 | [3] |
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URU | Uruguayan Paralympic Committee | [3] | |
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VEN | [3] | ||
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ISV | [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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag 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
External links[]
- National Paralympic Committees
- Pan-American sports governing bodies