Asian Paralympic Committee

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Asian Paralympic Committee
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Logo of the Asian Paralympic Committee
AbbreviationAPC
Formation30 October 2002; 19 years ago (2002-10-30)
Founded atBusan, South Korea
TypeContinental Sports Federation
HeadquartersAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Membership
44 Members
Official language
English
President
United Arab Emirates Majid Rashed
Vice-Presidents
Japan Masayuki Mizuno
China Zhao Sujing
South Korea Jang Hyang-sook
CEO
United Arab Emirates Tarek Souei
AffiliationsInternational Paralympic Committee
WebsiteAsianParalympic.org

The Asian Paralympic Committee (acronym: APC) is an organization based in United Arab Emirates. It has 44 National Paralympic Committees of the Asian continent as members. It organizes the Asian Para Games and is affiliated to the International Paralympic Committee.

History[]

The Asian Paralympic Committee was formed on 30 October 2002 in Busan, South Korea as the Asian Paralympic Council, following a motion presented by NPC Malaysia at the 1999 IPC General Assembly. It consisted originally of three sub-regions which are East Asia, South Asia and South-East Asia. In April 2004, in order to align with the structure followed by the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee decided that the Central Asia and West Asia sub-regions fall under the Council’s responsibility. An agreement was signed on 16 May 2004 to merge the Asian Paralympic Council and the FESPIC Federation.[1] The organisation was only known by its present name by 28 November 2006 when the merger came into effect.[2]

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/Region Code National Paralympic Committee Created Ref.
 Afghanistan AFG [3]
 Bahrain BRN [3]
 Bangladesh BAN Inactive [3]
 Bhutan BHU Bhutan Paralympic Committee 2017 [3]
 Brunei BRU [3]
 Cambodia CAM [3]
 China CHN [3]
 East Timor TLS [3]
 Hong Kong HKG [3]
 India IND Paralympic Committee of India 1992 [3]
 Indonesia INA National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia 1962 [3]
 Iran IRI I. R. Iran National Paralympic Committee 2001 [3]
 Iraq IRQ [3]
 Japan JPN Japan Paralympic Committee 1999 [3]
 Jordan JOR [3]
 Kazakhstan KAZ [3]
 North Korea PRK [3]
 South Korea KOR Korean Paralympic Committee 2006 [3]
 Kuwait KUW [3]
 Kyrgyzstan KGZ [3]
 Laos LAO [3]
 Lebanon LIB [3]
 Macau MAC [3]
 Malaysia MAS Paralympic Council of Malaysia 1989 [3]
 Maldives MDV 2019 [3]
 Mongolia MGL [3]
 Myanmar MYA Myanmar Paralympic Sports Federation [3]
   Nepal NEP [3]
 Oman OMA [3]
 Pakistan PAK National Paralympic Committee of Pakistan 1998 [3]
 Palestine PLE Palestinian Paralympic Committee 2010 [3]
 Philippines PHI Paralympic Committee of the Philippines 1997 [3]
 Qatar QAT [3]
 Saudi Arabia KSA [3]
 Singapore SGP 2008 [3]
 Sri Lanka SRI [3]
 Syria SYR [3]
 Chinese Taipei TPE [3]
 Tajikistan TJK [3]
 Thailand THA Paralympic Committee of Thailand 1985 [3]
 Turkmenistan TKM [3]
 United Arab Emirates UAE [3]
 Uzbekistan UZB [3]
 Vietnam VIE [3]
 Yemen YEM 2015 [3]

Administration[]

APC Presidents[]

No. Name NPC Term
1. Zainal Abu Zarin  Malaysia 30 October 2002 – 3 December 2014
2. Majid Rashed  United Arab Emirates 3 December 2014 – present

Executive board[]

Following is the APC Executive Board for the term 2019 – 2023.[4]

Designation Name NPC
President Majid Rashed  United Arab Emirates
Vice-Presidents Masayuki Mizuno  Japan
Ms. Zhao Su-jing  China
Ms. Jang Hyang Sook  South Korea
Member at Large Abdulraheem Al-Sheikh  Saudi Arabia
Keng Chuan Ng  Malaysia
Chairperson of APC Athletes' Committee Jeong Min Lee  South Korea
Chairperson of APC Women in Sports Committee Ms. Nasanbat Oyunbat  Mongolia
Chairperson of APC Medical and Sports Science Committee Dr. Hasuk Bae  South Korea
Chairperson of APC Games and Sports Development Committee Ms. Lesley Fung  Hong Kong
Sub-Regional Representatives
South-East Asia Michael Barredo  Philippines
West Asia Abdelrazzaq Banirasheed  United Arab Emirates
Central Asia Dr. Rustam Babayev  Kazakhstan
East Asia Manabu Aso  Japan
South Asia Imran Shami  Pakistan
CEO Tarek Souei  United Arab Emirates

Committees[]

Committee Chairperson NPC
APC Athletes' Committee Jeong Min Lee  South Korea
APC Women in Sports Committee Ms. Nasanbat Oyunbat  Mongolia
APC Legal and Ethics Committee Keng Chuan Ng  Malaysia
APC Medical and Sports Science Committee Dr. Hasuk Bae  South Korea
APC Games and Sports Development Committee Ms. Lesley Fung  Hong Kong

Tournaments organized[]

Affiliated event[]

  • ASEAN Para Games

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Agreement on merger signed between APC FESPIC To open a new regional development structure" (PDF). 7 August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2006.
  2. ^ "APC History". Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  3. ^ 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 ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  4. ^ "Executive Board". APC's Official Website. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

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