European Paralympic Committee
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Formation | July 2, 1999 |
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Type | Sports federation |
Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
Membership | 48 National Paralympic Committees |
Official language | English |
President | Ratko Kovačić |
Website | http://www.europaralympic.org/ |
The European Paralympic Committee (EPC) is an international non for profit organisation which serves a membership of 48 National Paralympic Committees and 9 European branches of disability. Based in Vienna, Austria, the EPC was founded as the IPC European Committee, it was later registered as an independent entity in 1999.[1]
The EPC is responsible for organising the European Paralympic Committee Youth Games. Furthermore, the EPC acts as an organisation which promotes and defends the collective interests of National Paralympic Committees, International Organisation of Sports for the Disabled or International Paralympic Sport Federation and European athletes with disabilities.[1]
The EPC has a democratic structure and the governing body of the organisation is elected every two years through a General Assembly, where all registered members are entitled to send delegates and cast their vote. The Committee is made up the President, Secretary General, Treasurer, Technical Officer, Athletes' Representative and four Members-at-large. The current incumbent of the EPC President's is Ratko Kovačić from Croatia, a former Table Tennis Champion.
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.
Events[]
European Para Youth Games (EPYG)[]
The age range is from 13 to 23.[2][3][4][5]
Number | Year | Host | Sports | Athletes | Countries | Champion |
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2011 | Brno, Czech Republic | 5 | 260 | 13 | Czech Republic | |
2012 | Brno, Czech Republic | 11 | 347 | 14 | Czech Republic | |
2015 | Varaždin, Croatia | 4 | 223 | 22 | Spain | |
2017 | Liguria, Italy | 8 | 600 | 26 | Germany | |
2019 | Lahti, Finland | 7+1 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Results : https://www.europaralympic.org/games-events , https://www.europaralympic.org/press
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.europaralympic.org/
- ^ "European Para Youth Games line-up revealed".
- ^ http://www.oepc.at/index.php/en/sports-and-media/archive/news-archive/681-2015-european-para-youth-games-in-croatia-epyg-2015
- ^ http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1647/three-ibsa-sports-on-2019-european-youth-games-programme
- ^ http://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/1019/european-para-youth-games
External links[]
- National Paralympic Committees
- European sports federations
- Sports governing bodies in Europe
- 1999 establishments in Europe
- Sports organizations established in 1999