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Americas Paralympic Committee

International regional committee representing North and South America

Summary

International regional committee representing North and South America

FieldValue
nameAmericas Paralympic Committee
imageAmericasParalympicCommittee Logo.svg
size200px
typeSports federation
headquartersMar Del Plata, Argentina
membership34 National Paralympic Committees
leader_titlePresident
leader_nameCOL Julio César Ávil
languageSpanish, English, Portuguese, French
websitehttp://www.americasparalympic.org/

|}} Americas Paralympic Committee (APC; ; ; ) is an international IPC regional committee which represents the current 34 National Paralympic Committees of the Americas. 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.

NationCodeNational Paralympic CommitteeCreated
Antigua and BarbudaANTAntigua and Barbuda Paralympic Committee2012
ArgentinaARGArgentine Paralympic Committee2004
ArubaARUAruba Paralympic Committee2015
BarbadosBARParalympic Association of Barbados
BermudaBERBermuda Paralympic Association
BoliviaBOLBolivian Paralympic Committee2025
BrazilBRABrazilian Paralympic Committee1995
CanadaCANCanadian Paralympic Committee1981
ChileCHIParalympic Committee of Chile1999
ColombiaCOLColombian Paralympic Committee2001
Costa RicaCRCParalympic Committee of Costa Rica2004
CubaCUBCuban Paralympic Committee
Dominican RepublicDOMParalympic Committee of the Dominican Republic2008
EcuadorECUEcuadorian Paralympic Sport Federation2012
El SalvadorESAParalympic Committee of El Salvador
GrenadaGRNGrenada Paralympic Committee
GuatemalaGUAGuatemalan Paralympic Committee
GuyanaGUYGuyana Paralympic Committee
HaitiHAINational Paralympic Committee of Haiti
HondurasHONHonduran Paralympic Committee
JamaicaJAMJamaica Paralympic Association
MexicoMEXMexican Paralympic Committee
NicaraguaNCANicaraguan Paralympic Committee
PanamaPANParalympic Committee of Panama
ParaguayPARParaguayan Paralympic Committee2018
PeruPERNational Paralympic Committee Peru
Puerto RicoPURParalympic Committee of Puerto Rico
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVINNational Paralympic Committee St Vincent & the Grenadines
SurinameSURNational Paralympic Committee of Suriname
Trinidad and TobagoTRITrinidad & Tobago Paralympic Committee2009
United StatesUSAUnited States Olympic & Paralympic Committee2001
UruguayURUUruguayan Paralympic Committee1996
VenezuelaVENVenezuelan Paralympic Committee
United States Virgin IslandsISVNational Paralympic Committee US Virgin Islands

References

References

  1. [http://www.paralympic.org/export/sites/default/IPC/Reference_Documents/IPC_Style_Guide.pdf IPC Style Guide] {{webarchive. link. (2010-06-19 , International Paralympic Committee (IPC))
  2. "Americas Paralympic Committee - About us".
  3. [http://www.paralympic.org/IPC/Contacts/NPCs/index.html National Paralympic Committees (NPCs)], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC)
  4. (September 26, 2025). "IPC welcomes three new members at 2025 General Assembly". [[International Paralympic Committee]].
  5. [http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Paralympic_boost_for_T_T-111095084.html Paralympic boost for T&T] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-12-03 , trinidadexpress.com, December 1, 2010)
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