European Paralympic Committee

The European Paralympic Committee (EPC) is an international non for profit organisation which serves a membership of 49 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]

European Paralympic Committee
Formation2 July 1999
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersVienna, Austria
Membership
49 National Paralympic Committees
Official language
English
President
Ratko Kovačić
Websitehttp://www.europaralympic.org/
Paralympic Games
Paralympic Agitos
Main topics
Games
Regional games

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 of a president, secretary-general, treasurer, technical officer, athletes' representative and four members-at-large. The current president 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.

NationCodeNational Paralympic CommitteeCreatedRef.
 Andorra AND Andorran Adapted Sports Federation
 Armenia ARM Armenian Paralympic Committee 1994
 Austria AUT Austrian Paralympic Committee
 Azerbaijan AZE National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic
 Belarus BLR Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
 Belgium BEL Belgian Paralympic Committee
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Paralympic Committee of Bosnia & Herzegovina
 Bulgaria BUL Bulgarian Paralympic Association
 Croatia CRO Croatian Paralympic Committee
 Cyprus CYP Cyprus National Paralympic Committee 1999
 Czech Republic CZE Czech Paralympic Committee
 Denmark DEN Paralympic Committee Denmark
 Estonia EST Estonian Paralympic Committee
 Faroe Islands FRO Ítróttasambandið fyri brekað - Faroese Paralympic Committee 1980
 Finland FIN Finnish Paralympic Committee
 France FRA French Paralympic and Sports Committee
 Georgia GEO Georgian Paralympic Committee
 Germany GER National Paralympic Committee Germany
 Great Britain GBR British Paralympic Association 1989
 Greece GRE Hellenic Paralympic Committee 2001
 Hungary HUN Hungarian Paralympic Committee
 Iceland ISL Icelandic Sports Association for the Disabled
 Ireland IRL Paralympic Council of Ireland
 Israel ISR Israel Paralympic Committee
 Italy ITA Italian Paralympic Committee
 Kosovo KOS Paralympic Committee of Kosovo 2023[2]
 Latvia LAT Latvian Paralympic Committee
 Liechtenstein LIE Liechtensteiner Behinderten Verband
 Lithuania LTU Lithuanian Paralympic Committee
 Luxembourg LUX Luxembourg Paralympic Committee
 Malta MLT Malta Federation of Sports Associations For Disabled Persons
 Moldova MDA Paralympic Committee of Moldova
 Montenegro MNE Paralympic Committee of Montenegro
 Netherlands NED Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation
 North Macedonia MKD Macedonian Paralympic Committee - Federation for Sport and Recreation for Disabled of Macedonia
 Norway NOR Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
 Poland POL Polish Paralympic Committee
 Portugal POR Portugal Paralympic Committee
 Romania ROU National Paralympic Committee, Romania
 Russia RUS Russian Paralympic Committee 1996
 San Marino RSM San Marino Paralympic Committee
 Serbia SRB Paralympic Committee of Serbia
 Slovakia SVK Slovak Paralympic Committee
 Slovenia SLO Paralympic Committee of Slovenia - Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia
 Spain ESP Spanish Paralympic Committee
 Sweden SWE Swedish Parasports Federation
  Switzerland SUI Swiss Paralympic Committee
 Turkey TUR Turkish Paralympic Committee 2002
 Ukraine UKR National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine

Events

European Para Championships
Main article: European Para Championships

The European Para Championships are held every four years in the year proceeding the Summer Paralympic Games and have been given the status of a regional games by the European Paralympic Committee.

European Para Youth Games (EPYG)
Main article: European Para Youth Games

The European Para Youth Games is a biennial multi-sport event for young para-athletes aged between 13 and 23.[3][4][5][6]

European Winter Para Sports Event

The first European Winter Para Sports Event was held in 2020 in Poland:

Number Year Host Sports Athletes Countries
1 2020 Poland Czarna Gora, Poland[7][8][9] 4 150 12

See also

References
  1. "European Paralympic Committee - About Us". europaralympic.org. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. "Bangladesh and Kosovo join IPC and three receive Paralympic Order at General Assembly". 28 September 2023.
  3. "European Para Youth Games line-up revealed".
  4. "2015 European Para Youth Games in Croatia (EPYG 2015)". www.oepc.at. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
  5. "Three IBSA sports on 2019 European Youth Games programme - News - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
  6. "European Para Youth Games - Calendar - IBSA". www.ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19.
  7. "European Winter Para Sports Event, Poland, 2020" (PDF). Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. "GAMES & EVENTS". Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  9. "INVITATION" (PDF). Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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