European Paralympic Committee

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]

European Paralympic Committee
FormationJuly 2, 1999
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersVienna, Austria
Membership
48 National Paralympic Committees
Official language
English
President
Ratko Kovačić
Websitehttp://www.europaralympic.org/

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.

NationCodeNational Paralympic CommitteeCreatedRef.
 Andorra AND Andorran Adapted Sports Federation
 Armenia ARM Armenian National Paralympic Committee
 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
 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 Youth Games (EPYG)

The age range is from 13 to 23. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Number Year Host Sports Athletes Countries Champion
1 2011 Brno, Czech Republic 5 260 13  Czech Republic
2 2012 Brno, Czech Republic 11 347 14  Czech Republic
3 2015 Varaždin, Croatia 4 223 22  Spain
4 2017 Liguria, Italy 8 600 26  Germany
5 2019 Lahti, Finland 7+1 TBD TBD TBD

Results : https://www.europaralympic.org/games-events , https://www.europaralympic.org/press

See also

References
  1. http://www.europaralympic.org/
  2. https://www.paralympic.org/news/european-para-youth-games-line-revealed
  3. http://www.oepc.at/index.php/en/sports-and-media/archive/news-archive/681-2015-european-para-youth-games-in-croatia-epyg-2015
  4. http://www.ibsasport.org/news/1647/three-ibsa-sports-on-2019-european-youth-games-programme
  5. http://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/1019/european-para-youth-games
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