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International Paralympic Committee
Purpose/mission. The International Paralympic Committee
is the international sports organization for
athletes with physical disabilities,
vision loss, and cognitive disabilities. The IPC organizes,
supervises, and coordinates the Paralympic Games and other
international multi-disability
competitions.
National Paralympic Committees (NPCs).
As of the year 2000, there were 160 NPCs (member
nations). An NPC must have recognition from
the country's Ministry of Sports, National Sports Council, or
National Olympic Committee to serve as the
only body with the right to represent sport for the disabled in that
country. Major responsibilities of NPCs include:
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Coordinate national disability sport groups that participate
in the Paralympic movement. |
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Organize and lead the country's delegations at the
Paralympic Games and other IPC
sanctioned international competitions.
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Support athlete and high-performance sport development
programs in their nations. Assist in the training and education of sports
administrators, national coaches, trainers, and classifiers. |
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Supervise the preliminary selection of potential bid cities
for the Paralympic Games, World and Regional Competitions, or any other
IPC sanctioned competition. |
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Organize in-competition and out-of-competition doping
control programs. |
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Provide regular opportunities for classification. |
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Commit to provide equal opportunities for all athletes, from
all disability groups, including persons with severe disabilities, women,
and youth. |
International Disability Sport
Federations. Go to the "Organizations" section
of this web site for more information about these organizations.
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Cerebral Palsy - International Sports and
Recreation Association
(CP-ISRA) |
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International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) |
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International Federation of Sports for
Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS‑FID)
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International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair
Sports Federation (ISMWSF) |
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International Sports Organization for the
Disabled (ISOD) |
IPC Sports Committees.
The IPC has established a sports committee for each of the Paralympic
sports. There is no membership category for the sports committees. Rather,
these committees are a component of the IPC governance structure.
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Summer Paralympic Games – archery, athletics, bocce, cycling, equestrian, fencing, goalball,
judo, lawn bowls, powerlifting, sailing, shooting, soccer, swimming, table
tennis, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis, and
volleyball. |
| Winter Paralympic Games – alpine skiing, cross-country
skiing, ice sledge hockey, and wheelchair dance sport. |
Link. For more information about the IPC,
including national Paralympic committees, sport federations, and sport
operating codes, go to
http://www.paralympic.org, then
click on "IPC," then "IPC Handbook." |
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