Americas Paralympic Committee
International regional committee representing North and South America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Americas Paralympic Committee (acronym: APC; Spanish: Comité Paralímpico de Américas ; Portuguese: Comitê Paralímpico das Américas ; Catalan: Comitè Paralímpic de les Amèriques ; Esperanto: Komitato Paralimpika de la Amerikoj ; French: Comité Paralympique des Amériques) is an international IPC regional committee[1] which represents the current 33 National Paralympic Committees of the North American and South American continents.[2] It is affiliated to/with the International Paralympic Committee and its affiliated bodies.
Type | Sports federation |
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Headquarters | Mar Del Plata, Argentina |
Membership | 33 National Paralympic Committees |
Official language | Spanish, English, Portuguese, French |
President | Julio César Ávil |
Website | http://www.americasparalympic.org/ |
APC is the body that organizes and oversees the Parapan American Games held every four years in the year before the Summer Paralympics.