Americas Paralympic Committee

Americas Paralympic Committee

Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Mar Del Plata, Argentina
Membership	34 National Paralympic Committees
Official language	Spanish, English, Portuguese, French
President	Julio César Ávil
Website	http://www.americasparalympic.org/

Americas Paralympic Committee (APC; Spanish: Comité Paralímpico de Américas; Portuguese: Comitê Paralímpico das Américas; French: Comité Paralympique des Amériques) is an international IPC regional committee^[1] which represents the current 34 National Paralympic Committees of the Americas.^[2] 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.

Nation	Code	National Paralympic Committee	Created	Ref.
Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	Antigua and Barbuda Paralympic Committee	2012	[3]
Argentina	ARG	Argentine Paralympic Committee	2004	[3]
Aruba	ARU	Aruba Paralympic Committee	2015	[3]
Barbados	BAR	Paralympic Association of Barbados		[3]
Bermuda	BER	Bermuda Paralympic Association		[3]
Bolivia	BOL	Bolivian Paralympic Committee	2025	[4]
Brazil	BRA	Brazilian Paralympic Committee	1995	[3]
Canada	CAN	Canadian Paralympic Committee	1981	[3]
Chile	CHI	Paralympic Committee of Chile	1999	[3]
Colombia	COL	Colombian Paralympic Committee	2001	[3]
Costa Rica	CRC	Paralympic Committee of Costa Rica	2004	[3]
Cuba	CUB	Cuban Paralympic Committee		[3]
Dominican Republic	DOM	Paralympic Committee of the Dominican Republic	2008	[3]
Ecuador	ECU	Ecuadorian Paralympic Sport Federation	2012	[3]
El Salvador	ESA	Paralympic Committee of El Salvador		[3]
Grenada	GRN	Grenada Paralympic Committee		[3]
Guatemala	GUA	Guatemalan Paralympic Committee		[3]
Guyana	GUY	Guyana Paralympic Committee		[3]
Haiti	HAI	National Paralympic Committee of Haiti		[3]
Honduras	HON	Honduran Paralympic Committee		[3]
Jamaica	JAM	Jamaica Paralympic Association		[3]
Mexico	MEX	Mexican Paralympic Committee		[3]
Nicaragua	NCA	Nicaraguan Paralympic Committee		[3]
Panama	PAN	Paralympic Committee of Panama		[3]
Paraguay	PAR	Paraguayan Paralympic Committee	2018	[3]
Peru	PER	National Paralympic Committee Peru		[3]
Puerto Rico	PUR	Paralympic Committee of Puerto Rico		[3]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	National Paralympic Committee St Vincent & the Grenadines		[3]
Suriname	SUR	National Paralympic Committee of Suriname		[3]
Trinidad and Tobago	TRI	Trinidad & Tobago Paralympic Committee	2009	[3][5]
United States	USA	United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee	2001	[3]
Uruguay	URU	Uruguayan Paralympic Committee	1996	[3]
Venezuela	VEN	Venezuelan Paralympic Committee		[3]
United States Virgin Islands	ISV	National Paralympic Committee US Virgin Islands		[3]

See also

• Pan American Sports Organization
• Parapan American Games
• Pan American Games

References

1. IPC Style Guide Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
2. "Americas Paralympic Committee - About us". Retrieved September 5, 2015.
3. National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
4. "IPC welcomes three new members at 2025 General Assembly". International Paralympic Committee. September 26, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
5. Paralympic boost for T&T Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, trinidadexpress.com, December 1, 2010

External links

• Americas Paralympic Committee Official Website