Georgian Paralympic Committee

Georgian Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committee
Country  Georgia
Code GEO
Created 2003
Headquarters Tbilisi, Georgia
President Giorgi Chakvetadze

Georgian Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee in Georgia for the Paralympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Georgian competitors to Paralympic events organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Giorgi Chakvetadze is the organization's president.[1] The vice president is Tinatin Revazishvili.[2] Irma Khetsuriani, a member of the Georgian national wheelchair fencing team, works for the Georgian Paralympic Committee as an office manager.[3][4]


The country's NPC was established in 2003.[5] The country would first send competitors to the Paralympic Games in 2008.[6] David Maisuradze was in charge of the organization from 2003 to 2011.[7] In 2011, the organization approved a new charter and Levan Odisharia became the new president.[7] [8] In 2013, the NPC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Georgian Ministry of Defence, with the goal of integrating wounded soldiers into the country's Paralympic programs.[6] In 2014, Kenyan wheelchair track and field competitor Anne Walufa Strike visited the Georgian Paralympic Committee as part of the Agitos Foundation’s WoMentoring. She was there to mentor Revazishvili, an equestrian competitor.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Georgia — National Paralympic Committee". International Paralympic Committee. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  2. 1 2 "WoMentoring mentor and mentee make great progress". International Paralympic Comittee. International Paralympic Comittee. 19 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "ირმა ხეცურიანი წლის საუკეთესო პარასპორტსმენი ქალი გახდა". press.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "წლის ადამიანები: პირველ ადგილზე სტიქიის სალიკვიდაციო სამუშაოების მოხალისეები დასახელდნენ". Post Alioni (in Georgian). postalioni. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "„შეზღუდული უნარები არ არსებობს, შეზღუდულია თვითონ გარემო“". www.gurianews.com (in Georgian). Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  6. 1 2 "მინისტრი პარაოლიმპიური კომიტეტის მეგობართა კლუბის შეხვედრას დაესწრო". მსოფლიო სპორტი (in Georgian). მსოფლიო სპორტი. 5 December 2014.
  7. 1 2 "ოლიმპიური - სპორტის და ახალგაზრდობის საქმეთა სამინისტრო". msy.gov.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  8. ↑ "ოლიმპიური - სპორტის და ახალგაზრდობის საქმეთა სამინისტრო". msy.gov.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2016-01-15.



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