Georgian Paralympic Committee

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Georgian Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committee
CountryFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Code GEO
Created2003
Headquarters Tbilisi, Georgia
President Shalva Maisuradze [1]

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).

Shalva Maisuradze is the organization's president. [2] [3] Irma Khetsuriani, a member of the Georgian national wheelchair fencing team, works for the Georgian Paralympic Committee as an office manager. [4] [5]

The country's NPC was established in 2003. [6] The country would first send competitors to the Paralympic Games in 2008. [7] David Maisuradze was in charge of the organization from 2003 to 2011. [8] In 2011, the organization approved a new charter and Levan Odisharia became the new president. [8] [9] 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. [7] 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. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Georgia". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Georgia — National Paralympic Committee". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  3. ↑ "WoMentoring mentor and mentee make great progress". International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "ირმა ხეცურიანი წლის საუკეთესო პარასპორტსმენი ქალი გახდა". press.ge (in Georgian). Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "წლის ადამიანები: პირველ ადგილზე სტიქიის სალიკვიდაციო სამუშაოების მოხალისეები დასახელდნენ". Post Alioni (in Georgian). postalioni. 29 December 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "შეზღუდული უნარები არ არსებობს, შეზღუდულია თვითონ გარემო". www.gurianews.com (in Georgian). Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  7. 1 2 "მინისტრი პარაოლიმპიური კომიტეტის მეგობართა კლუბის შეხვედრას დაესწრო". მსოფლიო სპორტი (in Georgian). 5 December 2014.
  8. 1 2 "ოლიმპიური - სპორტის და ახალგაზრდობის საქმეთა სამინისტრო". msy.gov.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  9. ↑ "ოლიმპიური - სპორტის და ახალგაზრდობის საქმეთა სამინისტრო". msy.gov.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  10. ↑ "WoMentoring mentor and mentee make great progress". International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2014.


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