Oceania Paralympic Committee

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Oceania Paralympic Committee
Formation2006
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Suva, Fiji
Membership8 National Paralympic Committees
Official language
English
President
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Bird
Website OceaniaParalympic.org

Oceania Paralympic Committee (acronym: OPC) [1] is an organisation based in Sydney, Australia. It is an international organization that congregates the National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Oceania whose number, as of July 2025, is 8. [2]

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History

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The Oceania Paralympic Committee was formed in 2006 when the FESPIC Federation was divided into two separate bodies, the Oceania Paralympic Committee and the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC). [3] [4]

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognised 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 CreatedRef.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia AUS Paralympics Australia 1990
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji FIJ Fiji Paralympic Association 1990
Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati KIR Kiribati National Paralympic Committee
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand NZL Paralympics New Zealand 1968
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea PNG Papua New Guinea Paralympic Committee
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands SOL Solomon Islands Paralympic Committee
Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga TGA Tonga National Paralympic Committee
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu VAN Vanuatu Paralympic Committee

See also

References

  1. IPC Style Guide Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine , International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  2. "National Paralympic Committees". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  3. "IPC Welcomes Merger Of APC And Fespic". web10.bernama.com. 18 November 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  4. "Oceania and Arab Countries Support KL'06". findarticles.com/BERNAMA; Malaysian National News Agency. 17 November 2005. Retrieved 19 October 2010.