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Bhutan Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committee
Country Bhutan
CodeBHU
CreatedSeptember 2017
Recognized2017
Continental
Association
APC
HeadquartersChanglimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
PresidentHRH Princess
Euphelma Choden Wangchuck[1]
Secretary GeneralSonam Karma Tshering

The Bhutan Paralympic Committee (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་པེ་ར་ལིམ་ཕིག་ཚོགས་པ།), also known as NPC Bhutan, is the national sports body for disabled athletes in Bhutan. Established in 2017, NPC Bhutan is among the youngest National Paralympic Committees in the world and is a member of the Asian Paralympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee.

History[edit]

Efforts to establish a national Paralympic Committee were made as early as 2016, in a bid to make the participation of Bhutanese athletes in the 2020 Summer Paralympics possible. On 17 September 2016, the Bhutan Olympic Committee and Japanese firm, SEISA Group signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation to help qualify athletes in the 2020 games and establish a Paralympic committee.[2] On September of the following year, the Bhutan Paralympic Committee was established and on the same year the organization joined the Asian Paralympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee.[3]

NPC Bhutan became a member of the Bhutan Olympic Committee in February 2018.[4]

Bhutan made its debut at the Asian Para Games in the 2018 edition hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia with two athletes, an archer and a shooter.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bhutan". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  • ^ "Bhutan to participate in Paralympics 2020". Kuensel. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  • ^ a b "Indonesia 2018: Bhutan to make history". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. International Paralympic Committee. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  • ^ "BOC registers three new sports organisations". Kuensel. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

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