Georgian Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committee | |
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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]
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