Georgian Paralympic Committee

Georgian Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committee
Country	Georgia
Code	GEO
Created	2003
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]

See also

• Georgia at the Paralympics

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. "მინისტრი პარაოლიმპიური კომიტეტის მეგობართა კლუბის შეხვედრას დაესწრო". მსოფლიო სპორტი (in Georgian). 5 December 2014.
8. "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.