Georgian Paralympic Committee

Georgian Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committee
Country Georgia
CodeGEO
Created2003
HeadquartersTbilisi, Georgia
PresidentShalva 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]

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