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Brazilian Paralympic Committee

Index Brazilian Paralympic Committee

The Brazilian Paralympic Committee or BPC (Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro – CPB) is the private, non-profit organization representing Brazilian Paralympic athletes in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Parapan American Games. [1]

7 relations: Brazil, Brazil at the Paralympics, Brazilian Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee, Nonprofit organization, Paralympic Games, Parapan American Games.

Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Brazil at the Paralympics

Brazil made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, sending representatives to compete in track and field, archery, swimming and wheelchair basketball.

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Brazilian Olympic Committee

The Brazilian Olympic Committee or BOC (Comitê Olímpico do Brasil – COB) is the highest authority in Brazilian sport and the governing body of Brazilian Olympic sport.

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International Paralympic Committee

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games is a major international multi-sport event involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power (e.g. paraplegia and quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, spina bifida), impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency (e.g. amputation or dysmelia), leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment.

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Parapan American Games

The Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities held every four years after every Pan American Games.

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Brazil Paralympic Committee, NPC Brazil.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Paralympic_Committee

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