British Paralympic Association

British Paralympic Association
National Paralympic Committee
British Paralympic Association logo Logo
Country	United Kingdom
Code	GBR
Created	1989^[1]
Continental Association	EPC
President	Nick Webborn, OBE
Website	www.paralympics.org.uk

2012 Summer Paralympics

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The British Paralympic Association (BPA) is the National Paralympic Committee for Great Britain (GBR), and is responsible for the United Kingdom's participation in the Paralympic Games.

The BPA select, prepare, enter, fund and manage the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the Paralympic Games. This team is known as ParalympicsGB.

Structure

Chief Executive Officer: Tim Hollingsworth, OBE
Chair: Nick Webborn, OBE

References

^ History of the BPA Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine (.pdf-file), The Official website of the British Paralympic Association

External links

BPA Official Site

European Paralympic Committee (EPC)

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Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton ENG WAL SCO Baseball Basketball GBR ENG SCO WAL Boxing Professional Amateur GBR ENG SCO WAL Canoeing Cycling BC CTT Dance sport Equestrian Fencing Football GBR^M^W ENG NI SCO WAL Golf GBR ENG WAL SCO Gymnastics Handball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Hockey GBR ENG SCO WAL Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's ENG NI SCO WAL Rowing Sailing Shooting GBR ENG SCO WAL Softball Surfing GBR ENG SCO WAL Table Tennis ENG SCO WAL Taekwondo Tennis SCO WAL Triathlon Volleyball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling ENG SCO WAL Ice skating Ice Hockey GBR ENG NI SCO Luge Skeleton Skiing Snowboarding
Other IOC recognised sports	Air sports Bandy Billiard sports ENG NI SCO WAL Boules Bowling Bridge Chess ENG SCO WAL Cricket ENG & WAL SCO Floorball Karate Korfball ENG SCO WAL Lacrosse ENG SCO WAL Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Motorsport Mountaineering and climbing Netball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Orienteering Pelota vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller Sports Rugby Union ENG WAL SCO Squash ENG SCO WAL Sumo Tug-of-war Underwater sports ENG NI SCO WAL Water ski Wushu
Disability and Paralympic sports	Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair basketball
Other sports	American football Australian rules football Backgammon British baseball ENG WAL Bog snorkelling Bowls ENG SCO WAL Caving Croquet Darts Fullbore Target Rifle Horse racing Kho-kho Kiteboarding Quidditch Radio-controlled racing Sailing in schools Real Tennis Rugby league Smallbore Target Rifle
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Structure

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