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

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