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14-614: The Asian Para Games , also known as Para Asiad , is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that's held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. Both events had adopted the strategy used by the Olympic and Paralympic Games of having both games in the same city. However, the exclusion of Asian Para Games from Asian Games host city contract meant that both events ran independently of each other. The Games are recognized by

28-593: The 8th FESPIC Games , was an Asia-Pacific disabled multi-sport event held in Busan , South Korea from 26 October to 1 November 2002, 12 days after the 2002 Asian Games . It was one of the two FESPIC Games to have held at the same host city as the Asian Games , the other being the 1999 FESPIC Games in Bangkok , Thailand . It was the first time South Korea hosted the games as it is the seventh FESPIC organisation member to host

42-803: The International Paralympic Committee and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Paralympic Games . In its history, three nations have hosted the Asian Para Games and forty-four nations have participated in the Games. The most recent games was held in Hangzhou , China between 22 and 28 October 2023. The next games are scheduled to be held in Nagoya , Japan from 18 to 24 October 2026. The FESPIC Games existed previous to

56-690: The Asian Para Games and was contested by athletes from the Asia Pacific region. The FESPIC Games was first held in 1975 in Oita , Japan with 18 participating nations. Eight more FESPIC Games were held until 2006 . The Asian Para Games superseded the FESPIC Games , which was dissolved alongside the FESPIC Federation, the governing body of the games and merged with the Asian Paralympic Council which

70-579: The FESPIC games after Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, China, Thailand. Around 2,199 athletes from 40 nations competed at the games which featured 17 sports. The games was opened by the Prime Minister of South Korea, Kim Suk-soo at the Busan Asiad Stadium. The Busan Fespic Games Organising Committee (BUFOC) was formed to oversee the staging of the games. The 8th FESPIC Games had 16 venues for

84-460: The Games, 39 nations have won at least a single medal in the competition, leaving 6 nations: Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Cambodia , Maldives and Tajikistan yet to win a single medal. 32 nations have won at least one gold medal and China became the only nation in history to emerge as overall champions. The Asian Youth Para Games is a multi-sport event held every four years for youth athletes with physical disabilities. The first Games

98-835: The Paralympics, to this day there is no mention of the Para Asian Games in the contract for the host city of the Asian Games, which means that the events could be held completely separately and without any connection. Both games ran independently of each other and could be organized by different Organising Committees. Notes: 27 Sports were presented in Asian Para Games history, including 2010 Asian Para Games to 2022 Asian Para Games . Source: Source: Source (NPC Profile): Source (NPC Profile): Source: Source: Source: Source (NPC Profile): Source: The Asian Para Games mascots are fictional characters, usually an animal native to

112-408: The area or human figures, who represent the cultural heritage of the place where the Asian Para Games are taking place. The mascots are often used to help market the Asian Para Games to a younger audience. Every Asian Para Games has its own mascot . Fun Fun, the mascot for the 2010 Asian Para Games was the first mascot. Of the 45 National Paralympic Committees participating throughout the history of

126-460: The barriers. The sporty emblem in typical Korean colours and smooth brush strokes represents the desire for a society where those with disabilities and those without live together in harmony. The mascot of the 2002 FESPIC Games is a turtle named "Gwidong-Ih" ( Korean : 귀동이 , romanized :  Gwidong-I ) which literally means a cute child in Korean. The mascot's name also refers to a turtle which

140-605: The following table, the year in which the NPC was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created. Source: 45 in 5 regions: Related: 27 Sports in 1 January 2024. Following is the APC Executive Board for the term 2019 – 2023. This Asian Para Games article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2002 FESPIC Games The 2002 FESPIC Games , officially known as

154-563: The games, 14 in Busan and 2 in South Gyeongsang. The logo of the 2002 FESPIC Games is a traditional Korean design image which resembles both a wave, the symbol of the host city, Busan, an adynamic 'Tae-geuk' mark, and a sportsman racing with a torch. It symbolizes the integration of the Asia-Pacific region through the interaction in sports and the determination of the disabled people to overcome

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168-682: The structure followed by the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee decided that the Central Asia and West Asia sub-regions fall under the council's responsibility. An agreement was signed on 16 May 2004 to merge the Asian Paralympic Council and the FESPIC Federation . The organisation was only known by its present name by 28 November 2006 when the merger came into effect. In

182-632: Was held in 2009 in Tokyo , Japan . The Asian Youth Para Games superseded the FESPIC Youth Games which last held in 2003. Asian Paralympic Committee The Asian Paralympic Committee was formed on 30 October 2002 during the 2002 FESPIC Games in Busan, South Korea as the Asian Paralympic Council, following a motion presented by NPC Malaysia at the 1999 IPC General Assembly. It consisted originally of three sub-regions which are East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. In April 2004, in order to align with

196-728: Was renamed as the Asian Paralympic Committee at the closing of the final FESPIC edition held in November 2006 in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . The first Asian multi-sports event for athletes with a disability, the inaugural Asian Para Games was held in 2010 in Guangzhou , China. Although there is the idea of holding the Asian and the Asian Para Games in the same city as happening on the Olympics and

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