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{{Short description|Global governing body for the Paralympic Movement}}
{{Other uses|IPC (disambiguation){{!}}IPC}}
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{{Infobox organization
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|1955||[[International Committee of Sports for the Deaf]] (CISS) officially recognized by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC).<ref name=DePauw/>
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|1960||18 – 2518–25 September – [[1960 Summer Paralympics|Rome Summer Paralympics]] – 400 athletes from 23 countries; 57 events in 8 sports.<ref name=summer>{{cite web|title=Summer Games Overview|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ParalympicGames/SummerOverview|website=International Paralympic Committee website|access-date=10 March 2015|archive-date=7 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507095224/http://paralympic.org/ParalympicGames/SummerOverview|url-status=dead}}</ref> These Games became known as the 1st Summer Paralympic Games and were the 9th International Stoke Mandeville Games. The Games followed the [[1960 Summer Olympics|Rome Olympics]] and used same venues.
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|1960||International Stoke Mandeville Games Committee (ISMGC) established.<ref name=DePauw>{{cite book|last1=DePauw|first1=Karen|title=Disability sport|date=2005|publisher=Human Kinetics|location=Champaign, Ill.|pages=277–287|edition=2nd|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
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|1962||[[International Sports Organisation for the Disabled]] (IOSD) was established to assist visually impaired, amputees, persons with cerebral palsy and paraplegics who were not eligible to compete at the [[International Stoke Mandeville Games]].<ref name=history/>
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|1964||3 – 123–12 November – [[1964 Summer Paralympics|Tokyo Summer Paralympics]] – 375 athletes from 21 countries; 144 events in 9 sports. Weightlifting added to the program.<ref name=summer/> Opening ceremony held in front of 5,000 spectators.<ref name=ottoblock/>
 
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|1968||4–13 November – [[1968 Summer Paralympics|Tel Aviv Summer Paralympics]] – 750 athletes from 29 countries; 181 events in 10 sports.<ref name=summer/> New sports included lawn bowls, women's basketball and Men's 100m wheelchair race.
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|1972||2 – 112–11 August – [[1972 Summer Paralympics|Heidelberg Summer Paralympics]] – 984 athletes from 43 countries; 1987 events in 10 sports.<ref name=summer/> Events for quadriplegic added to program for the first time.<ref name=summer/> Demonstration events for visually impaired athletes.<ref name=summer/> Heidelberg was used as the Olympic Village in Munich was unavailable as it was converted into private apartments.<ref name=ottoblock/>
 
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==Paralympic SPORT.TV==
The [[Paralympic Games|Paralympics]] and other sport events related to the Paralympic movement are broadcast on ParalympicSportTV, an [[internet TV]] channel for Paralympic sports created by the IPC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/ParalympicSportTV |title=Paralympic Games |publisher=YouTube |date=5 September 2021-09-05 |accessdate=2022-03-08}}</ref>
 
==Paralympic Hall of Fame==
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On 30 November 2016, to distinguish them from the Paralympic Games, the IPC adopted the new blanket branding '''World Para Sports''', with the subcommittees rebranded accordingly. It also renamed three sports to align with this new name; [[Paralympic shooting]] was renamed to "shooting Para sport" (to reduce confusion with [[parachuting]]), wheelchair dancesport became "Para dance sport" (as the committee expressed interest in governing [[dancesport]] for other classifications besides wheelchair), and [[sledge hockey]] became "Para ice hockey" (for both branding and linguistic reasons). Sports contested in the Summer Paralympics began using the new branding immediately. For winter sports, whose competitive seasons had already started by the announcement, only the world championships were immediately changed to reflect the new branding; the full switchover did not occur until the 2017–18 season.<ref name="World Para" />
 
In December 2021 during its [[Virtual event|virtual]] General Assembly, the IPC voted on a mandate to transfer its international governance of Paralympic sports to independent bodies by 2026, either by transferring them to an existing governing body, or spinning off subcommittees as independent federations. A governance review published in October 2019 found that the IPC's governance "created perceptions of conflict of interest, disparity in the application of resources, a sense of unfairness between the IPC Sports and those which are not and confusion about the IPC’s role, all of which is impacting its reputation."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-20 July 2021 |title=IPC seeking entities interested in taking over Para athletics and Para swimming |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110494/para-athletics-swimming-ipc-independence |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-11 December 2021 |title=IPC to cease acting as international federation for 10 sports by end of 2026 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1116688/paralympic-order-ipc-general-assembly |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref>
 
In July 2022, the IPC transferred governance of skiing, snowboard, and biathlon to the [[International Ski and Snowboard Federation]] (FIS) and [[International Biathlon Union]] (IBU) respectively,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robarts |first=Stu |date=2022-07-14 July 2022 |title=FIS and IBU take on governance of Para sports from IPC |url=https://www.sportcal.com/news/fis-and-ibu-take-on-governance-of-para-sports-from-ipc/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=Sportcal |language=en-US}}</ref> and in June 2023 appointed the [[British Paralympic Association]] and [[UK Sport]] to assist in spinning off World Para Athletics and World Para Swimming as independent federations that would be based in [[Manchester]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manchester proposed as location for Para athletics and Para swimming governing bodies |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/manchester-proposed-location-para-athletics-and-para-swimming-governing-bodies |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}</ref> Para dance sport was transferred to [[World Abilitysport]] (formerly IWAS) in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ in relation to the transfer of Para dance sport to World Abilitysport |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/faq-relation-transfer-para-dance-sport-world-abilitysport |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}</ref>
 
====World Para Athletics====
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