International Paralympic Committee: Difference between revisions

The International Paralympic Committee has had three presidents to date. Its founding president, who presided it from 1989 to 2001, was the Canadian [[Robert Steadward]], who had previously founded the Canadian Sports Fund for the Physically Disabled.<ref name=":0">[http://www.paralympic.ca/en/About-Us/Robert-Steadward-builder.html "Robert Steadward, builder"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225193054/http://www.paralympic.ca/en/About-Us/Robert-Steadward-builder.html |date=25 December 2009 }}, Canadian Paralympic Committee</ref> He was succeeded in 2001 by [[Sir Philip Craven|Philip Craven]], a British Paralympian and former President of the [[International Wheelchair Basketball Federation]], who served as president until 2017. Craven was succeeded by Brazil's [[Andrew Parsons (sport administrator)|Andrew Parsons]], IPC Vice President from 2013 to 2017 and a former President of the [[Brazilian Paralympic Committee]].<ref name="GB2017GB2021" />