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Bhutan Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committee
Country	Bhutan
Code	BHU
Created	September 2017
Recognized	2017
Continental association	APC
Headquarters	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
President	HRH Princess Euphelma Choden Wangchuck^[1]
Secretary General	Sonam Karma Tshering

The Bhutan Paralympic Committee (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་པེ་ར་ལིམ་ཕིག་ཚོགས་པ།), also known as NPC Bhutan, is the national sports body for disabled athletes in Bhutan. Established in 2017, NPC Bhutan is among the youngest National Paralympic Committees in the world and is a member of the Asian Paralympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee.

History

Efforts to establish a national Paralympic Committee were made as early as 2016, in a bid to make the participation of Bhutanese athletes in the 2020 Summer Paralympics possible. On 17 September 2016, the Bhutan Olympic Committee and Japanese firm, SEISA Group signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation to help qualify athletes in the 2020 games and establish a Paralympic committee.^[2] On September of the following year, the Bhutan Paralympic Committee was established and on the same year the organization joined the Asian Paralympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee.^[3]

NPC Bhutan became a member of the Bhutan Olympic Committee in February 2018.^[4]

Bhutan made its debut at the Asian Para Games in the 2018 edition hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia with two athletes, an archer and a shooter.^[3]

References

^ "Bhutan". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "Bhutan to participate in Paralympics 2020". Kuensel. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Indonesia 2018: Bhutan to make history". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. International Paralympic Committee. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ "BOC registers three new sports organisations". Kuensel. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

v t e Asian Paralympic Committee (APC)
Asian Para Games
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Zone 2 (Central Asia)	Afghanistan Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
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Zone 4 (East Asia)	China Hong Kong, China Japan South Korea Macau, China Mongolia Chinese Taipei
Zone 5 (Southeast Asia)	Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

v t e Sports governing bodies in Bhutan (BHU)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled Sports
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
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