LIMA 2019 HONORED BY THE AMERICAS PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE

Today, Lima is the sport capital city of the Americas. It hosted the General Assembly of the Americas Paralympic Committee, a meeting gathering the heads of 33 national committees, also attended by the President of the International Paralympic Committee Andrew Parsons.

In this framework, the assembly praised the organization of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games on the success in the preparation of venues that will hosting, starting tomorrow, the best Americas athletes’ competitions.

For this, the President of the Americas Paralympic Committee, Julie Dussliere gave a recognition award to Carlos Neuhaus, president of the Lima 2019 Games Organizing Committee, and to Alberto Valenzuela, General Manager of the Games. The same was awarded to Lucha Villar, head of the National Paralympic Association of Peru.

Before the ceremony, Neuhaus welcomed the heads of the National Paralympic Committees participating the Parapan American Games, wishing the same success seen in the Pan American Games, considered the best in history.

THE PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES

In this Parapan American Games, 1890 athletes from 33 countries will be participating in 17 sports and 18 disciplines (1247 men and 643 women). The Peruvian delegation will participate with 139 Para athletes in 16 out of 17 sports.

Competitions will take place in 14 venues from August 22 to September 1, 2019. This is the first time that Peru will organize the most important multi-sports event of the Americas and the most significant sporting event in the world after the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parapan American Games give quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 13 Para sports. The Parapan American Games are supported by the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).