PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES COMPETITIONS START ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 22

Delegations from all the Americas will start arriving in Peru to participate in the Parapan American Games, to be held for the first time in our country, after the successful delivery of the Pan American Games, considered the best Games in history.

To repeat this success, Lima 2019 is already prepared to host the best competitions at the best stages, that also hosted the Pan American Games. For this, the Parapan American Games competitions will start one day before the opening ceremony, on August 22.

Para table tennis will be the sport opening the competitions, at the modern Sports Center 3, especially built for Lima 2019. The best 127 players of the Americas will participate in this competition. The matches of August 22 will be divided into two shifts from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 22:00.

Peru will be represented by four athletes: Shirley Aguilar, Luis Alberto Traversso, Jesús Yampufe and Guillermo Yáñez.

LIMA 2019 TICKET SALES

To attend the competitions, such as Para table tennis, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Parapan American Games, get your tickets, starting at 10 soles. There will be a 50% discount for children under 18, senior citizens and people with an impairment.

Tickets can be bought at ten Lima 2019-authorized points of sale around the city. Learn more about their location:

Tickets can be also purchased online at lima2019.pe/ Tickets, where you will also find the Sports Calendar with the detailed competition schedule. In the case of e-tickets, printing will no longer be necessary since customers can show their e-ticket from their mobile phones at the entrance of the sports venue.

THE PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES

In these Parapan American Games, 1890 Para athletes from 33 countries will participate in 17 sports and 18 disciplines (1247 men and 643 women) The Peruvian delegation will present 139 athletes that will compete 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 will give quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in 13 Para sports. The Parapan American Games are supported by the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

About IPC and APC

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the international governing body of the Paralympic movement. Its objective is to organize the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and to act as the International Federation of nine sports, in order to supervise and coordinate the World Championships and other competitions.

The Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) was established in August 1997 with the aim of creating a Para sport governing body for the Americas. Since 2007, the Parapan American Games are held by the city that hosts the Pan American Games.

About the National Paralympic Association of Peru

The National Paralympic Association of Peru (ANPP) is the governing body of the Paralympic sports movement in Peru. Since 2016, it promotes individual and group Para sports participation. The association also works to transform society by promoting Para sports, as part of the legacy that the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games will leave.