NPC Spain creates Athletes’ Council

The Council will serve as a consulting body between the NPC and its athletes. 19 Jul 2013
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 Jose Antonio Exposito Pineiro

Spain's Jose Antonio Exposito Pineiro winning gold in the men's long jump F20 at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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By NPC Spain

The Athletes’ Council will be composed of athlete representatives from all the Spanish federations on the summer or winter Paralympic programmes.

The General Assembly of the Spanish National Paralympic Committee (NPC Spain) approved the creation of an Athletes’ Council at its meeting last month.

The meeting, held at the headquarters of the Spanish Council for Sports in Madrid, was chaired by HRH Princess Elena.

The new Athletes’ Council will serve as a consulting body with the main role of collecting the opinions and needs of Paralympic athletes and submitting them to the relevant governing bodies of NPC Spain.

The Athletes’ Council will be composed of athlete representatives from all the Spanish federations on the summer or winter Paralympic programmes.

The Athletes’ Council will be composed of two athletes from each of the Spanish Federations participating at the Paralympic Games (Spanish Federations of Sports for the Blind, for People with a Physical Disability, for People with Intellectual Disability and for People with Cerebral Palsy) and one athlete from the federations representing disciplines at the Paralympic Winter Games.

Additionally, there will be a representative of the various Spanish Federations which have integrated para-sport disciplines in its structure (cycling, equestrian, rowing, canoe, wheelchair tennis, table tennis, shooting, triathlon and sailing), as well as a representative of the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Deaf, as the only Spanish non-Paralympic federation.

NPC Spain’s Secretary General, managing director and sports director will be also members of the Athletes’ Council with speaking rights only.

In order to be eligible to be a member of the Athletes’ Council, an individual must be an active Paralympic athlete, or have competed in the Paralympic Games within the previous eight years.

The term of office is four years and the Council will meet up to three times a year.