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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is an representative international non-profit organisation of elite sports for athletes with disabilities. It is formed by 160 National Paralympic Committees.
The old IPC logo denotes the Tae-Geuk s, The three Tae-Geuks symbolised the most significant components of the human being: Mind, Body, Spirit. On the Athens Closing Cerimonies on 28th September 2004 replaced the Tae-Geuks a new logo consisted on three Agitos . The new Paralympic logo consists of three elements in red, blue and green—the three colours that are most widely represented in national flags around the world. The new IPC motto is the ´´Spirit in Motion´´.When Athens handed over the flag to Beijing, a flag with the new logo was used. The transition thus completed, from that day on, the old logo will no longer be used.
The name derives from the Greek "para" ("beside" or "alongside"), and has nothing do do with paralysis or paraplegia.
It organises the Paralympic Games and other sport events.
| International Paralympic Games |
| Summer Paralympics |
| 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Winter Paralympics |
| 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 |