ASEAN ParaGames

ASEAN ParaGames

ASEAN Para Games Logo
First event	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 25–30, 2001
Occur every	2 years
Last event	Solo, Indonesia on December 15–20, 2011
Website	ASEAN Para Sports Federation

The ASEAN Para Games is a biannual multi-sport event held after every Southeast Asian Games for ASEAN athletes with physical disabilities. The games are participated by the 11 countries located in Southeast Asia. The Para Games, patterned after the Paralympic Games, are played by physically challenged athletes with mobility disabilities, visual disabilities, who are amputees and those with cerebral palsy.

The ASEAN ParaGames is under the regulation of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF). The games are hosted by the same country where the SEA Games took place.

History

Future Games

• 7th ASEAN Para Games - Naypyidaw, Myanmar, 2013.
• 8th ASEAN Para Games - Singapore, 2015.

Recently concluded

• 6th ASEAN Para Games - Solo, Indonesia in 2011

Previous Games

• 5th ASEAN Para Games originally scheduled for Laos, was instead held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from August 15–19, 2009. The Sailing event held in Port Dickson was a full medal sport.

Selected to host the 2009 SEA Games, Laos begged off from hosting the 5th ASEAN Paragames due to financial difficulty and inexperience in providing necessary support for athletes with disabilities. This edition of the Para Games was also notable for being launched into action 5 months ahead of the Sea Games.

• 4th ASEAN Para Games - Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from January 20–26, 2008.

The Paralympic shooting event was a full medal sport.

• 3rd ASEAN Para Games - Manila, Philippines from December 14–20, 2005.

Sailing introduced as a demo sport.

wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis was played for the first time

• 2nd ASEAN ParaGames - Hanoi, Vietnam from December 19–27, 2003.

Timor Leste was formally included in the Games increasing its member countries to eleven.

• The 1st ASEAN ParaGames, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from October 25–30, 2001, was the initial major sports event of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF).

The APSF was conceived in the special meeting of the National Paralympic Committees of the ASEAN countries during the 10th Malaysian Paralympiad and the ASEAN Cities Invitational. The ASEAN Para Games, the “parallel” sports event for the disabled after every Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), was patterned after the Paralympics and the FESPIC Games.

Objectives

• To promote friendship and solidarity among persons with disabilities in the ASEAN region through sports;
• To promote and develop sports for the differently abled;
• To rehabilitate and integrate persons with disability into mainstream society through sports.

Logo

The design shows the Asean logo positioned with the symbol and image of Paralympic and a victory laurel. The design intends to show the emergence of togetherness of Paralympic Sports Leaders with One Vision, One Mission and a commitment in the pursuit of equality in sports and in life for persons with a disability in the ASEAN region.

Asean solidarity, working together through APSF with an unbreakable bond in unity and brotherhood shall display the will and determination to achieve success in sports and in life. The victory laurel signifies this commitment to excellence.

From this regional image, a sense of cooperation, pride and eternal harmony is unmasked and it is an image that connects us all together in "Mind, Body, Spirit" as in the ideals of the Paralympic Movement.

Participant Countries

Code	Nation / IOC designation	First use	ISO-code	Notes
BRU	Brunei (IOC designation: Brunei Darussalam)	1988	BRN	-
CAM	Cambodia	1956	KHM	-
INA	Indonesia	1956	IDN	IHO 1952 FIFA-code IDN
LAO	Laos (IOC designation: Lao People's Democratic Republic)	1980	LAO	-
MAS	Malaysia	1956	MYS	-
MYA	Myanmar	1996	MMR	BIR 1948-1992
PHI	Philippines	1924	PHL	-
SIN	Singapore	1948	SGP	-
THA	Thailand	1952	THA	-
TLS	Timor-Leste	2004	TLS	IOA 2000
VIE	Vietnam (IOC designation: Viet Nam)	1952	VNM	-

Sports

• Athletics
• Powerlifting
• Judo
• Chess

Target Sports

• Archery
• Fencing
• Target Shooting

Ball Sports

• Badminton
• Boccia
• Bowling
• Goalball
• Table tennis
• Wheelchair Basketball
• Wheelchair Tennis
• Wheelchair Volleyball

Water Sports

• Sailing
• Swimming

Editions

Year	Games	Host City	Winner (gold)	2nd (gold)	3rd (gold)
2001	I	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia (132)	Thailand (130)	Myanmar (38)
2003	II	Hanoi1	Thailand (101)	Vietnam (81)	Malaysia (54)
2005	III	Manila	Thailand (139)	Vietnam (80)	Malaysia (75)
2008	IV	Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand (256)	Malaysia (81)	Vietnam (78)
2009	V	Kuala Lumpur2	Thailand (157)	Malaysia (94)	Vietnam (73)
2011	VI	Solo	Thailand (126)	Indonesia (113)	Malaysia (51)
2013	VII	Naypyidaw

¹ Timor-Leste was formally included in the Games increasing its member countries to eleven.
² Originally planned to be held in Laos.

Gold medal tally

COUNTRY OVER-ALL CHAMPIONS 2nd GOLD 3rd GOLD  Thailand 5 Times 1 Times -  Malaysia 1 Times 2 Time 3 Time  Vietnam - 2 Times 2 Times  Indonesia - 1 Times -  Myanmar - - 1 Times

Hosting tally

Country	Event Hosted	Year Hosted
Malaysia	2	2001, 2009
Indonesia	1	2011
Myanmar	1	2013
Philippines	1	2005
Thailand	1	2008
Vietnam	1	2003
Brunei	-	-
Cambodia	-	-
Laos	-	-
Singapore	-	-
Timor-Leste	-	-

¹ Laos was to host the 5th ASEAN ParaGames but cancelled.

See also

• Asian Para Games

External links

• 6th ASEAN PARA GAMES 2011 Solo - Jawa Tengah
• 5th Asean Para Games official launch
• SEAGames website
• 4th ASEAN ParaGames website
• ASEAN Para Sports Federation

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