The ASEAN Para Games is a biennial

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event held after every

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...

involving disabled athletes from the current 11

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countries. Participating athletes have a variety of disabilities ranging from spastic,

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, mobility disabilities, visual disabilities,

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to intellectual disabilities. The ASEAN Para Games is under the regulation of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) with supervision by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the

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and is traditionally hosted by the country where the Southeast Asian Games took place.

History

In May 2000, delegates from the countries in Southeast Asia attending the Malaysian Paralympiad in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia had a meeting and agreed to establish a disabled sport organisation. The ASEAN Para Games was conceptualised by Zainal Abu Zarin, the founding president of the Malaysian Paralympic Council. The proposed rationale was that a regional sports event will be held after the Southeast Asian Games and help promoting friendship and solidarity among persons with disabilities in the ASEAN region and rehabilitating and integrating persons with disability into mainstream society. Ten countries,

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

, Laos,

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

and

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

were the founding members. These countries agreed to hold the Games biennially on 28 April 2001 and ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) was formed on 23 October 2001 with Pisal Wattanawongkiri, president of the

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who proposed the games' name, being elected as its first president. The first ASEAN Para Games was held in Kuala Lumpur from 26 to 29 October 2001 comprising more than 700 athletes and officials from Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam participating in 2 sports. At the 2nd ASEAN Para Games in

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was admitted into the federation as a provisional member.

Logo

The logo of the ASEAN Para Games depicting the

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logo positioned in the center with the symbol of the 1994–2004

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logo on top and a victory

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surrounding the ASEAN logo. It is used on all ASEAN Para Games edition logos since

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. Previously, an unofficial symbol resembled the red colour version of the

Federation logo depicting the 11 red rings forming a circle was used on the logos of the

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and

2005 ASEAN Para Games The 2005 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 3rd ASEAN Para Games, was a Southeast Asian disabled multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines from 14 to 20 December 2005, nine days after the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. This was the firs ...

. Furthermore, the 1994–2004 Paralympic logo was used on the logo of the

2001 ASEAN Para Games The 2001 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 1st ASEAN Para Games, was a Southeast Asian disabled multi-sport event held a month after the 2001 Southeast Asian Games. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 26 to 29 October 2001. This ...

Participating countries

List of ASEAN Para Games

Seven participating countries have hosted the ASEAN Para Games.

has hosted three Para Games ( 2001, 2009,

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), more than any nation. The 5th ASEAN Para Games in 2009 were to be hosted by Laos, but it begged off from hosting the games due to financial difficulty and inexperience in providing necessary support for athletes with disabilities, therefore the games was brought back to Malaysia for the second time after eight years. The 10th ASEAN Para Games scheduled to be hosted by the Philippines were canceled due to the

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. The edition numeral still applied despite the cancellation. The 11th ASEAN Para Games scheduled to be hosted by the Vietnam was to be cancelled due to postponement for the

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backed the Games and they were held in Surakarta between 30 July to 6 August. Indonesia has hosted ASEAN Para Games twice ( 2011 and

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has hosted one ( 2005) Para Games,

( 2003),

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( 2015) had hosted their first ASEAN Para Games.

will host their first ASEAN Para Games in

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. Also never hosted the

have yet to host their first ASEAN Para Games. * ^¹East Timor was formally included in the Games, increasing its member countries to eleven. * ^²Originally planned to be held in Laos. * ^³Originally planned to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam.

List of sports

Nineteen different sports have been part of the ASEAN Para Games in one point or another. Sixteen of which comprised the schedule of the recent

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. Core sports * Athletics pictogram (Paralympics)

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(2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022) * Powerlifting pictogram (Paralympics)

Powerlifting Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effo ...

(2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022) * Judo pictogram

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(2005, 2008, 2022) * Chess pictogram

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(2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022) Target sports * Archery pictogram (Paralympics)

Archery (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022) * Cycling (road) pictogram (Paralympics)

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from t ...

(2017) *

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(2008, 2015) * Wheelchair fencing pictogram (Paralympics)

Wheelchair fencing Wheelchair fencing is a version of fencing for athletes with a disability. Wheelchair fencing is governed by the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation that is a federation of the International Paralympic Committee, and is one o ...

(2005, 2008) Water sports * Sailing pictogram

Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...

(2009, 2015) * Swimming pictogram (Paralympics)

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(2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022) Ball and Racquet sports * Badminton pictogram

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

(2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2022) * Boccia pictogram (Paralympics)

Boccia Boccia ( ) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – '. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes ...

(2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022) * Bowling pictogram

Ten-pin bowling Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The objective is to knock down all ten pins on the first rol ...

(2009, 2011, 2015, 2017) * Football 5-a-side pictogram (Paralympics)

Five-a-side football Five-a-side football is a version of minifootball, in which each team fields five players (four outfield players and a goalkeeper). Other differences from football include a smaller pitch, smaller goals, and a reduced game duration. Matches are ...

(2014, 2015, 2017) * Football 7-a-side pictogram (Paralympics)

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(2014, 2015, 2017, 2022) * Goalball pictogram (Paralympics)

Goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand a ...

(2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022) * Table tennis pictogram (Paralympics)

Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

(2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022) * Wheelchair basketball pictogram (Paralympics)

Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (of ...

(2005, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2022) * Wheelchair tennis pictogram (Paralympics)

Wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, ...

(2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2022) * Sitting volleyball pictogram (Paralympics)

Sitting volleyball (2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2022) * Boccia, ten-pin bowling, sailing and wheelchair fencing were demonstrated at the

All-time medal table

The table below accounts for the total number of medals awarded to all participating

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s (NPCs) of ASEAN member countries as of the recent

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References

External links

ASEAN Para Games Website

8th ASEAN PARA GAMES 2015 Singapore

6th ASEAN PARA GAMES 2011 Solo - Jawa Tengah

5th Asean Para Games official launch

SEAGames website

4th ASEAN ParaGames website

ASEAN Para Sports Federation

Malaysia started the ASEAN Para Games 16 years ago. But guess who won every single year? :
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