Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...
's Paralympic Committee was founded in 1979, and the territory first competed at the
Summer Paralympic Games in
1988
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. It has competed in every edition of the Summer Games since then, but has never participated in the
Winter Paralympic Games
The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event includes athletes with mobility impairments, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. ...
.
Macau has also had an
Olympic committee since 1987, which is recognized by
Asian Olympic Committees and
Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees, but not recognized by the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
. Should athletes in the territory wish to compete in the Olympic Games, they would need to compete for the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. However, this conflicts with the
Macau Basic Law
The Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( zh, 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區基本法, pt, Lei Básica da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China) is ...
(Macau must participate in any international activities as an independent entity different from mainland China), so no athletes in Macau have had the chance to participate in the Olympic Games so far.
See also
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Sport in Macau
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Macau Sports and Olympic Committee
The Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China (MOC, ; pt, Comité Olímpico e Desportivo de Macau, China, ''CODM''), is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Macau and is responsible for organizing the Special Administrative Region's (SAR) ...
References
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