Symbols of paralympics

There are a number of symbols of Paralympics.

Agito (meaning "I move" in Latin language) is a symbol of movement, used as a part of the Paralympics Symbol (logo) of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), which contains three agitos encircling a single point. This symbol of Paralympics was created by the Scholz & Friends agency and approved in April 2003.

The previous Symbol of Paralympics was based on the traditional Korean decorative component called "tae-geuk", which constitutes one half of the "taijitu", the symbol of yin and yang. The first such symbol that used five tae-geuks arranged similarly to Olympic Rings was introduced at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, Korea. After Seoul, the IPC standardized on a three tae-guek version as their symbol. The last Paralympics to use the tae-geuk was the 2004 Summer Paralympics, which used the three tae-geuk version.

In addition, each city that hosts the Paralympic Games creates a symbol to represent the event, see the articles and for their logos. This symbol incorporates the IPC logo, the name of the event, and the unique symbol to identify the event.

External links

* [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/IPC/About_the_IPC/IPC_Symbol_and_Motto/ Paralympics Symbol and Motto]

ee also

* Olympic symbols