Lee Myung-ho elected President of NPC South Korea
Lee will serve his first term as head of the NPC ahead of their home Paralympic Winter Games. 28 Mar 2017![South Korea - Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony South Korean athletes in wheelchairs hold flags as they enter the stadium](/sites/default/files/styles/large_original/public/images/170328151038765_South%2BKorea%2BRio%2B2016_0.jpg?itok=r6c7tOVn)
South Korean athletes enter the Maracana Stadium during the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony
The National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of South Korea has elected Lee Myung-ho as their new President who lead the nation into their home Paralympic Winter Games at PyeongChang 2018.
Serving a four-year term until February 2021, Lee will also look to build upon South Korea’s 20th-place finish from the Rio 2016 medals table into Tokyo 2020.
Lee received 64 per cent of the votes during a meeting held earlier this year. This will be Lee’s first term and the NPC’s fourth President overall.
Lee was a the former head of the Icheon Training Centre and also a former powerlifting athlete who won bronze at the seventh Bangkok Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (FESPIC) Games in 1999. He began his career as a sports administrator at the Korean Paralympic Committee (KPC) from 2006.
Jang Chung-bae was the other candidate up running for the position.