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What disabilities qualify for Paralympics swimming?

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What disabilities qualify for Paralympics swimming?

Eligibility Information

  • Impaired Muscle Power.
  • Impaired Passive Range of Movement (ROM)
  • Limb Deficiency.
  • Leg Length Difference.
  • Short Stature.
  • Hypertonia.
  • Ataxia.
  • Athetosis.

What are the 6 categories for the Paralympics?

Paralympics welcomes athletes from six main disability categories: amputee, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, visually impaired, spinal injuries and Les Autres (French for “the others”, a category that includes conditions that do not fall into the categories mentioned before).

What are the categories in the Paralympics swimming?

Swimmers are separated into three disability classes: physical disability, vision impairment and intellectual disability. They are then classified according to the severity of their impairment.

What are the four categories in the Paralympics?

The 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta were the first ones where swimming was fully integrated based on functional disability, with classification no longer separated into classes based on the four disability types of vision impaired, cerebral palsy, amputee, and wheelchair sport.

What is S14 category?

S14 swimmers have an intellectual impairment, which typically leads to the athletes having difficulties with regards to pattern recognition, sequencing, and memory, or having a slower reaction time, which impact on sport performance in general.

How do Paralympic classifications work?

The purpose of classification is to allow fair competition between people with different types of disability. Classification is governed by a code drawn up by the IPC, the world governing body for the sport. The current code was drawn up in 2007 and will be replaced by a new code at the beginning of next year.

How many Paralympic categories are there?

ELIGIBILE IMPAIRMENTS FOR PARA ATHLETICS There are 10 eligible impairment types in Para Athletics: eight physical impairments as well as vision impairment and intellectual impairment.

What is c5 category in Paralympics?

PBS defined this classification as “Cyclists with least impairment, including single amputation and minimal neurological disfunction.”

What are the 3 impairment groups?

If you are new to the Paralympic classification system, here’s a breakdown of the classes used in this year’s event: Swimming has three disability groups: physical, visual and intellectual.

What is S13 in swimming?

S13 is for swimmers with a visual impairment. Their peripheral vision is restricted and/or they are able to see the end of the pool at a maximum of five metres.

What is S13 Para swimming?

with visual impairment
Swimmers with visual impairment compete in the sport classes 11-13, with 11 meaning a complete or nearly complete loss of sight and 13 describing the minimum eligible visual impairment. Athletes in sport class 11 compete with blackened goggles.

How are para athletes Categorised?

The allowable disabilities are broken down into ten eligible impairment types. The categories are impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment.