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At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, three of the top four 'pilots' in the Men's individual pursuit for blind athletes were former elite level track cyclists in their own right, with four time 'Kilo' World Champion Francois Pervis of France becoming the third athlete to win both Olympic and Paralympic medals, as sighted 'pilot' for 'stoker' Raphael ...
In Paralympic athletics competitions, athletes are given a class depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classes are as follows: [1] 11–13: Blind and visually impaired; 20: Intellectually disabled; 32–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy; classes 32–34 compete in wheelchairs, while 35–38 are ambulant
Her T42 400 m world record time, set in 1999, still stands today. [3] Reinertsen was a member of the US Disabled Track Team for 7 years. [4] She represented the US at the 1992 Summer Paralympics [5] but found herself racing arm amputees due to low numbers of female competitors. [6]
Deaf athletes typically compete among themselves at events such as the Deaflympics, or in able-bodied events (such as British hammer thrower Charlotte Payne) while athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities are usually assessed and given a para-athletics classification, which groups together athletes with similar ability levels.
She is classified as a T53 para-athlete. [2] Sammi is the fastest ever female British wheelchair racer regardless of classification over 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m. Samantha Kinghorn at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, T53 100 metres sprint, where she finished fifth. Kinghorn's first race was the 2012 London Mini Marathon, where she came second ...
Tatyana McFadden (Татьяна Макфадден; born April 21, 1989 [1]) is an American Paralympic athlete competing in the category T54. McFadden has won twenty Paralympic medals in multiple Summer Paralympic Games and the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability in 2015. [2]
Paralympic athlete Roża Kozakowska was stripped of a gold medal in the Women’s Club Throw F32 event in Paris for using a pillow that did not meet regulation standards.. Kozakowska, who won gold ...
Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref F31: 32.88 m Evgenii Demin Russia 12 August 2023 Summer Paralympic Games "We Are Together. Sports" Cheboksary, Russia F32: 46.60 m Bo Qing China 10 July 2023 World Para Championships: Paris, France [85] 37.51 m Lahouari Bahlaz Algeria 25 July 2013 IPC World Championships: Lyon, France F51: 36.22 m Musa ...