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Aaron Golub [83] - American football player who became the first legally blind athlete to play in an NCAA Division I football game; Zeeshan Abbasi – Blind cricketer. Muhammad Akram – Blind cricketer, holds the record for highest individual score in a Blind T20I [84] Lisa Banta – Goalball player. [85] Anthony Clarke (athlete) – World ...
Visually impaired track and field athletes (11 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Competitors in athletics with visual impairment" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
However, for athletes competing with a wide range of visual impairments, their brains can mold to fill in gaps and adapt to compromised visual input through an ability called neuroplasticity.
All other Paralympic competitors should be categorized into an appropriate subcategory of the Category:Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors. Pages in category "Paralympic athletes (track and field) with a vision impairment"
Competitors at elite level competitions are classified by disability, to arrange athletes with a similar disability in the same event. A classified T12 athlete for example, is a track athlete with a visual impairment. F = Field athletes; T = Track athletes; 11–13 = Visual impairment. 11 and 12 compete with a sighted guide. 20 = Intellectual ...
Another athlete, visually impaired Canadian Brian McKeever, was selected to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, but was ultimately set aside by his coach. [3] However, Brian's brother, Robin McKeever , who has won several medals at the Winter Paralympics as Brian's sighted guide , participated in cross-country skiing at the ...
The sighted guides for athletes with a visual impairment are such a close and essential part of the competition that the athlete with visual impairment and the guide are considered a team. Beginning in 2012, these guides (along with sighted goalkeepers in 5-a-side football became eligible to receive medals of their own.
Swimmers who have the least severe visual impairment, for example albinism. They have the highest visual acuity and/or a visual field of less than 20 degrees radius. Charalampos Taiganidis (4-4-2) Kirby Cote (7-6-0) 50 metre freestyle 100 metre backstroke 100 metre breaststroke 100 metre butterfly 400 metre freestyle