World Para Athletics Junior Championships
The World Para Athletics Junior Championships are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It features athletics events contested by athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities in two age groups; under 20 and under 18. The first Championships were held in Nottwil, Switzerland in 2017, and will return there for the second edition in 2019.[1]
Most recent season or competition: 2017 World Para Athletics Junior Championships | |
Sport | Athletics |
---|---|
Founded | 2017 |
Continent | International (World Para Athletics) |
They are a partial Paralympic parallel to the IAAF World U20 Championships for able-bodied athletes, although both junior (under 20) and youth (under 18) events are held in the Paralympic equivalent.
Championships
Edition | Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events |
No. of Athletes |
Best Nation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2017 () | Nottwil | Switzerland | 3-6 August | Sport Arena Nottwil | 275 | ||
2 | 2019 () | Nottwil | Switzerland | 1-4 August | Sport Arena Nottwil | 275 | ||
All-time medal table (Junior)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 36 | |
2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 22 | |
3 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 20 | |
4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | |
5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |
7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |
9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
28 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (35 nations) | 117 | 94 | 76 | 287 |
Classification
- F = field athletes
- T = track athletes
- P = pentathlon
- 11-13 – visually impaired, 11 and 12 compete with a sighted guide
- 20 – intellectual disability
- 31-38 – cerebral palsy or other conditions that affect muscle co-ordination and control. Athletes in class 31-34 compete in a seated position; athletes in class 35-38 compete standing.
- 40-46 – amputation, les autre
- 51-58 – wheelchair athletes
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