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 |
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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 | United States | |
2 | 2019 () | Nottwil | Switzerland | 1-4 August | Sport Arena Nottwil | 275 | ||
All-time medal table (Junior)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 18 | 8 | 10 | 36 |
2 | Iran (IRN) | 12 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 11 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
4 | Mexico (MEX) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
5 | Colombia (COL) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
6 | Brazil (BRA) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
7 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
8 | Australia (AUS) | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
9 | Spain (ESP) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
10 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
11 | South Africa (SAF) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
12 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
13 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
14 | Argentina (ARG) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
15 | India (IND) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
16 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
17 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
18 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Ecuador (ECU) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
20 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
21 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
22 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
23 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
24 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
26 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
28 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
29 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
30 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
31 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
32 | Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
34 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Iceland (ISL) | 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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