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.World Para Athletics Junior Championships To Begin in Switzerland , 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
EditionYearCityCountryDateVenueNo. of EventsNo. ofAthletesBest Nation 1 2017 () Nottwil 3–6 August Sport Arena Nottwil117275 2 2019 () Nottwil 1–4 August Sport Arena Nottwil109300
All-time combined medals As of 2019.Nottwil 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships
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2019 Source:
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
See also World Para Athletics Championships World Para Athletics European Championships
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