World Para Athletics Junior Championships Explained

Last Season:	2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships
Sport:	Athletics
Founded:	2017
Continent:	World (World Para Athletics)

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] 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.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Championships

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes	Best Nation
1	2017	Nottwil		3–6 August	Sport Arena Nottwil	117	275
2	2019	Nottwil		1–4 August	Sport Arena Nottwil	109	300

All-time combined medals

As of 2019.^{[5] [6] [7]}

2019

Source:^{[8] [9]}

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.nottwil2019.ch/ World Para Athletics Junior Championships To Begin in Switzerland
2. Web site: Nottwil 2017 World Para Athletics Junior Championships.
3. Web site: Nottwil 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships.
4. Web site: World Para Athletics Junior Championships . 2019-07-31 . 2017-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171228130004/http://www.nottwil2017.ch/en/start_list_results . dead .
5. https://www.paralympic.org/nottwil-2019 Nottwil 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships
6. Web site: Results 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130192638/https://www.nottwil2019.ch/de/startliste_resultate/results_2017/. 2020-11-30. 2023-09-23.
7. Web site: 2017 Medal table. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130192638/https://www.nottwil2019.ch/__/frontend/handler/document.php?id=166&type=42. 2020-11-30.
8. Web site: Medal Table COMBINED . 2023-09-23.
9. Web site: Nottwil 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships.