Arnhem 1980
The Irish Paralympic enjoyed another superb performance at the 1980 Games in Arnhem. The team replicated their achievements from the previous games by winning 20
The Irish Paralympic enjoyed another superb performance at the 1980 Games in Arnhem. The team replicated their achievements from the previous games by winning 20
Rio de Janeiro was the picturesque venue for the 2016 Paralympic Games with much of the action taking place along the famed Copa Cabana beach.
This information provides a generic guide to classification for athletes with an intellectual impairment and is not to be used to make classification decisions. Description:
Description: Athletes have reduced, or no vision caused by damage to the eye structure, optical nerves or optical pathways, or visual cortex of the brain.
Athetosis Description: Athletes have continual slow involuntary movements. Example: Cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke Hypertonia Description: Athletes have an increase in muscle tension and
Description: Athletes have a difference in the length of their legs as a result of a disturbance of limb growth, or as a result of
Description: Athletes have a reduced length in the bones of the upper limbs, lower limbs and/or trunk. Example: Achondroplasia, growth hormone dysfunction, and osteogenesis imperfecta.
Description: Athletes have total or partial absence of bones or joints as a consequence of trauma or illness or congenital limb deficiency. Example: Traumatic amputation,
Description: Athletes have a restriction or a lack of passive movement in one or more joints. Example: Arthrogryposis, contracture resulting from chronic joint immobilization or
Description: Athletes have a health condition that either reduces or eliminates their ability to voluntarily contract their muscles in order to move or to generate
Each International Sport Federation must clearly define what impairment groups, considered eligible by IPC, that they provide sports opportunities for. This is described in each
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