IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships
The IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships are the biennial world championships for competition climbing for people with disabilities organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). This event determines the male and female world champions in various categories.
History
[edit | edit source]The first event was organized in Arco in 2011, held together with the IFSC Climbing World Championships.
Championships
[edit | edit source]| Edition | Year | Location | Date(s) | Disciplines | Athletes | Nations | Website | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Speed | ||||||||
| 1 | 2011 | 18–19 July | X | X | [1] | ||||
| 2 | 2012 | 12–16 September | X | [2][3] | |||||
| 3 | 2014 | Spain Gijón | 11–14 September | X | [1] | [4][5] | |||
| 4 | 2016 | 14–18 September | X | [2] | [6][7][8] | ||||
| 5 | 2018 | Austria Innsbruck | 10–16 September | X | [3] | [9][10] | |||
| 6 | 2019 | 16–17 July | X | [12] | |||||
| 7 | 2021 | 15–17 September | X | ||||||
| 8 | 2023 | Switzerland Bern | 1–12 August | X | |||||
| 9 | 2025 | South Korea Seoul | 20–25 September | X | |||||
Classifications and Categories
[edit | edit source]A wide range of different people take part in Paraclimbing, including visually impaired climbers, climbers with limb differences[14] and those with brain injuries or mobility impairments.[15][16] Higher numbers equate to higher functionality (less impairment), lower numbers equate to lower functionality (more impairment).[17]
| Category | Criteria | Example image | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual impairment | B1 | Visual acuity is poorer than LogMAR 2.60 (blindness) | File:Climbing World Championships 2018 Paraclimbing visual impairment B1 (BT0A5679).jpg |
| B2 | LogMAR of 1.50 − 2.60 and/or visual field of less than 10° | ||
| B3 | LogMAR of 1 − 1.40 (20/200 − 20/500 on the Snellen chart) and/or visual field of less than 40° | ||
| Upper limb(s) | AU2 | One upper limb has reduced function below the athletes elbow and does not have a functional wrist joint | File:Climbing World Championships 2018 Paraclimbing AU-2 (BT0A7518).jpg |
| AU3 | One hand or multiple digits across both hands are absent or have reduced function | ||
| Lower limb(s) | AL1 | Significantly reduced functional use for climbing or absence of bilateral lower limbs | File:Climbing World Championships 2018 Paraclimbing AL-2 (BT0A5495).jpg |
| AL2 | Impairment in a single lower limb or leg length difference | ||
| Range and power | RP1 | Impairment across all eligible impairment types with severe impairment to function affecting at least 2 limbs or a single upper limb is absent or has severely limited functional use | File:Climbing World Championships 2018 Paraclimbing RP3 (BT0A5218).jpg |
| RP2 | Impairment across all eligible impairment types with moderate impairment to function affecting the trunk and/or limbs | ||
| RP3 | Impairment across all eligible impairment types with mild impairment to function affecting the trunk and/or limbs | ||
In the 2022-2023 season AU1 was permanently combined with RP1, and a new category of upper arm limb difference was added. AU3 is the designated sport class for athletes with limb differences between the wrist and tips of the fingers. With a minimum impairment of a loss of 6 finger joints across both hands. Prior to the creation of this sport class many AU3 athletes classified in RP3.
Merging
[edit | edit source]If there is an insufficient number of competitors in a given category, this category can be merged into another, 'harder' category. In world championships at least six athletes from four countries must compete in each category. Merges may be performed sequentially until the required number of competitors is met.[18]
Men's results
[edit | edit source]Speed
[edit | edit source]| Year | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011[20] | Amputee Arm PD | - | - | |
| Amputee Both Leg PD | China Boyu Xia | - | - | |
| Amputee Leg PD | Spain Urko Carmona Barandiaran | Germany Günther Grausam | ||
| Arthritis+Neurological PD | Hungary András Szijártó | |||
| Complete Neurological Leg Disability PD | Germany Sebastian Richter | - | - | |
| Visual Impairment B1 | Spain Manuel Cepero Gutierrez | |||
| Visual Impairment B2 | - | |||
| Visual Impairment B3 | Spain Domingo Carretero Campon | Spain Ricardo Pérez Amado | - |
Lead
[edit | edit source]| Year | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011[21] | Amputee Arm PD | - | - | |
| Amputee Both Leg PD | China Boyu Xia | - | - | |
| Amputee Leg PD | Japan Mineo Ono | Spain Urko Carmona Barandiaran | Germany Alexander Biermann | |
| Arthritis+Neurological PD | Hungary András Szijártó | |||
| Complete Neurological Leg Disability PD | Germany Sebastian Richter | - | - | |
| Visual Impairment B1 | Spain Manuel Cepero Gutierrez | |||
| Visual Impairment B2 | Japan Koichiro Kobayashi | Japan Masayoshi Idomoto | ||
| Visual Impairment B3 | Spain Ricardo Pérez Amado | Spain Domingo Carretero Campon | - | |
| 2012 | Amputee Leg PD | Spain Urko Carmona Barandiaran | Japan Mineo Ono | United States Craig Demartino |
| Arthritis+Neurological PD1 | India Manikandan Kumar | |||
| Visual Impairment B1 | Japan Kenji Iwamoto | |||
| Visual Impairment B2 | Japan Sho Aita | Japan Koichiro Kobayashi | ||
| 2014 | Amputee Leg PD | Spain Urko Carmona Barandiaran | United States Ronald Dickson | United States Craig Demartino |
| Visual Impairment B1 | Japan Koichiro Kobayashi | |||
| Neurological Physical Disability A | India Manikandan Kumar | Iran Behnam Khalaji | ||
| Neurological Physical Disability B | Hungary András Szijártó | |||
| 2016 | B1 | Japan Koichiro Kobayashi | ||
| B2 | Japan Sho Aita | |||
| AL-2 | Spain Albert Guardia Ferrer | Spain Iván Germán Pascual | ||
| RP1 | Germany Korbinian Franck | Germany Nils Helsper | United States Connor King | |
| RP2 | Israel Nive Porat | |||
| RP3 | ||||
| 2018 | AU-2 | United States Trevor Smith | ||
| B1 | Japan Koichiro Kobayashi | Spain Francisco Javier Aguilar Amoedo | ||
| B2 | United States Justin Salas | Spain Raul Simon Franco | Japan Fumiya Hamanoue | |
| AL-2 | Spain Urko Carmona Barandiaran | Spain Albert Guardia Ferrer | ||
| RP1 | Germany Korbinian Franck | Germany Nils Helsper | ||
| RP2 | Iran Behnam Khalaji | Israel Nive Porat | India Manikandan Kumar | |
| RP3 | ||||
| 2019 | AU-2 | Israel Mor Michael Sapir | Germany Kevin Bartke | |
| B1 | Japan Koichiro Kobayashi | Spain Francisco Javier Aguilar Amoedo | ||
| B2 | Japan Sho Aita | United States Justin Salas | ||
| B3 | Japan Motohiro Ejiri | |||
| AL-2 | Spain Urko Carmona Barandiaran | Spain Albert Guardia Ferrer | ||
| RP1 | Germany Korbinian Franck | |||
| RP2 | Iran Behnam Khalaji | United States Benjamin Mayforth | India Manikandan Kumar | |
| RP3 | ||||
| 2021[22] | B1 | Japan Sho Aita | ||
| B2 | Japan Fumiya Hamanoue | Spain Raul Simon Franco | ||
| RP1 | Austria Angelino Zeller | United States Tanner Cislaw | Germany Korbinian Franck | |
| RP2 | Israel Mor Michael Sapir | United States Benjamin Mayforth | ||
| RP3 | Iran Iman Edrisi | |||
| AL1 | Belgium Frederik Leys | Japan Shuhei Yuki | ||
| AU2 | United States Brian Zarzuela | Germany Kevin Bartke | ||
| 2023 | B1 | Japan Sho Aita | Spain Francisco Javier Aguilar Amoedo | |
| B2 | Japan Fumiya Hamanoue | Spain Guillermo Pelegrín Gómez | ||
| B3 | Japan Kazuhiro Minowada | |||
| AL1 | Austria Angelino Zeller | Austria Markus Pösendorfer | United States Tanner Cislaw | |
| AL2 | United States Ethan Zilz | Spain Albert Guardia Ferrer | ||
| AU2 | Norway Isak Ripman | Germany Kevin Bartke | United States Brian Zarzuela | |
| AU3 | Israel Mor Michael Sapir | Japan Nobuhiro Yusaraoka | Switzerland Dominic Geisseler | |
| RP1 | United States Elliott Nguyen | Japan Takuya Okada | ||
| RP2 | Israel Mor Michael Sapir | United States Benjamin Mayforth | ||
| RP3 | Spain Iván Muñoz Escolar | United States Benjamin Mayforth | India Manikandan Kumar |
Women's Results
[edit | edit source]Speed
[edit | edit source]| Year | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011[20] | Amputee Arm PD | Spain Paula De la Calle Pizarro | - | - |
| Arthritis+Neurological PD | Ukraine Valentyna Kurshakova | - | - | |
| Visual Impairment B1 | - | |||
| Visual Impairment B2 | - | - |
Lead
[edit | edit source]| Year | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011[21] | Amputee Arm PD | Spain Paula De la Calle Pizarro | - | - |
| Arthritis+Neurological PD | Ukraine Valentyna Kurshakova | - | - | |
| Visual Impairment B1 | - | |||
| Visual Impairment B2 | - | - | ||
| 2012 | Visual Impairment | |||
| Physical Disability | Ukraine Valentyna Kurshakova | |||
| 2014 | Amputee Leg PD | United States Christa Brelsford | Canada Kate Sawford | |
| Visual Impairment B2 | ||||
| Neurological Physical Disability A | Belgium Elodie Orbaen | |||
| 2016 | AU-2 | United States Maureen Beck | Hungary Melinda Vigh | |
| AL-2 | Canada Kate Sawford | |||
| RP3 | Belgium Elodie Orbaen | Japan Aika Yoshida | ||
| 2018 | AU-2 | Hungary Melinda Vigh | United States Maureen Beck | |
| B2 | United States Whiteny Pesek | |||
| AL-2 | Canada Kate Sawford | United States Emily Stephenson | ||
| RP2 | ||||
| RP3 | Japan Aika Yoshida | Japan Momoko Yoshida | Belgium Elodie Orbaen | |
| 2019 | AU-2 | United States Maureen Beck | Hungary Melinda Vigh | |
| B2 | Japan Yumi Ejiri | Austria Edith Scheinecker | ||
| AL-2 | Germany Jaqueline Fritz | |||
| RP2 | ||||
| RP3 | Japan Aika Yoshida | Japan Momoko Yoshida | ||
| 2021 | B2 | Austria Edith Scheinecker | ||
| B3 | Indonesia Sunita Dhondappanavar | |||
| RP1 | Belgium Pavitra Vandenhoven | Netherlands Eva Mol | Spain Marta Peche Salinero | |
| RP2 | ||||
| RP3 | Austria Katharina Ritt | |||
| 2023 | B1 | in B2 | ||
| B2 | United States Seneida Biendarra | Austria Edith Scheinecker | ||
| B3 | India Sunita Dhondappanavar | Japan Mika Maeoka | Japan Yumi Ejiri | |
| AL1 | in RP1 | |||
| AL2 | Australia Sarah Larcombe | Australia Rachel Maia | ||
| AU2 | United States Maureen Beck | |||
| AU3 | in RP3 | |||
| RP1 | Belgium Pavitra Vandenhoven | United States Melissa Ruiz | Spain Marta Peche Salinero | |
| RP2 | Norway Dina Eivik | Austria Jasmin Plank | United States Anna Devries | |
| RP3 | Netherlands Christiane Luttikhuizen | |||
| 2025 | B1 | |||
| B2 | ||||
| B3 | ||||
| AL1 | in RP1 | |||
| AL2 | ||||
| AU2 | ||||
| AU3 | ||||
| RP1 | ||||
| RP2 | ||||
| RP3 | ||||
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