The IFSC
Paraclimbing
Paraclimbing is competitive climbing for athletes with disabilities.
The classification system defines who is eligible to compete in paraclimbing and groups athletes with eligible impairments into sports classes. Athletes are placed into a spo ...
World Championships are the biennial world championships for
competition climbing
A climbing competition (or comp) is usually held indoors on purpose built climbing walls. There are three main types of climbing competition: lead, speed, and bouldering. In lead climbing, the competitors start at the bottom of a route and must c ...
for people with disabilities organized by the
International Federation of Sport Climbing
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the international governing body for the sport of competitive climbing, which consists of the disciplines lead climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering. It was founded in Frankfurt on 27 Ja ...
(IFSC). This event determines the male and female world champions in various categories.
The first event was organized in
Arco
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in 2011, held together with the
IFSC Climbing World Championships
The IFSC Climbing World Championships are the biennial (i.e. held once every two years) world championship event for competition climbing that is organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). This event determines the m ...
.
Championships
Classifications and Categories
The classifications and categories of the competition changed over the years. Below is the latest version, quoted from the IFSC 2018 rules.
A large number of RP conditions are neurological disabilities such as MS, stroke survivors, brain damage and so on. There are a number of competitors who climb similarly to an AL/AU athlete due to a condition/accident that has affected the development or use of a limb, placing them in the RP category instead.
When a category has no competitors entered into it, it doesn't run; but when a category has a few competitors (just not enough to officially run) this category gets merged into what is deemed to be a tougher category.
Men's results
Speed
Lead
Women's Results
Speed
Lead
References
External links
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IFSC Climbing World Championships
Climbing competitions
World championships
Recurring sporting events established in 2011