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T20 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics in track and jump events. It broadly covers athletes with intellectual disabilities.
T20 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics in track and jump events. It broadly covers athletes with intellectual disabilities.
Sport
This classification is for disability athletics. This classification broadly covers athletes with intellectual disabilities. The classification by Buckley goes on to say "To become eligible to compete in the Paralympic Games, all athletes with an Intellectual Disability have to reach the primary eligibility criteria, which is determined by: *An IQ score at or below 75 (A person with an IQ of 100 is considered average) *Significant limitations in adaptive behaviour (conceptual, social or practical adaptive skills such as communication, self care, social skills, home living, health and safety difficulties) *Onset acquired before the age of 18 TheInternational Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...
defined this classification on their website in July 2016 as, "(Intellectual impairment)".
Performance and rules
People in this class are required to use blocks for races 400 meters or less. They can be provided assistance in setting up their blocks if they make a request in advance.Events
Internationally, events open to this class include the long jump, shot put, 400 meters, 800 meters, 1,500 meters, and 5,000 meters. There may be more events on the national level at the discretion of the national track federation.History
The classification was created by theInternational Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...
and has roots in a 2003 attempt to address "the overall objective to support and co-ordinate the ongoing development of accurate, reliable, consistent and credible sport focused classification systems and their implementation."
Competitors
Competitors in this class includeHannah Taunton
Hannah Taunton (born 31 May 1991) is a British Paralympic athlete. She won bronze in the Women's 1500 metres T20 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
References
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1991 births
Living people
Paralympic athletes of ...
(UK), José Antonio Expósito
José Antonio Expósito Piñero (born 2 May 1978 in Águilas, Murcia) is a Paralympic athlete from Spain.
Personal
Expósito was born in 1978. He has an intellectual disability. In 2013, he was awarded the gold Real Orden al Mérito Deportiv ...
and José Martínez Morote
José Martínez Morote (born 5 February 1984 in Hellín, Albacete) is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T20 track and field events. He has an intellectual disability, attended school in Cruz de Mayo and serves as a men ...
from Spain, Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani
Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani (born 10 June 1980) is a Paralympic athlete from Iran who competes in T20 classification middle-distance running events. Nasiri Bazanjani represented Iran at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics ...
from Iran, and Daniel Pek
Daniel Pek (born 28 November 1991) is a Paralympic athlete from Poland who competes in T20 classification middle-distance running events. Pek represented Poland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the ...
, Barbara Niewiedzial
Barbara may refer to:
People
* Barbara (given name)
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, Karolina Kucharczyk
Karolina Kucharczyk (born 24 April 1991 in Rawicz) is a Polish Paralympic athlete who began in her sport at age twelve. She won a gold medal for Poland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the Long Jump class F20. She broke her own record in doin ...
, and Arleta Meloch
Arleta Meloch (born 17 August 1979) is a Paralympian athlete from Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area ...
from Poland.
See also
*Para-athletics classification Para-athletics classification is a system to determine which athletes with disabilities may compete against each other in para-athletics events. Classification is intended to group together athletes with similar levels of physical ability to allow f ...
* Athletics at the Summer Paralympics
Athletics has been contested at every Summer Paralympics since the first games in 1960. Men and women from all disability groups compete in the sport.
Some athletes use wheelchairs or prosthetic limbs and compete in their respective sport indep ...
* S14, the classification for intellectual disabilities in swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
.
References
{{Intellectual disability sport classification Parasports classifications