The World Para Athletics Junior Championships are a biennial

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event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the

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(IPC). It features athletics events contested by athletes with

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and

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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. They are a partial Paralympic parallel to the

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for able-bodied athletes, although both junior (under 20) and youth (under 18) events are held in the Paralympic equivalent.

Championships

All-time combined medals

As of 2019. *https://www.paralympic.org/nottwil-2019 *http://www.nottwil2019.ch/en/start_list_results/ *https://www.nottwil2019.ch/de/startliste_resultate/results_2017/ *https://www.nottwil2019.ch/__/frontend/handler/document.php?id=166&type=42 - 2017 Medal table *https://www.nottwil2019.ch/__/frontend/handler/document/42/225/20190801-04_Medal%20Table%20combined.pdf - 2019 Medal table

2017

2019

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Classification

*F = field athletes *T = track athletes *P = pentathlon *11-13 – visually impaired, 11 and 12 compete with a

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*20 – intellectual disability *31-38 –

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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 –

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, les autre *51-58 – wheelchair athletes

References

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