World Para Athletics Junior Championships

World Para Athletics Junior Championships

Most recent season or competition: 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships
Sport	Athletics
Founded	2017
Continent	World (World Para Athletics)

The World Para Athletics Junior Championships are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It features athletics events contested by athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities 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 IAAF World U20 Championships for able-bodied athletes, although both junior (under 20) and youth (under 18) events are held in the Paralympic equivalent.

Championships

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes	Best Nation
1	2017 ()	Nottwil	Switzerland	3–6 August	Sport Arena Nottwil	117	275	United States
2	2019 ()	Nottwil	Switzerland	1–4 August	Sport Arena Nottwil	109	300	United States

All-time combined medals

As of 2019.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	34	11	19	64
2	Brazil (BRA)	15	13	7	35
3	Great Britain (GBR)	15	12	9	36
4	Mexico (MEX)	15	10	6	31
5	Germany (GER)	13	14	11	38
6	India (IND)	13	9	6	28
7	Iran (IRN)	12	5	5	22
8	South Africa (RSA)	11	10	6	27
9	Japan (JPN)	11	1	4	16
10	Spain (ESP)	9	9	13	31
11	Colombia (COL)	8	5	3	16
12	Turkey (TUR)	8	3	2	13
13	Poland (POL)	6	8	2	16
14	Australia (AUS)	5	6	9	20
15	Belarus (BLR)	5	4	0	9
16	Ecuador (ECU)	5	3	2	10
17	Austria (AUT)	5	2	2	9
18	Croatia (CRO)	3	8	1	12
19	Argentina (ARG)	3	6	4	13
20	Portugal (POR)	3	5	1	9
21	Canada (CAN)	3	4	1	8
22	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	2	8	5	15
23	Italy (ITA)	2	7	9	18
24	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	4	0	6
25	Switzerland (SUI)	2	3	2	7
26	Finland (FIN)	2	2	2	6
27	Chile (CHI)	2	2	0	4
28	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	1	1	4
	Mauritius (MRI)	2	1	1	4
30	Bahrain (BHN)	2	0	2	4
31	France (FRA)	1	3	7	11
32	Norway (NOR)	1	2	3	6
33	Ireland (IRL)	1	2	0	3
34	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	2	4
35	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	0	2
36	Iceland (ISL)	1	0	1	2
37	Belgium (BEL)	0	2	4	6
38	Jamaica (JAM)	0	2	1	3
39	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	2	3
40	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
Totals (40 entries)		226	191	155	572

2017

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	18	8	10	36
2	Iran (IRN)	12	5	5	22
3	Great Britain (GBR)	11	4	5	20
4	Mexico (MEX)	8	7	3	18
5	Colombia (COL)	8	4	2	14
6	Brazil (BRA)	7	6	3	16
7	Japan (JPN)	7	0	2	9
8	Australia (AUS)	5	6	9	20
9	Spain (ESP)	5	5	6	16
10	Germany (GER)	5	5	5	15
11	South Africa (SAF)	4	0	1	5
12	Poland (POL)	3	4	1	8
13	Turkey (TUR)	3	1	1	5
14	Argentina (ARG)	2	5	3	10
15	India (IND)	2	3	0	5
16	Canada (CAN)	2	2	1	5
17	Chile (CHI)	2	2	0	4
18	Austria (AUT)	2	1	2	5
	Ecuador (ECU)	2	1	2	5
20	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	0	0	2
21	Italy (ITA)	1	4	5	10
22	Croatia (CRO)	1	3	0	4
23	Portugal (POR)	1	2	1	4
24	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	0	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	0	2
26	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
28	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	5	2	7
29	Belarus (BLR)	0	3	0	3
30	Belgium (BEL)	0	2	2	4
31	Jamaica (JAM)	0	2	1	3
32	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
34	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 entries)		117	94	76	287

2019

Source:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	16	3	9	28
2	India (IND)	11	6	6	23
3	Germany (GER)	8	9	8	25
4	Brazil (BRA)	8	7	4	19
5	South Africa (RSA)	7	10	5	22
6	Mexico (MEX)	7	3	3	13
7	Turkey (TUR)	5	2	1	8
8	Belarus (BLR)	5	1	0	6
9	Great Britain (GBR)	4	9	4	17
10	Spain (ESP)	4	4	7	15
11	Japan (JPN)	4	1	2	7
12	Poland (POL)	3	4	1	8
13	Ecuador (ECU)	3	2	0	5
14	Austria (AUT)	3	1	0	4
15	Croatia (CRO)	2	5	1	8
16	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	2	3	3	8
17	Portugal (POR)	2	3	0	5
18	Finland (FIN)	2	2	2	6
19	Mauritius (MRI)	2	1	1	4
20	Bahrain (BHR)	2	0	2	4
21	France (FRA)	1	3	6	10
22	Italy (ITA)	1	3	4	8
23	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	2	5
24	Canada (CAN)	1	2	0	3
	Ireland (IRL)	1	2	0	3
26	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	2	4
27	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	1	3
28	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	0	2
29	Iceland (ISL)	1	0	0	1
30	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	4	0	4
31	Norway (NOR)	0	2	2	4
32	Colombia (COL)	0	1	1	2
33	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	2	2
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	2	2
Totals (34 entries)		109	98	81	288

Classification

• F = field athletes
• T = track athletes
• P = pentathlon
• 11-13 – visually impaired, 11 and 12 compete with a sighted guide
• 20 – intellectual disability
• 31-38 – cerebral palsy 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 – amputation, les autre
• 51-58 – wheelchair athletes

See also

• World Para Athletics Championships
• World Para Athletics European Championships