F55 (Paralympics)
F55 is a starting class of Paralympic sports for athletes in athletics . The membership of athletes in the starting class is outlined as follows:
- "Impairment of muscle strength or passive mobility. Athletes do not have leg and hip functions. Almost complete to full muscle functions in the trunk and a good sitting balance, good function of shoulders and arms. "
The division into classes indicates the degree of functional disability of an athlete that is relevant to competition . Track and field athletes in classes T51 – T54 and F51 – F57 are among the athletes with: “Impairment of muscle strength or passive mobility. ( Paraplegia , polio , other muscle weakness, amputation , malformation of limbs and equals) " . Low class numbers indicate a higher level of impairment than high class numbers. All athletes start sitting in a wheelchair or throwing chair. The degree of impairment of the athlete in competitions increases with decreasing / lower class numbers from F57 to F51.
Class F55 includes athletes with missing functions from the waist down:
- Athletes with hip disarticulation ,
- complete paraplegia in the lower thoracic spine
A class T55 does not exist.
See also
- Starting classes of the Paralympic sports
- F56 (Paralympics) / F57 (Paralympics)
- T51 (Paralympics) / T52 (Paralympics) / T53 (Paralympics) / T54 (Paralympics)
Web links
- dbs-npc.de - Paralympic classification system
- bisp.de - Online classification system for Paralympic sports
Individual evidence
- ↑ International Paralympic Committee: IPC Athletics Classification & Categories
- ↑ National Paralympic Committee Germany: Guide to the Paralympic Classification System 2016
- ↑ Queensland School: Disability categories for students old / new ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
