T47 (Paralympics)

T47 is a starting class of Paralympic sports for athletes in athletics . Affiliations of athletes are outlined as follows:

"Missing a hand."

The division into classes indicates the degree of functional disability of an athlete that is relevant to competition . Track and field athletes in classes T42 - T47 and F42 - F46 belong to the “amputees and equals” . Low class numbers indicate a higher level of impairment than high class numbers.

• T47: Starting class for running and jumping disciplines in athletics, in which leg functions are particularly important,
• it is started upright.

See also

• Starting classes of the Paralympic sports
• T42 (Paralympics)
• T43 (Paralympics)
• T44 (Paralympics)
• T45 (Paralympics)
• T46 (Paralympics)

Web links

• dbs-npc.de - Paralympic classification system

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Paralympic Committee Germany: Guide to the Paralympic Classification System 2016