parasports
Disabled athlete competitions
Parasports are competitive athletic activities designed for or adapted to athletes with physical, visual, or intellectual disabilities.
The term covers the full range of Paralympic disciplines—wheelchair basketball, blind football, seated volleyball—as well as adaptive versions of mainstream sports.
She competed in parasports after losing her leg in an accident.
Competitive sport in mobility devices
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- medalsAwards for achievement
- Tokyo 2020Postponed Japanese Olympics
- Paris 2024Recent Summer Olympics location
London 2012 · Sydney 2000 · opening ceremony · closing ceremony · national teams · world records · boccia · goalball
Fabricated body part replacements
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- assistive technologyDisability-compensating devices and software
- adaptive equipmentDevices modified for disabilities
- sit-skiSeated alpine apparatus
racing chair · handcycle · tandem bike · guide runner · tether · mono-ski · outriggers · customization
Reduced ability to see
- hypertoniaPathological muscle tightness
- ataxiaImpaired voluntary movement control
- short statureBelow-average body height
- spinal cord injuryDamage to backbone's neural tissue
Struggle for supremacy
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- strengthPower to exert force
- agilityQuickness and ease
speed · coordination · fitness · performance · conditioning · discipline · technique · stamina
Being made part
- accessibilityEase of approach
- representationDepiction or likeness
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
visibility · media coverage · sponsorship · funding · recognition · role models · policy change · disability rights
wheelchair racing
Competitive sport in mobility devices
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- medalsAwards for achievement
- Tokyo 2020Postponed Japanese Olympics
Paris 2024 · London 2012 · Sydney 2000 · opening ceremony · closing ceremony · national teams · world records · boccia · goalball · sitting volleyball
prosthetics
Fabricated body part replacements
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- assistive technologyDisability-compensating devices and software
- adaptive equipmentDevices modified for disabilities
sit-ski · racing chair · handcycle · tandem bike · guide runner · tether · mono-ski · outriggers · customization · orthotics
vision impairment
Reduced ability to see
- hypertoniaPathological muscle tightness
- ataxiaImpaired voluntary movement control
- short statureBelow-average body height
spinal cord injury · amputee · cerebral palsy · classifier · physical assessment
competition
Struggle for supremacy
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- strengthPower to exert force
agility · speed · coordination · fitness · performance · conditioning · discipline · technique · stamina · resilience
inclusion
Being made part
- accessibilityEase of approach
- representationDepiction or likeness
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
equal opportunity · visibility · media coverage · sponsorship · funding · recognition · role models · policy change · disability rights · empowerment
- adaptive recreationadaptive skiing, adaptive equipment, wheelchair tennis, accessible trails, beach wheelchairs
- adaptive sportsracing wheelchair, adaptive skiing, racing chair, wheelchair basketball, running blade