World Para Athletics Junior Championships
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.[1]
| Most recent season or competition: 2017 World Para Athletics Junior Championships | |
| Sport | Athletics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Continent | International (World Para Athletics) |
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 | 275 |  United States | |
| 2 | 2019 () | Nottwil | Switzerland | 1-4 August | Sport Arena Nottwil | 275 | ||
All-time medal table (Junior)
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 |  Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (35 nations) | 117 | 94 | 76 | 287 | |
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
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