IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships
The IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships are the biennial world championships for competition climbing for people with disabilities organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing. This event determines the male and female world champions in various categories.
The first event was organized in Arco in 2011, held together with the IFSC Climbing World Championships.
Championships
Classifications and Categories
The classifications and categories of the competition changed over the years. Below is the latest version, quoted from the IFSC 2018 rules.| Classification | Category | Impairment | Body part | Level of Impairment |
| Visual | B1 | Visual | Both Eyes | Blind competitors |
| Visual | B2 | Visual | Both Eyes | Competitors having a visual acuity of up to 2/60 and/or a visual field of less than 5% |
| Visual | B3 | Visual | Both Eyes | Competitors having a visual acuity between 2/60 and 6/60 and/or a visual field between 5% and 20%. |
| Amputee | AL-1 | Loss of Limb or Limb deficiency | 2 legs | Full or combination of any |
| Amputee | AL-2 | Loss of Limb or Limb deficiency | 1 Leg | Full, Leg hip joint, Tibia |
| Amputee | AU-1 | Loss of Limb or Limb deficiency | 2 or 1 arm | - 2 arms: Full or combination of any - 1 arm: Full or amputated of shoulder joint |
| Amputee | AU-2 | Loss of Limb or Limb deficiency | 1 arm | - No forearm - No Hand - All fingers |
| Limited range, power or stability: LRP ' | RP1 | Hypertonia | All | Permanent spasticity through flexion or extension |
| Limited range, power or stability: LRP ' | RP1 | Impaired Muscle power | All | - Spasticity or severe athetosistic movement from 4 limbs - Moderate to severe trouble of tonus in 4 limbs |
| Limited range, power or stability: LRP ' | RP1 | Ataxia | All | Very weak strength and / or severe control problem of upper or torso limbs |
| Limited range, power or stability: LRP ' | RP2 | Impaired passive range of movement | -Shoulder, -Junction between shoulder and elbow, -Torso | Any |
| Limited range, power or stability: LRP ' | RP2 | Hypertonia | All | Considerably increase of muscular tonus |
| Limited range, power or stability: LRP ' | RP2 | Impaired Muscle power | All | - Trouble of tonus on 2 to 4 limbs - Moderate to severe trouble of tonus in 2 lower limbs - Severe troubles of lower limbs creating walking difficulties |
| Limited range, power or stability: LRP ' | RP2 | Athetosis | All | - Limited strength and / or moderate control problem of upper or torso limbs - Correct functional value and negligible control problem of upper or torso limbs |
| Limited range, power or stability: LRP ' | RP3 | Impaired passive range of movement | -Elbow, -Junction between Elbow and Wrist -Wrist -Waist -Junction between Waist and Knee -Knee Junction between Knee and ankle | Any |
| Limited range, power or stability: LRP | RP3 | Hypertonia | All | Moderate increase but easily noticeable |
A large number of RP conditions are neurological disabilities such as MS, stroke survivors, brain damage and so on. There are a number of competitors who climb similarly to an AL/AU athlete due to a condition/accident that has affected the development or use of a limb, placing them in the RP category instead.
When a category has no competitors entered into it, it doesn't run; but when a category has a few competitors this category gets merged into what is deemed to be a tougher category.