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 (IFSC). 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.
| Edition | Year | Location | Date(s) | Disciplines | Athletes | Nations | Website | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Speed | ||||||||
| 1 | 2011 |  Arco | 18–19 July | X | X | [1] | |||
| 2 | 2012 |  Paris | 12–16 September | X | [2] [3] | ||||
| 3 | 2014 |  Gijón | 11–14 September | X | [4] [5] | ||||
| 4 | 2016 | Paris | 14–18 September | X | [6] [7] [8] | ||||
| 5 | 2018 |  Innsbruck | 10–16 September | X | [9] [10] | ||||
| 6 | 2019 | Briançon [11] | 16–17 July | X | [12] | ||||
| 7 | 2021 |  Moscow [13] | 15–17 September | X | |||||
| 8 | 2023 |  Bern | |||||||
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 |
| B2 | Competitors having a visual acuity of up to 2/60 and/or a visual field of less than 5% | |||
| B3 | Competitors having a visual acuity between 2/60 and 6/60 and/or a visual field between 5% and 20%. | |||
| Amputee | AL-1 (seating) | Loss of Limb or Limb deficiency | 2 legs | Full (No hip, no Joint) or combination of any |
| AL-2 | 1 Leg | Full, Leg hip joint, Tibia | ||
| AU-1 (Arm amputee) | 2 or 1 arm | - 2 arms: Full or combination of any - 1 arm: Full (No shoulder, no joint) or amputated of shoulder joint | ||
| AU-2 (Forearm amputee) | 1 arm | - No forearm - No Hand (Wrist joint existing) - All fingers (included thumb and no finger joint) | ||
| Limited range, power or stability: LRP (former Neuro and Physiological Disabilities) | RP1 | Hypertonia | All | Permanent spasticity through flexion or extension |
| Impaired Muscle power | All | - Spasticity or severe athetosistic movement from 4 limbs - Moderate to severe trouble of tonus in 4 limbs | ||
| Ataxia | All | Very weak strength and / or severe control problem of upper or torso limbs | ||
| RP2 | Impaired passive range of movement | -Shoulder, -Junction between shoulder and elbow, -Torso (Trunk) | Any | |
| Hypertonia | All | Considerably increase of muscular tonus | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 (just not enough to officially run) this category gets merged into what is deemed to be a tougher category. [15]
| Year | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 [16] | Amputee Arm PD | Mikhail Saparov | - | - |
| Amputee Both Leg PD |  Boyu Xia | - | - | |
| Amputee Leg PD | Urko Carmona Barandiaran |  Günther Grausam | Oliviero Bellinzani | |
| Arthritis+Neurological PD |  András Szijártó | Matteo Alberghini | Philippe Ribière | |
| Complete Neurological Leg Disability PD | Sebastian Richter | - | - | |
| Visual Impairment B1 | Matteo Stefani | Manuel Cepero Gutierrez | Roman Kostyakov | |
| Visual Impairment B2 | Simone Salvagnin | Oliviero Bellinzani | - | |
| Visual Impairment B3 | Domingo Carretero Campon | Ricardo Pérez Amado | - |
| Year | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 [17] | Amputee Arm PD | Mikhail Saparov | - | - |
| Amputee Both Leg PD | Boyu Xia | - | - | |
| Amputee Leg PD |  Mineo Ono | Urko Carmona Barandiaran | Alexander Biermann | |
| Arthritis+Neurological PD | András Szijártó | Matteo Masento | Alessio Cornamusini | |
| Complete Neurological Leg Disability PD | Sebastian Richter | - | - | |
| Visual Impairment B1 | Matteo Stefani | Manuel Cepero Gutierrez | Roman Kostyakov | |
| Visual Impairment B2 | Koichiro Kobayashi | Masayoshi Idomoto | Simone Salvagnin | |
| Visual Impairment B3 | Ricardo Pérez Amado | Domingo Carretero Campon | - | |
| 2012 | Amputee Leg PD | Urko Carmona Barandiaran | Mineo Ono |  Craig Demartino |
| Arthritis+Neurological PD1 |  Manikandan Kumar |  Raphael Nishimura | Mathieu Besnard | |
| Visual Impairment B1 | Nicolas Moineau | Kenji Iwamoto | Matteo Stefani | |
| Visual Impairment B2 | Sho Aita | Koichiro Kobayashi | Simone Salvagnin | |
| 2014 | Amputee Leg PD | Urko Carmona Barandiaran | Ronald Dickson | Craig Demartino |
| Visual Impairment B1 | Koichiro Kobayashi | Nicolas Moineau | Matteo Stefani | |
| Neurological Physical Disability A | Mathieu Besnard | Manikandan Kumar |  Behnam Khalaji | |
| Neurological Physical Disability B | András Szijártó | Alessio Cornamusini | Serge Laurencin | |
| 2016 | B1 | Koichiro Kobayashi | Nicolas Moineau | Matteo Stefani |
| B2 | Sho Aita | Mathieu Barbe | Simone Salvagnin | |
| AL-2 | Albert Guardia Ferrer | Julien Gasc | Iván Germán Pascual | |
| RP1 | Korbinian Franck | Nils Helsper | Connor King | |
| RP2 |  Nive Porat | Alessio Cornamusini | Vladimir Netsvetaev-Dolgalev | |
| RP3 | Romain Pagnoux | Mathieu Besnard |  Gregor Selak | |
| 2018 | AU-2 |  Matthew Phillips | Trevor Smith | Maksim Maiorov |
| B1 | Koichiro Kobayashi | Matteo Stefani | Francisco Javier Aguilar Amoedo | |
| B2 | Justin Salas | Raul Simon Franco | Fumiya Hamanoue | |
| AL-2 | Thierry Delarue | Urko Carmona Barandiaran | Albert Guardia Ferrer | |
| RP1 | Alessio Cornamusini | Korbinian Franck | Nils Helsper | |
| RP2 | Behnam Khalaji | Nive Porat | Manikandan Kumar | |
| RP3 | Romain Pagnoux | Michael Cleverdon | Gregor Selak | |
| 2019 | AU-2 | Matthew Phillips | Mor Michael Sapir | Kevin Bartke |
| B1 | Koichiro Kobayashi | Francisco Javier Aguilar Amoedo | Daniil Lisichenko | |
| B2 | Sho Aita | Justin Salas | Richard Slocock | |
| B3 |  Cosmin Florin Candoi | Lux Losey Sail | Motohiro Ejiri | |
| AL-2 | Thierry Delarue | Urko Carmona Barandiaran | Albert Guardia Ferrer | |
| RP1 | Bastien Thomas | Alessio Cornamusini | Korbinian Franck | |
| RP2 | Behnam Khalaji | Benjamin Mayforth | Manikandan Kumar | |
| RP3 | Romain Pagnoux | Mathieu Besnard | Gregor Selak |
| Year | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 [16] | Amputee Arm PD | Paula De la Calle Pizarro | - | - |
| Arthritis+Neurological PD |  Valentyna Kurshakova | - | - | |
| Visual Impairment B1 | Silvia Parente | Dilyara Rakhmankulova | - | |
| Visual Impairment B2 | Tatiana Panova | - | - |
| Year | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 [17] | Amputee Arm PD | Paula De la Calle Pizarro | - | - |
| Arthritis+Neurological PD | Valentyna Kurshakova | - | - | |
| Visual Impairment B1 | Dilyara Rakhmankulova | Silvia Parente | - | |
| Visual Impairment B2 | Tatiana Panova | - | - | |
| 2012 | Visual Impairment | Dilyara Rakhmankulova | Silvia Parente | Giulia Poggioli |
| Physical Disability | Frances Brown | Silvia Giacobbo Dal Prà | Valentyna Kurshakova | |
| 2014 | Amputee Leg PD | Christa Brelsford |  Kate Sawford | Esme Harte |
| Visual Impairment B2 | Alessia Refolo | Tanja Glusic | Giulia Poggioli | |
| Neurological Physical Disability A |  Elodie Orbaen | Tiziana Paolini | Oriane Moreno | |
| 2016 | AU-2 | Maureen Beck | Melinda Vigh | Lucia Capovilla |
| AL-2 | Lucie Jarrige | Kate Sawford | Esme Harte | |
| RP3 | Elodie Orbaen | Oriane Moreno | Aika Yoshida | |
| 2018 | AU-2 | Solenne Piret | Melinda Vigh | Maureen Beck |
| B2 | Abigail Robinson | Whiteny Pesek | Tanja Glusic | |
| AL-2 | Lucie Jarrige | Kate Sawford | Emily Stephenson | |
| RP2 | Hannah Baldwin | Marlene Prat | Anita Aggarwal | |
| RP3 | Aika Yoshida | Momoko Yoshida | Elodie Orbaen | |
| 2019 | AU-2 | Solenne Piret | Maureen Beck | Melinda Vigh |
| B2 | Abigail Robinson | Yumi Ejiri | Edith Scheinecker | |
| AL-2 | Lucie Jarrige | Joanna Newton | Jaqueline Fritz | |
| RP2 | Hannah Baldwin | Anita Aggarwal | Leanora Volpe | |
| RP3 | Aika Yoshida | Momoko Yoshida | Martha Evans |
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