16th May 2013
Classification - Get To Know Your T12s From Your F44s
16 May 2013
Some of the world’s best Paralympic athletes will star at the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix – Birmingham, which will host the inaugural IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final on Saturday 29 June.
A number of London 2012 gold medallists including Hannah Cockroft, Jonnie Peacock, David Weir and Richard Whitehead will descend on the Birmingham Alexander Stadium in the last meet of the seven event IPC Grand Prix series, which has seen athletes take to the track and field in Dubai, Sao Paulo, Grosseto, Arizona and Berlin.
The Birmingham Alexander Stadium will host 18 events, and the world’s top six ranked athletes will be invited to compete providing they have competed in at least one IPC Athletics Grand Prix. The two remaining places in each event will be filled by athletes specially invited by IPC Athletics to ensure a top class field.
The schedule for the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix – Birmingham, IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final is as follows:
MEN – T43/44 100m, T42 200m, T43/44 400m, T11/12 800m, T37 800m, T53/54 1500m, T20 1500m, F44 (42) Discus, F31/32/51 Club Throw, F40/41 Javelin
WOMEN – T34/35 100m, T45/46/47 200m, T33/34 200m, T37 400m, T53/54 1500m, T20 1500m, F40/41 Shot Put, F42/43/44 Long Jump
To further explain how athletes are categorised, the table below details the classification process. For example as a single leg below the leg amputee, Paralympic 100m champion Jonnie Peacock runs in the T44 class, while Hannah Cockroft competes in the T34 class, which is wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy.
| Classification | Disability | Level of impairment | Athletes |
| T11 or F11 | Athletes with a visual impairment | Most impairment | |
| T12 or F12 | Libby Clegg David Devine Claire Williams |
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| T13 or F13 | Least impairment | ||
| T20 or F20 | Athletes with learning difficulties | Andy Kaar Stephen Morris |
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| T31 or F31 | Athletes with cerebral palsy (wheelchair) | Most impairment | |
| T32 or F32 | Gemma Prescott | ||
| T33 or F33 | Kieran Tscherniawsky | ||
| T34 or F34 | Least impairment | Hannah Cockroft | |
| T35 or F35 | Athletes with cerebral palsy (ambulant) | Most impairment | |
| T36 or F36 | Graeme Ballard Paul Blake Ben Rushgrove |
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| T37 or F37 | Katrina Hart Jenny McLoughlin Beverley Jones Bethany Woodward |
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| T38 or F38 | Least impairment | ||
| T40 or F40 | Dwarf athletes | Kyron Duke | |
| T41 or F41 | Double above knee amputee or physical impairment allowing similar movement | ||
| F42 or F42 | Single above knee amputee or physical impairment allowing similar movement | Aled Davies Richard Whitehead |
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| T43 or F43 | Double below knee amputee or physical impairment allowing similar movement | ||
| T44 or F44 | Single below knee amputee or physical impairment allowing similar movement | Dan Greaves Jonnie Peacock Stefanie Reid |
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| T45 or F45 | Double above or below elbow amputee or physical impairment allowing similar movement | ||
| T46 or F46 | Single above or below elbow amputee or physical impairment allowing similar movement | Ola Abidogun Sally Brown Hollie Arnold |
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| T51 | Wheelchair racers | Most impairment | Josie Pearson |
| T52 | |||
| T53 | Mickey Bushell | ||
| T54 | Least impairment | David Weir Shelly Woods |
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| F51 | Seated field athletes | Most impairment | |
| F52 | |||
| F53 | |||
| F54 | |||
| F55 | Robin Womack | ||
| F56 | |||
| F57 | Nathan Stephens | ||
| F58 | Least impairment | ||
| KEY: T= Track F= Field |
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