S13 (classification)
S13, SB13, SM13 are disability swimming classifications used for categorising swimmers based on their level of disability.
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History
The classification was created by the International Paralympic Committee and has roots in a 2003 attempt to address "the overall objective to support and co-ordinate the ongoing development of accurate, reliable, consistent and credible sport focused classification systems and their implementation."[1]
Sport
This classification is for swimming.[2] In the classification title, S represents Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly strokes. SB means breaststroke. SM means individual medley.[2] Jane Buckley, writing for the Sporting Wheelies, describes the swimmers in this classification as having: "Swimmers who are the most sighted but are considered to be blind according to the IBSA B3."[2]
Getting classified
Internationally, the classification is done by the International Blind Sports Association.[3] In Australia, to be classified in this category, athletes contact the Australian Paralympic Committee or their state swimming governing body.[4] In the United States, classification is handled by the United States Paralympic Committee on a national level. The classification test has three components: "a bench test, a water test, observation during competition."[5] American swimmers are assessed by four people: a medical classified, two general classified and a technical classifier.[5]
Competitions
For this classification, organisers of the Paralympic Games have the option of including the following events on the Paralympic programme: 50 m, 100 m and 400 m Freestyle, 100 m Backstroke, 100 m Breaststroke, 100 m Butterfly, 200 m Individual Medley, and 4x100 m Freestyle Relay and 4x100 m Medley Relay.[6]
Records
In the S13 50 m Freestyle Long Course, the men's world record is held by Oleksii Fedyna and the women's world record is held by Yvonne Hopf.[7] In the S13 100 m Freestyle Long Course, the men's world record is held by South Africa's Charles Bouwer and the women's world record is held by Canada's Valerie Grand-Maison.[8]
Competitors
Swimmers who have competed in this classification include Dmytro Aleksyeyev,[9] Kelley Becherer[9] and Charl Bouwer[9] who all won medals in their class at the 2008 Paralympics.[9]
American swimmers who have been classified by the United States Paralympic Committee as being in this class include Eric Chausse, Natalio Abar, and Blake Adams.[10]
See also
- Para-swimming classification
- Swimming at the Summer Paralympics
- Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly S13
References
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