Fencing

• Fencing is open to wheelchairThis refers to a group of athletes with a disability who are eligible to compete in wheelchair events. Some of the conditions resulting in eligibility into wheelchair events are: paraplegia, quadriplegia, spina bifida, poliomyelitis, amputee, cerebral palsy. athletes.
• Wheelchairs are fastened to the floor by a device which allows freedom of movement for the fencer’s upper body only.
• There are team and individual events in foil, epee and sabre.
• Fencing became a Paralympic Games sport in Rome in 1960.

ClassificationAthletes are classified by classifiers into classes by their ability to function. The aim is to ensure that athletes of similar ability compete against one another.

Athletes competing in this event are split into two groups 

• A: Athletes with good balance and recovery, and full trunkthe body of a person excluding the head and limbs; torso. movement.
• B: Athletes with poor balance and recovery, but full use of one or both upper limbs.