Eligibility and Classification

Information regarding eligibility & classification is centralized in the Virtus Academy.

National Eligibility officers, II-classifiers, or International Federations can find all the information related to their own area of interest.

Eligibility Classification

Eligibility

Information regarding eligibility & classification is centralized in the Virtus Academy.

National Eligibility officers, II-classifiers, or International Federations can find all the information related to their own area of interest.

1. Applying for athlete eligibility – VIRTUS
2. Eligibility Master List – VIRTUS

Classification

With support from the British Psychological Society, Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment Sport has developed a series of educational resources to help understanding of the process of athlete classification.

1. About Intellectual impairment and classification – VIRTUS

Evidence-Based Research

Debbie Van Biesen , Jan Burns , Jennifer Mactavish , Peter Van de Vliet & Yves Vanlandewijck (2021):

Conceptual model of sport-specific classification for para-athletes with intellectual impairment, Journal of Sports Sciences

1. Article: Evidence -based classification for ID-athletes.