Sighted guide
{{Short description|Helper who guides a blind sportsperson}}
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.
Sports
=Paralympic Games=
Image:Pascal Schoots Jan Mulder I.jpg (L) and Jan Mulder (R) won silver medals in cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens]]
At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.
Rules are according to the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
The sighted guides are such a close and essential part of the competition, that the athlete with a visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and both athletes are medal candidates.[https://www.thestar.com/sports/article/779425--visually-impaired-skiers-put-fate-in-guide-s-hands Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands], thestar.com, March 13, 2010
==Winter==
At the Winter Paralympics there are three classifications of athletes with a visual impairment:
- B1 (no useful vision)
- B2 (minimal useful vision)
- B3 (some useful vision).[http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=456809.html A look at the Paralympic Games], Universal Sports, March 9, 2010
A sighted guide is required for B1 and B2, and optional for B3.
The guide can lead, follow, or ski next to the athlete with a visual impairment. The guide assists with voice instruction only. No physical contact allowed.
The start must have an adequate space for the guide.
[http://www.ibsa.es/eng/deportes/alpineskiing/reglamento.htm IBSA Alpine Skiing rules 2005-2009], International Blind Sports Association (IBSA)[https://www.thestar.com/sports/article/779425--visually-impaired-skiers-put-fate-in-guide-s-hands Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands], Toronto Star, March 13, 2010
- Combined
- Downhill
- Giant slalom
- Slalom
- Super-G
==Summer==
File:Meeting d'Athlétisme Paralympique de Paris - Timothée Adolphe & Cédric Felip 07.jpg
Athletics:
In athletics the sighted guides can win a medal.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120317184215/http://www.insideworldparasport.biz/insideparasport/9218-guides-to-be-awarded-paralympic-gold-medals Exclusive: Guides to be awarded Paralympic medals at London 2012], insideworldparasport.biz, February 12, 2011
Cycling: Pilot
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=36&TopicID=163&DocumentID=2104 Being a Sighted Guide], American Foundation for the Blind
- [http://brailleinstitute.org/docs/SightedGuideTechniques.pdf Sighted Guide Techniques], Braille Institute of America
- [https://www.teamusa.com/videos?fr_story=1aae68a388d43381d126b7b72c9bbb7975a43db2&rf=bm Video: Guide Running] at United States Olympic Committee
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