Sighted guide

At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.

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.

[1] At the Winter Paralympics there are three classifications of athletes with a visual impairment: A sighted guide is required for B1 and B2, and optional for B3.

Alpine skiing: The start must have an adequate space for the guide.

[5] Cycling: Pilot Equestrian: Football 5-a-side: Triathlon:

Pilot Pascal Schoots (L) and Jan Mulder (R) won silver medals in cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens
Timothée Adolphe and his sighted guide Cédric Felip