Sighted guide


A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.

Sports

Paralympic Games

At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.
Rules are according to the International Blind Sports Association and the International Paralympic Committee.
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.

Winter

At the Winter Paralympics there are three classifications of athletes with a visual impairment:
  • B1
  • B2
  • B3.
A sighted guide is required for B1 and B2, and optional for B3.
Nordic skiing:
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.
Alpine skiing:
The start must have an adequate space for the guide.
  • Combined
  • Downhill
  • Giant slalom
  • Slalom
  • Super-G

    Summer

Athletics:
In athletics the sighted guides can win a medal.
Cycling: Pilot
Equestrian:
Football 5-a-side:
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