A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment. At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes...
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Myopia (redirect from Short-sightedness)
Myopia, also known as near-sightedness and short-sightedness, is an eye condition where light from distant objects focuses in front of, instead of on...
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Farsightedness (redirect from Long-sightedness)
Far-sightedness, also known as long-sightedness, hypermetropia, and hyperopia, is a condition of the eye where distant objects are seen clearly but near...
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was the sighted pilot for Anthony Kappes as they won gold in the 2012 Paralympic Games. For the first time in those games, the sighted guides of blind...
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are Guide Dogs-bred dogs which haven't qualified to become a guide dog. Guide Dogs works with communities and companies to provide sighted guiding skills...
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February 1994) is an Australian skier and sighted guide for visually impaired skiers. She was Melissa Perrine's guide at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. Kelly's...
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Amelia Hodgson (category Paralympic sighted guides)
June 1997) is an Australian skier and sighted guide for visually impaired skiers. She was Patrick Jensen's guide at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. Hodgson...
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Track athletes 11–13 = Visual impairment. 11 and 12 compete with a sighted guide. 20 = Intellectual impairment 31–38 = Cerebral palsy 40–41 = dwarfism...
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compete with a sighted guide. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, for the first time at an international athletics event, the guides received medals...
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B2 (classification) (section Guides)
competitors in this class may differ from sport to sport, and may include sighted guides, guide rails, beeping balls and clapsticks. There may be some modifications...
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Visual impairment (redirect from Partially sighted)
cataracts (33%), and glaucoma (2%). Refractive errors include near-sightedness, far-sightedness, presbyopia, and astigmatism. Cataracts are the most common cause...
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Katie Compton (category Paralympic sighted guides)
she rides a tandem with a blind partner Karissa Whitsell. Compton, the sighted team member, pilots and pedals the tandem in the captain position while...
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Caitlin Ward (category Paralympic sighted guides)
out on selection for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In 2022, Ward became the sighted pilot for blind Paralympian Jessica Gallagher at the Commonwealth Games...
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Pierre Couquelet (category Paralympic sighted guides)
events at the 1984 Winter Olympics. He was scheduled to compete as sighted guide for visually impaired para-alpine skier Linda Le Bon at the 2022 Winter...
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competitors in this class may differ from sport to sport, and may include sighted guides, guide rails, beeping balls and clapsticks. There may be some modifications...
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Nick Brush (category Paralympic sighted guides)
Nicholas Brush is a Canadian alpine skier, sighted guide and Paralympian. He competed as the sighted guide for Chris Williamson in the 2010 Winter Paralympics...
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Sophie Troc (category Paralympic sighted guides)
Troc is a French alpine skier, sighted guide and 3-time Paralympic Champion. She was Nicolas Berejny's sighted guide at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010...
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Miguel Galindo Garcés (category Paralympic sighted guides)
Galindo Garcés is a Spanish alpine skier, and para-alpine sighted guide. As Jon Santacana's guide, he competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics where he earned...
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museum, university or heritage place Sighted guide, a person who guides a person who is blind or partially sighted Guide dog, assistance dogs trained to lead...
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Andrey Tokarev (category Paralympic sighted guides)
Andrey Tokarev is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete, sighted guide and Paralympic Champion. He was awarded the Order of Honour by Russian President...
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Aleix Suñé (category Paralympic sighted guides)
May 1986 and was honoured at the 2010 Sports Gala XV. Suñé was the sighted guide skier for Gabriel Gorce and Andrés Boira. At the 2007 Paralympic Winter...
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Charlotte Evans (category Paralympic sighted guides)
Charlotte Evans MBE (born 29 March 1991) is a British skier, sighted guide and Paralympian. She is from Chatham in Kent, and attended Rochester Grammar...
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Robin Bryntesson (category Paralympic sighted guides)
during his career since 2007. Bryntesson won a silver medal as the sighted guide for Zebastian Modin at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang. All...
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and won medals at a UCI Para-cycling Track World Championship as a sighted guide. Waddell is the daughter of former All Black Alistair Scown and sister...
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Anastasia Kirillova (category Paralympic sighted guides)
Anastasia Sergeyevna Kirillova (Belarusian: Анастасія Сяргееўна Кірылава, Russian: Анастасия Сергеевна Кириллова; born 20 February 1996) is a Belarusian...
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Celia Maestre (category Spanish sighted guides)
Spanish track and field sighted guide and social worker who has represented Spain at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics as a guide. Maestre was born...
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Darren Harry (category Paralympic sighted guides)
Darren, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 27 January 2012. Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000....
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Emil Jönsson (category Paralympic sighted guides)
2017–2018 season was announced. Following his retirement he became sighted guide for visually impaired para athlete Zebastian Modin. They participated...
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Ellen Hunter (category Paralympic sighted guides)
Ellen Hunter OBE (born 12 February 1968, Wrexham) is a Welsh competitive cyclist and tandem pilot for Aileen McGlynn at Paralympic events. Hunter and McGlynn...
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Michael Buchleitner (category Paralympic sighted guides)
Michael Buchleitner (born 14 October 1969 in Mödling) is an Austrian long-distance runner. Up to 1999 he specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He...
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