The women's discus throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

 at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships

2011 IPC Athletics World Championships

The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games....

was held at the QEII Stadium

Queen Elizabeth II Park

Queen Elizabeth II Park is a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. It was built in 1973, to host the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in which a temporary 15000 seat western stand was erected for the event taking capacity to 35000...

 on 22-23, 25 and 29 January.

Medalists

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
F12	Marija Ivekovic	Liangmin Zhang	Orysia Ilchyna
F35/36	Mariia Pomazan	Renata Chilewska Renata Chilewska Renata Chilewska is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in the throwing events.She competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain...	Katherine Proudfoot
F37	Na Mi	Beverley Jones	Qiuping Xu
F40	Najat El Garaa Najat El Garaa Najat El Garaa is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 discus throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F40 discus throw event....	Raoua Tlili Raoua Tlili Raoua Tlili is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's shot putt F40 event and a silver medal in the women's discus throw F40 event....	Genjimisu Meng
F51/52/53	Catherine Wayland	Zena Cole	Estela Salas
F54/55/56	Marianne Buggenhagen Marianne Buggenhagen Marianne Buggenhagen is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she won four gold medals in discus, javelin, shot putt and pentathlon. Then at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United...	Feixia Dong	Tatjana Majcen Tatjana Majcen Tatjana Majcen Ljubič is a Paralympian athlete from Slovenia competing mainly in category F54/55 throwing events.Tatjana has competed in two paralympics, each time competing in all three throws. She has won two medals both in 2004 a silver in the F54/55 javelin and a bronze in the F54/55 shot putt...
F57/58	Nassima Saifi	Stela Eneva Stela Eneva Stela Eneva is a Paralympian athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in throwing events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, There she competed in the F42-46 discus throw, shot putt and javelin throw but failed to win any medals.She had more luck when she competed in the...	Nadia Medjmedj

F12

The Women's discus throw, F12 was held on January 22

• The event included both F11 and F12 classified athletes:
  • F11 = visual impairment: may range from no light perception in either eye, to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand.
  • F12 = visual impairment: may recognise the shape of a hand, have a visual acuity
    Visual acuity
    Visual acuity is acuteness or clearness of vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain....
    
     of 2/60 and/or visual field
    Visual field
    The term visual field is sometimes used as a synonym to field of view, though they do not designate the same thing. The visual field is the "spatial array of visual sensations available to observation in introspectionist psychological experiments", while 'field of view' "refers to the physical...
    
     of less than 5 degrees.

China's Liangmin Zhang set a world record for athletes with an F11 classification, with a throw of 40.42.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Marija Ivekovic			37.33	40.62		37.95	38.20	40.62
	Liangmin Zhang		36.71	37.46			40.42		40.42	WR
	Orysia Ilchyna		34.14	36.99		35.99	33.97	38.86	38.86
	Siena Christen Siena Christen Siena Christen is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F12 shot putt and discus events.Siena has competed in the shot putt and discus in three successive paralympic games but it was in her first in 2000 that she won her only medal so far, a bronze in the F12 shot...		34.11	35.38	32.85	38.17	36.74	33.86	38.17
	Claire Williams		37.19	35.46		36.94	36.65		37.19
	Tamara Sivakova Tamara Sivakova Tamara Sivakova is a Paralympian athlete from Belarus competing mainly in the throwing events.She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain for the Unified Team there she won a gold medal in the discus throw for category B3 athletes and finished 5th in the pentathlon.Four...		34.88		33.84	36.90		34.82	36.90
	Mariela Almada		35.89	34.78	33.40		35.86	35.02	35.89
	Jessica Castellano		29.90	32.88			33.53	31.25	33.53

Key: WR = World Record

F35/36

The Women's discus throw, F35/36 was held on January 29

• F35/36
  • F35 = good static balance, problems in dynamic balance, may need assistive devices for walking but not when standing or throwing, may have sufficient lower extremity function to do a run up when throwing.
  • F36 = walk without assistance or assistive devices, more control problems with upper than lower limbs. All four limbs are involved. Hand control, grasp and release affected when throwing.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
	Mariia Pomazan		25.83	27.18	26.59	28.73			28.73	1073	WR
	Renata Chilewska Renata Chilewska Renata Chilewska is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in the throwing events.She competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain...		24.08	24.92	25.22	23.80	24.08		25.22	994	SB
	Katherine Proudfoot		23.21	23.19	24.52		23.35	20.57	24.52	958	CR
	Qing Wu		18.66	18.49	20.38	18.54	21.79	20.29	21.79	850
	Chanelle van Zyl		20.57					17.55	20.57	810
	Alla Malchyk Alla Malchyk Alla Malchyk is a Paralympian athlete from the Ukraine competing mainly in category F35/F36 shot putt events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's shot putt F35/F36 event...		18.98	20.65	20.92		20.33	18.70	20.92	808	SB
	Noni Thompson		17.09	17.97	15.14	17.03	18.76		18.76	687

Key: WR = World Record, CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best

F37

The Women's discus throw, F37 was held on January 23

• F37 = spasticity in an arm and leg on the same side, good functional ability on the non impaired side, good arm and hand control and follow through.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Na Mi		29.80	29.69	30.73	30.66	31.46	-	31.46	CR
	Beverley Jones		24.12	28.81	30.62	26.41	30.19	29.86	30.62	AR
	Qiuping Xu		27.16	26.35	24.85	26.95	26.02	28.74	28.74
	Viktorya Yasevych		26.54		23.99	23.03		28.14	28.14	SB
	Qianqian Jia		25.00	26.01		25.93	26.66	25.96	26.66	SB
	Eva Berna Eva Berná Eva Berná is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F37 shot put events.She competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There she competed in the F37 discus, javelin and shot putt events but failed to win any medals.She competed in the 2004...		22.84	23.01	26.00	23.27	25.08	23.86	26.00	SB
	Shirlene Coelho Shirlene Coelho Shirlene Coelho is a Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category F35-38 javelin throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. She competed in the F37-38 discus throw and F37-38 shot putt but had more success in the F35-38 javelin throw where she won a...			25.01	24.42	25.24	25.06		25.24	AR
	Taiga Kantane		23.02	22.59	21.64	21.78	17.17	22.34	23.02

Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Asian Record, SB = Season Best

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Najat El Garaa Najat El Garaa Najat El Garaa is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 discus throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F40 discus throw event....			28.13	26.57	28.36	28.99		28.99	CR
	Raoua Tlili Raoua Tlili Raoua Tlili is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's shot putt F40 event and a silver medal in the women's discus throw F40 event....		24.50	26.00		28.55	27.71	27.91	28.55
	Genjimisu Meng		26.34	26.30	26.41	25.08		25.26	26.41
	Laila El Garaa Laila El Garaa Laila El Garaa is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's F40 shot putt event. She also took part in the women's F40 javelin throwShe also...		23.20	22.04	24.40	24.11	26.37	24.98	26.37
	Daria Kabiesz		12.69	21.27		20.32	23.31		23.31	AR

Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Area Record

F51/52/53

The Women's discus throw, F51/52/53 was held on January 29

• F51/52/53
  • F51 = a weakness in shoulder function, the ability to bend but not straighten the elbow joint, no trunk or leg function, no movement in the fingers, can bend the wrists backwards but not forwards.
  • F52 = good shoulder, elbow and wrist function, poor to normal finger flexion and extension, no trunk or leg function.
  • F53 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal, leg or lower spinal function.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
	Catherine Wayland			5.53	5.68	5.70	5.89	5.82	5.89	941	SB
	Zena Cole		4.16	4.79	4.58	4.35	4.76	4.54	4.79	651
	Estela Salas			11.68	11.95	12.08	11.71	11.86	12.08	568
	Martha Gustafson		9.13		8.35	9.56	9.40	8.64	9.56	415
	Rosemary Tallon			7.43		7.22	7.04		7.43	211
	Deepa Malik			5.63	5.53	5.91	5.69	5.92	5.92	135

Key: SB = Season Best

F54/55/56

The Women's discus throw, F54/55/56 was held on January 25

• F54/55/56
  • F54 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal or lower spinal function.
  • F55 = normal upper limb function, may have partial to almost completely normal trunk function, no leg function.
  • F56 = normal upper limb and trunk function, some leg function, may have high bilateral above knee amputation.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
	Marianne Buggenhagen Marianne Buggenhagen Marianne Buggenhagen is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she won four gold medals in discus, javelin, shot putt and pentathlon. Then at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United...		26.28	26.75	26.41	26.44	26.69		26.75	973	SB
	Feixia Dong		23.72	23.46	25.57	24.91	25.06	24.56	25.57	941	AR
	Tatjana Majcen Tatjana Majcen Tatjana Majcen Ljubič is a Paralympian athlete from Slovenia competing mainly in category F54/55 throwing events.Tatjana has competed in two paralympics, each time competing in all three throws. She has won two medals both in 2004 a silver in the F54/55 javelin and a bronze in the F54/55 shot putt...			15.97		14.68	15.70	16.13	16.13	833	SB
	Martina Willing Martina Willing Martina Monika Willing is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in the field events.Martina has a long history of competing in the paralympics, compting in all five summer games from 1992 in Barcelona to 2008 in Beijing as well as at the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer winning at...		20.98	21.38	20.84	20.12	20.75	20.09	21.38	750
	Veronica Azucena Saucedo Miranda		17.08	17.65	16.88	14.74	16.70	14.20	17.65	560	SB

Key: AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best

F57/58

The Women's discus throw, F57/58 was held on January 29

• F57/58
  • F57 = normal upper limb and trunk function, may have bilateral above knee amputation
    Amputation
    Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...
    
    s.
  • F58 = normal upper limb and trunk function, a bilateral below knee amputation or single above knee amputation.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
	Nassima Saifi		40.99		37.06		35.03	36.94	40.99	1040	WR
	Stela Eneva Stela Eneva Stela Eneva is a Paralympian athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in throwing events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, There she competed in the F42-46 discus throw, shot putt and javelin throw but failed to win any medals.She had more luck when she competed in the...		32.96	39.84	36.89	34.80	37.80	38.42	39.84	1022	AR
	Nadia Medjmedj		25.32	29.60	27.69	27.12	27.28	28.96	29.60	965	CR
	Orla Barry		28.95	28.87	27.14	28.92	27.99	27.25	28.95	947
	Catherine Callahan		26.15	23.05		22.68	20.38	24.04	26.15	852	AR
	Li Ling		21.96	21.68	25.99	24.38	22.22	25.60	25.99	846	SB
	Angeles Ortiz Hernandez Angeles Ortiz Hernandez Angeles Ortiz Hernandez is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F57/58 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...		29.04	28.41	29.53	27.88	21.01	26.78	29.53	748	SB
	Leilei Gao		27.57	28.94		26.18	22.57	28.41	28.94	725
	Ivanka Koleva		21.44	20.76	21.98				21.98	659
	Mary Nakhumica		19.46	21.94	20.51				21.94	657
	Siham Alrasheedy			21.68					21.68	643

Key: WR = World Record, AR = Area Record, CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best