2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

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...

from 24-28 January

Medalists

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
F13	Tanja Dragic	Tatiana de Tovar Briceno	Jessica Gallagher Jessica Gallagher Jessica Gallagher is a Paralympic alpine skier from Geelong, Victoria. She was Australia's second female winter Paralympian, and the first Australian woman to win a medal at the Winter Paralympics....
F33/34/52/53	Birgit Kober	Lucyna Kornobys	Louadjeda Benoumessad Louadjeda Benoumessad Louadjeda Benoumessad is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F34 javelin throw events....
F38	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...	Qianqian Jia	Ramune Adomaitiene
F46	Madeleine Hogan Madeleine Hogan Madeleine Hogan is a Paralympian athlete from Australia competing mainly in category F42-46 javelin throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...	Natalia Gudkova	Hollie Beth Arnold
F54/55/56	Hania Aidi Hania Aidi Hania Aidi is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F54-46 javelin throw events.She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she entered the F54-55 discus throe, javelin throw and shot putt but failed to medal.She competed in the 2008 Summer...	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...	Ntombizanele Situ
F57/58	Jeny Velazco Reyes	Safia Djelal	Mary Nakhumica

F13

The Women's javelin throw, F13 was held on January 24 with the medal ceremony on January 25

Classification F13 - visual impairment
- F12: may recognise the shape of a hand and 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.
- F13: visual acuity ranges from 2/60 to 6/60 and/or visual field over 5 degrees and less than 20 degrees.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Tanja Dragic	35.49	35.97	36.20	36.49	36.74	36.43	36.74	WR
Tatiana de Tovar Briceno		34.58	31.83		34.52	30.34	34.58	SB
Jessica Gallagher Jessica Gallagher Jessica Gallagher is a Paralympic alpine skier from Geelong, Victoria. She was Australia's second female winter Paralympian, and the first Australian woman to win a medal at the Winter Paralympics....	33.75	31.41		33.72	33.36	30.95	33.75	SB
Natallia Eder	26.65	27.95	32.09	32.77	30.21	32.31	32.77	SB
Marija Vidacek	27.15	29.40		30.69	29.73		30.69	SB
Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez	25.81	27.67			26.89		27.67	SB
Orysia Ilchyna	24.02	16.68	22.93	24.43	27.42		27.42
Carmen Mentor	26.08	21.35	19.95	18.82	22.14	19.75	26.08	SB
Sofya Romashevskaya	18.37	18.74	17.65				18.74

Key: WR = World Record, CR = Championship Record

F33/34/52/53

The Women's javelin throw, F33/34/52/53 was held on January 28

Classification F33/34/52/53
- F33: some degree of trunk movement when pushing a wheelchair, limited forward trunk movement during forceful pushing. Throwing movements mainly from the arm. Compete in a wheelchair or from a throwing frame.
- F34: good functional strength, minimal limitation or control problems in arms or trunk. Compete in a wheelchair or from a throwing frame.
- 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

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Birgit Kober	23.46	23.04	23.54	21.48	23.10	22.51	23.54	1227	WR
Lucyna Kornobys	14.09	13.12	13.37	12.01	11.52	12.02	14.09	988
Louadjeda Benoumessad Louadjeda Benoumessad Louadjeda Benoumessad is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F34 javelin throw events....	15.05	16.60	16.37	14.89	16.79	16.40	16.79	955
Marjaana Huovinen		16.42	15.99				16.42	932
Frances Herrmann Frances Herrmann Frances Herrmann is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F32-34/51-53 discus throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's F32-34/51-53 discus throw event as well as competing in the F32-34/52/53...	14.91	15.36	15.32	15.20	14.80	16.40	16.40	931
Birgit Pohl Birgit Pohl Birgit Pohl is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.She competed in her first paralympics in 1996 in Atlanta, United States where she won a gold medal in the F32-33 shot putt...	15.83	15.42	15.75	15.44	15.52		15.83	894
Thuraya Alzaabi	13.90			12.11		14.41	14.41	791
Jessica Hamill		14.35		13.98		13.97	14.35	787	AR
Esther Rivera Esther Rivera Esther Rivera is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in javelin events.Esther was the gold medalist in the Women's F33/34/52/53 javelin in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. She attempted to defend this title in Beijing in 2008 but was ultimately unsuccessful coming away with...		10.59	10.32				10.59	664
Aishah Salem Bani Khaled	8.62						8.62	469
Robyn Stawski	7.40	7.91	8.05				8.05	407
Shaikhah Alfoudari	9.10	9.02	9.08				9.10	337
Deepa Malik	7.41	6.58	7.16				7.41	327
Elena Burdykina							NM

Key: WR = World Record, AR = Area Record, NM = No Mark

F38

The Women's javelin throw, F38 was held on January 26

Classification F38 - meet the minimum disability criteria for athletes with cerebral palsy, head injury or stroke, a limitation in function that impacts sports performance.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
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...	31.83	32.50	32.85	32.22		31.57	32.85	CR
Qianqian Jia	27.72	29.41	26.09		29.46		29.46
Ramune Adomaitiene	23.40		28.63		28.32		28.63	CR
Na Mi	25.76	26.26	26.78		25.24	23.17	26.78
Daniela Vratilova	25.69	24.76	22.99	24.71	23.61	24.22	25.69
Viktorya Yasevych	25.15						25.15	AR
Georgia Beikoff	20.50	22.50	21.63	24.72	22.81	22.74	24.72	AR
Svetlana Sergeeva	21.25	21.07	22.87	22.21	20.51	22.44	22.87
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...	19.72	18.47	20.76				20.76
Yomaira Cohen		17.88	20.61				20.61
Qiuping Xu	20.16		19.70				20.16
Renee Danielle Foessel	17.52	18.42	18.73				18.73
Julie Crisp	17.61		17.10				17.61

Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Area Record

F46

The Women's javelin throw, F46 was held on January 28

Classification F46 - single above or below elbow amputation or equivalent impairment.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Madeleine Hogan Madeleine Hogan Madeleine Hogan is a Paralympian athlete from Australia competing mainly in category F42-46 javelin throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...	36.25		36.72	36.67	37.79	36.91	37.79	CR
Natalia Gudkova	33.05	33.65	31.69				33.65
Hollie Beth Arnold	32.45	28.58	29.74	29.47	30.84	31.99	32.45
Katarzyna Piekart	29.03		31.28	31.91	30.03		31.91
Holly Robinson	28.80		30.44	29.51	25.84		30.44
Mariel Bethancourt	27.49		25.03	27.35	28.47	27.81	28.47
Mariam Matroushi	25.01	24.74		24.58	23.26	25.44	25.44

Key: CR = Championship Record

F54/55/56

The Women's javelin throw, F54/55/56 was held on January 27

Classification F54/55/56
- F54 - normal upper limb function, no abdominal or lower spinal function.
- F55 - normal upper limb function, may have partial to almost normal trunk function, no leg function.
- F56 - normal upper limb and trunk function, some leg function, may have high 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...
  
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Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
Hania Aidi Hania Aidi Hania Aidi is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F54-46 javelin throw events.She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she entered the F54-55 discus throe, javelin throw and shot putt but failed to medal.She competed in the 2008 Summer...	16.14	17.27	16.67	15.57	16.48	17.05	17.27	1001	WR
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...	21.88		22.65	22.22	22.21	22.27	22.65	961
Ntombizanele Situ	15.25			14.26			15.25	914
Daniela Todorova Daniela Todorova Daniela Todorova is a Paralympian athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in category F54-56 javelin throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F54-56 javelin throw event....			17.77	17.44		19.10	19.10	871	SB
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...		13.44		13.50	14.17		14.17	853	AR
Tanja Cerkvenik	17.73			16.59	18.33		18.33	835
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...	15.90	16.36	16.60	15.93	15.71	16.70	16.70	749	SB
Feixia Dong	13.12	14.78	14.28	14.51	14.32	14.23	14.78	629

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

F57/58

The Women's javelin throw, F57/58 was held on January 25

Classification 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...
  
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- F58: normal upper limb and trunk function, bilateral below knee amputation or single above knee amputation.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points
Jeny Velazco Reyes	27.17	26.66	29.02	26.53		29.21	29.21	961
Safia Djelal	26.98		26.92	26.91			26.98	903
Mary Nakhumica	19.30		18.23		17.75	20.35	20.35	842
Olga Sergienko			19.53				19.53	804
Leilei Gao	21.54	22.50	22.39	22.87	23.30		23.30	770
Ling Li	13.10	16.59	13.50	13.88	17.24	9.42	17.24	675
Catherine Callahan	16.04	15.07	15.29	14.38	11.77	14.28	16.04	595
Nadia Medjmedj	15.51	14.32	15.78	12.92	14.06	14.54	15.78	577
Ivanka Koleva	13.50	14.61	14.12				14.61	492
Siham Alrasheedy	13.85		13.46				13.85	435
Katalin Szmrtnik	13.15	12.85	12.64				13.15	382

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

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