Adaptive rowing
Encyclopedia
Adaptive rowing is a special category of rowing race
for those with physical disabilities
. Under FISA
rules there are three categories for adaptive rowers:
LTA - Legs, Trunk, Arms : Use of at least one leg, trunk and arms. Also for those with visual and intellectual impairments. Rowed with standard boats and sliding seats.
TA - Trunk and Arms : Only use of trunk muscles. Boat has fixed seat.
AS - Arms and Shoulders : Limited trunk control. Boat has fixed seat and rower is strapped at upper chest level to only allow shoulder and arm movements.
At FISA events there are 4 boat events (standard nomenclature is used):
Racing is held over 1,000 m (rather than the standard 2,000 m). In mixed events half the crew must be male and other half female (coxswain maybe of either gender and may be able bodied). Single shells for the Arms and Shoulders category must have stabilising pontoons attached to the riggers.
Adaptive events were added to the World Rowing Championships
in 2002 and took place at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
in Beijing
, China
.
Rowing (sport)
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for those with physical disabilities
Disability
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. Under FISA
International Rowing Federation
The Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron, or FISA for short, is the International Rowing Federation which is the governing body for international Rowing. Its current president is Denis Oswald...
rules there are three categories for adaptive rowers:
LTA - Legs, Trunk, Arms : Use of at least one leg, trunk and arms. Also for those with visual and intellectual impairments. Rowed with standard boats and sliding seats.
TA - Trunk and Arms : Only use of trunk muscles. Boat has fixed seat.
AS - Arms and Shoulders : Limited trunk control. Boat has fixed seat and rower is strapped at upper chest level to only allow shoulder and arm movements.
At FISA events there are 4 boat events (standard nomenclature is used):
- 4+ Mixed LTA
- 2x Mixed TA
- 1x Men AS
- 1x Women AS
Racing is held over 1,000 m (rather than the standard 2,000 m). In mixed events half the crew must be male and other half female (coxswain maybe of either gender and may be able bodied). Single shells for the Arms and Shoulders category must have stabilising pontoons attached to the riggers.
Adaptive events were added to the World Rowing Championships
World Rowing Championships
The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA . It is a week long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1962...
in 2002 and took place at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....
in Beijing
Beijing
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, China
China
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