Abstract

Objective: It was to carry out a sociodemographic characterization of the Chilean para-athletes. Methods: It consisted of the application questionnaire ad-hoc, and the related variables investigated were related to age, sex, location, type of disability, sport practice, educational level for athletes. Results: 176 athletes participated, 39 women (22.15%) and 137 men (77.84%). The sport with the highest number of participants for women is Goalball (30.76%), and for men it was Football 7 a side (24.81%). Regarding the distribution by impairment, most of the athletes correspond to physical disability (80.68%). Of the medical diagnoses, the majority is brain injury (32.38%), and in the case of women, spinal cord injury, and visual impairment (29.73%). Of the levels of educational training, we can see that the majority of the secondary / technical school is completely 72 (40.90%). When observing the distribution by region, the majority are in the Metropolitan region of Santiago with 53.98%. Conclusion: The information collected is highly important to generate policies that allow the distribution of resources and programs at the national level.