Can I protest or appeal my classification?

Question

Accepted Answer

Not personally. Under the IPC Classification Code 2025 (Articles 40-50), only your national federation can protest or appeal on your behalf, and only for athletes under its jurisdiction.

	Protest	Appeal
What it challenges	The sport class you were given	Any part of the process, where a breach of the international federation's rules could reasonably have caused a wrong eligibility decision, sport class or sport class status
Who can bring it	Your national federation (or the international federation itself)	Your national federation only
Test	A reasonable basis to believe the sport class may be wrong	A rules breach that could reasonably have caused the wrong outcome. It is not a chance to dispute the classifiers' expert opinion
Outcome	A new evaluation session by a Protest Panel with no classifiers from the original decision	The appeal body can only affirm or set aside the decision; it cannot give you a new sport class

Other points:

You cannot protest your sport class status, a "Not Eligible" designation (you already get an automatic second assessment) or "Classification Not Completed".
While a protest is being decided, your sport class stays the same and your status changes to R-NAO.
A protest needs the international federation's form, its deadline and a protest fee. Appeals may also carry a fee, and cannot be lodged while a protest is ongoing.