The 2004 Summer Paralympics, the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004. 3,808 athletes from 136 countries participated. During these games 304 World Records were broken with 448 Paralympic Games Records being broken across 19 different sports. 8,863 volunteers worked along the Organizing Committee.
Egypt sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. Egyptian athletes won six gold medals, twelve silver and ten bronze, enabling their country to finish 23rd out of 123 on the medal table. Athletics and powerlifting were equally successful, with each sport giving 3 gold medals each to Egypt.
Bahrain made its Paralympic Games début the same year as its Olympic début, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City, sending a delegation to compete in athletics. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.
Sri Lanka made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with a single athlete in track and field. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never entered the Winter Paralympics.
Egypt sent a delegation to compete at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its athletes rank twentieth in the overall medal count. Metwali Ahmed Jadr and Said Dowara won gold medals.
Ahmed Hassan Mahmoud is a paralympic athlete from Egypt competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.
Egypt competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012. Egypt made their debut at the Paralympic Games in 1972. Since their debut Egypt have won 165 medals. Egypt's most successful appearance at the Paralympic Games was in Atlanta in 1980, winning 30 medals.
Kenya competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. The country sent a 17 strong athlete delegation to Atlanta, United States.
Ten athletes from Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. Competitors from Cuba won 11 medals, including 8 golds and 3 silvers to finish 23rd in the medal table. All their medals were won in athletics.
38 athletes from Mexico competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. Mexico won three gold medals, five silver and three bronze.
Egypt men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Egypt. It takes part in international goalball competitions. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.
Hadi Rezaeigarkani is an Iranian sitting volleyball coach, and former player with world and Paralympic medals, the most proud sitting volleyball coach in the world, currently as the head coach of Iran's men's sitting volleyball team. He was born in Mashhad, Iran.
Sherine Ahmed El Zeiny is a Dutch-Egyptian artistic gymnast. Born in the Netherlands, El Zeiny trained all of her gymnastics career in the Netherlands, but she competed for her mother's homeland Egypt in numerous international tournaments since 2007, including three editions of the Summer Olympics. Representing Egypt, she won nine gold medals at the African Games and African Championships between 2007 and 2016. These include two team gold medals at the African Championships, in 2012 and 2016.
Egypt competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. The 41 member team competed in athletics, powerlifting and shooting. They won 20 medals including 7 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze, finishing 19th on the medal table. Members of the team included athletics competitors Ahmed Mohamed, Said Afifi, Aymen Ibrahim, Hany Mohamed, Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed and Mohamed Said, and shooter Sherif Abd Alla.
Egypt competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Egypt competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Sara Samir Elsayed Mohamed Ahmed is an Egyptian weightlifter who won a bronze medal in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the silver medal in the women's 81kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships.
Abdellatif Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Oleksandr Chernetskyi.
Shaaban Ibrahim is an Egyptian Paralympic powerlifter. He represented Egypt at the Summer Paralympics three times: in 2008, 2012 and 2016. He won a bronze medal on each occasion; he won bronze in the men's 60 kg event in 2008, in the men's 67.5 kg event in 2012 and in the men's 65 kg event in 2016.
Rehab Ahmed is an Egyptian Paralympic powerlifter. She is a two-time silver medalist at the Summer Paralympics and a three-time gold medalist at the World Para Powerlifting Championships.
