Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of the International Paralympic Committee
IPC code	RPT
NPC	Refugee Paralympic Team
in Paris, France
Competitors	8 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Guillaume Junior Atangana
Medals Ranked 78th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
2020 2024
Other related appearances
Individual Paralympic Athletes (2016)

The Refugee Paralympic Team competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The team consisted of eight athletes and one guide runner, all refugees and asylees who represented more than 120 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. ^[1] The formation of the team and its six athletes was announced on 9 July 2024 in a joint statement by the IPC and UNHCR. ^[1] The team had made its debut at the 2016 Paralympics as the Independent Paralympic Athletes Team, which consisted of just two athletes, and returned to the 2020 Summer Paralympics under the current name with six refugee and asylee Paralympic athletes.

Medalists

Further information: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table

The following Refugee competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Zakia Khudadadi Taekwondo Women's –47 kg 29 August  Bronze Guillaume Junior Atangana Athletics Men's 400 m T11 2 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 29 August 0 0 1 1 2 30 August 0 0 0 0 3 31 August 0 0 0 0 4 1 September 0 0 0 0 5 2 September 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Male 0 0 1 1 50.0% Female 0 0 1 1 50.0% Total 0 0 2 1

Competitors

Zimbabwe-born parathlete Nyasha Mharakurwa was chosen as the chef de mission of the Refugee Paralympic Team.

Athlete	Country of Origin	Host NPC	Sport	Event
Guillaume Junior Atangana	Cameroon	Great Britain	Para athletics	Men's 100 m T11
				Men's 400 m T11
Salman Abbariki	Iran	Germany	Para athletics	Men's shot put F34
Sayed Amir Hossein Pour	Iran	Germany	Para table tennis	Men's individual C8
Hadi Hassanzada	Afghanistan	Austria	Parataekwondo	Men's –80 kg
Zakia Khudadadi	Afghanistan	France	Parataekwondo	Women's –47 kg
Hadi Darvish	Iran	Germany	Powerlifting	Men's 80 kg
Ibrahim Al Hussein	Syria	Greece	Paratriathlon	Men's PTS3
Amelio Castro Grueso	Colombia	Italy	Wheelchair fencing	Men's épée B
				Men's sabre B

Guillaume Junior Atangana, who is vision-impaired, will line up alongside his guide and fellow refugee Donard Ndim Nyamjua. Khudadadi, Atangana, Hussein and Abbariki all competed in prior Paralympics.

Sponsorship

The Refugee Team was sponsored or supported by Airbnb, Asics, UNHCR, the French Ministry for Sport and Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee and CREPS of Reims.^{[ citation needed ]}

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field event

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Salman Abbariki	Men's shot put F34	8.92	9

Track and road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Guillaume Junior Atangana	Men's 100 m T11	11.40	2 Q	11.49	3	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m T11	51.95	1 Q	51.03	1 Q	50.89 PB

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Class	Swim	T1	Bike				T2	Run				Time	Rank
				L1	L2	L3	L4		L1	L2	L3	L4
Ibrahim Al Hussein	Men's PTS3	11:46	1:54	11:29	12:30	13:12	12:19	0:44	4:56	5:10	6:06	6:08	1:12:34	6

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
		1	2	3	4
Hadi Darvish	Men's 80 kg

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Seyed Hosseini Pour	Men's individual C8

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hadi Hassanzada	Men's –80 kg	Ganapin  (PHI) L 13–22	Did not advance
Zakia Khudadadi	Women's –47 kg	—	Rodríguez  (CUB) W 21–11	Isakova  (UZB) L 3–4	—	Ekinci  (TUR) W 9–1	Laarif  (MAR) WWWD

Wheelchair Fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Amelio Castro	Men's épée B
	Men's sabre B

References

1. "IPC unveils largest Refugee Paralympic Team ever for Paris 2024". UNHCR US. Retrieved 2024-08-09.