Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Refugee Paralympic Team at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic flag (2019).svg
IPC code RPT
NPC Refugee Paralympic Team
in Paris, France
Competitors8 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Guillaume Junior Atangana
Medals
Ranked 78th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Paralympic flag.svg  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.

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Medalists

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

Competitors

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

AthleteCountry of OriginHost NPCSportEvent
Guillaume Junior Atangana Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Para athletics Men's 100 m T11
Men's 400 m T11
Salman Abbariki Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Para athletics Men's shot put F34
Sayed Amir Hossein Pour Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Para table tennis Men's individual C8
Hadi Hassanzada Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Parataekwondo Men's –80 kg
Zakia Khudadadi Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan Flag of France.svg  France Parataekwondo Women's –47 kg
Hadi Darvish Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Powerlifting Men's 80 kg
Ibrahim Al Hussein Flag of Syria.svg  Syria Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Paratriathlon Men's PTS3
Amelio Castro Grueso Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Flag of Italy.svg  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

Key
Field event
Men
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Salman Abbariki Men's shot put F34 8.929
Track and road events
Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Guillaume Junior Atangana Men's 100 m T11 11.402 Q11.493Did not advance
Men's 400 m T11 51.951 Q51.031 Q50.89 PBBronze medal icon.svg

Paratriathlon

AthleteClassSwimT1BikeT2RunTimeRank
L1L2L3L4L1L2L3L4
Ibrahim Al Hussein Men's PTS3 11:461:5411:2912:3013:1212:190:444:565:106:066:081:12:346

Powerlifting

AthleteEventAttempts (kg)Result (kg)Rank
1234
Hadi Darvish Men's 80 kg

Table tennis

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Seyed Hosseini Pour Men's individual C8

Taekwondo

AthleteEventPreliminary roundFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Hadi Hassanzada Men's –80 kg Flag of the Philippines.svg  Ganapin  (PHI)
L 13–22
Did not advance
Zakia Khudadadi Women's –47 kg Flag of Cuba.svg  Rodríguez  (CUB)
W 21–11
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Isakova  (UZB)
L 3–4
Flag of Turkey.svg  Ekinci  (TUR)
W 9–1
Flag of Morocco.svg  Laarif  (MAR)
WWWD
Bronze medal icon.svg

Wheelchair Fencing

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
OppositionRankOpposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank
Amelio Castro Men's épée B
Men's sabre B

References

  1. 1 2 "IPC unveils largest Refugee Paralympic Team ever for Paris 2024". UNHCR US. Retrieved 2024-08-09.