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Washington Assis do Nascimento Junior (born 20 December 1996 in Rio de Janeiro) [1] is a Brazilian Paralympic sprinter. He won bronze in the 100m T47 in 2020.
Marie-Amélie Le Fur she is a French Paralympic athlete from Vendôme, Centre Region, competing in T44 sprint and F44 long jump events. Her left leg was amputated below the knee following a motor scooter accident in 2004. Before she lost her leg, she was a French junior running champion. As of 2023, Le Fur is the President of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee.
The 2020 Summer Paralympics, branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Evandro Gonçalves de Oliveira Junior is a Brazilian beach volleyball player.
Mária Érdi is a Hungarian competitive sailor, 2023 World Champion and 2024 European Champion in the ILCA 6 class.
Vagner Júnior Souta is a Brazilian canoeist. He competed in the men's K-4 1000 metres events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Lu Dong is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer, who won gold and silver medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She got 38.28 seconds on 50m butterfly. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics she won four gold medals with three world record. Lu lost both her arms after being hit by a motorist at age six.
Japan competed as the host nation of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in their capital Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Ariake Tennis Park from 27 August to 4 September 2021.
Zsófia Konkoly is a Hungarian Paralympic swimmer.
Cases of COVID-19 at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, are part of a cluster of SARS-CoV-2 infections within the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo that began in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Village in July 2021, prior to the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics on 23 July 2021. The Olympics ended on 8 August 2021 before the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics started on 24 August 2021. The Paralympics ended on 5 September 2021 before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China started a few months later.
Ainsley Thorpe is a New Zealand professional triathlete. She competed in the women's triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Lesotho competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Maldives competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was the country's debut appearance at the Paralympics.
Liberia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
The medal table of the 2020 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals that are won by their athletes during the competition. The 2020 Paralympics were the sixteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021. There were 539 medal events.
The Kiribati National Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee representing Kiribati. The organization became full members of the International Paralympic Committee in October 2019. Kiribati was supposed to make their debut at the Summer Paralympics in the 2020 edition in Tokyo. However the country withdrew due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kiribati is set to debut at the 2024 Games in Paris.
The men's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo was held at the Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Tokyo from 27 August to 4 September 2021.
Charley Nordin is an American rower. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. According to an interview with Charley, he suffered an accident during his junior year of high school that ended his athletic career in Track & Field due to losing his right calf and gluteal muscles.
Noah Malone is a Paralympic athlete who sprints for Team USA, competing in category T12.