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Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Refugee Paralympic Team at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeRPT
NPCRefugee 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
 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

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

Competitors

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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

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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

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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
Track and road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Guillaume Junior Atangana Men's 100 m T11
Men's 400 m T11 51.95 1 Q 51.03 1 Q 50.89 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Paratriathlon

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Athlete Class Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Time Rank
L1 L2 L3 L4 L1 L2 L3 L4
Ibrahim Al Hussein Men's PTS3

Powerlifting

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

Table tennis

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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

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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)
W WWD
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wheelchair Fencing

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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

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