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Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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. The formation of the team and its six athletes was announced on 9 July 2024 in a joint statement by the IPC and UNHCR. 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

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

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Competitors

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

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.

Athletics

Field event
Men
Track and road events
Men

Paratriathlon

Powerlifting

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Wheelchair Fencing

References