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.
|style="text-align:left;width:78%;vertical-align:top"| MedalNameSportEventDateTaekwondoWomen's –47 kgAthleticsMen's 400 m T11 |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top"|
+Medals by sportSportTotalAthletics0011Taekwondo0011Total0022
+Medals by dayDayDate Total129 August 0 0 11230 August 0 0 00331 August 0 0 0041 September 0 0 0052 September 0 0 11Total0022
+Medals by genderGenderTotalPercentageMale001150.0%Female001150.0%Total0021
Competitors Zimbabwe-born parathlete Nyasha Mharakurwa was chosen as the chef de mission of the Refugee Paralympic Team. AthleteCountry of originHost NPCSportEventGuillaume Junior AtanganaPara athleticsMen's 100 m T11Men's 400 m T11Salman AbbarikiPara athleticsMen's shot put F34Sayed Amir Hossein PourPara table tennisMen's individual C8Hadi HassanzadaParataekwondoMen's –80 kgZakia KhudadadiParataekwondoWomen's –47 kgHadi DarvishPowerliftingMen's 80 kgIbrahim Al HusseinParatriathlonMen's PTS3Amelio Castro GruesoWheelchair fencingMen's épée BMen'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.
Athletics
Field event Men AthleteEventFinalResultRankSalman AbbarikiMen's shot put F348.929 Track and road events Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankGuillaume Junior AtanganaMen's 100 m T1111.402 Q11.493Did not advanceMen's 400 m T1151.951 Q51.031 Q50.89 PB
Paratriathlon
AthleteClassSwimT1Bike T2Run TimeRankL1L2L3L4L1L2L3L4Ibrahim Al HusseinMen's PTS311:461:5411:2912:3013:1212:190:444:565:106:066:081:12:346
Powerlifting
AthleteEventAttempts (kg)Result (kg)Rank1234Hadi DarvishMen's 80 kg1931982031986
Table tennis
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Opposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultRankSeyed Hosseini PourMen's individual C8L 0–3Did not advance
Taekwondo
AthleteEventPreliminary roundFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHadi HassanzadaMen's –80 kgL 13–22colspan=6 Zakia KhudadadiWomen's –47 kgW 21–11L 3–4W 9–1W
Wheelchair Fencing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Repechage 4Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAmelio CastroMen's épée BW WalkoverL 10–15Did not advanceW 15–4L 15–8Did not advanceMen's sabre BL 3–13Did not advanceW 15–12L 6–15Did not advance
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