Refugee Paralympic Team
| Refugee Paralympic Team at the Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | RPT |
| NPC | Refugee Paralympic Team |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Other related appearances | |
| Individual Paralympic Athletes (2016) | |
The Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT) is a group made up of independent Paralympic participants who are refugees. The team competes using the Paralympic flag and Paralympic anthem, and marches first during the Opening Ceremony.
Alongside the debut of the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, a team of refugee Para athletes first competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics as Independent Paralympic Athletes. The Refugee Paralympic Team was formally named starting with the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Zakia Khudadadi became the first person to win a Paralympic medal for the Refugee Paralympic Team, winning a bronze medal in the women's –47 kg Para taekwondo event at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics.[1] Days later, Guillaume Junior Atangana, guided by fellow refugee Donard Ndim Nyamjua, won bronze in the men's 400m T11 Para athletics event.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze |
Zakia Khudadadi | 2024 Paris | Para taekwando | Women's –47 kg |
| Bronze |
Guillaume Junior Atangana | Athletics | Men's 400 m T11 |
Medals by Summer sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Participations
2016 Summer Paralympics
The team was announced on August 5, 2016, by the International Paralympic Committee.[2] Participants were nominated for the team by National Paralympic Committees who were aware of qualified sportspeople. The International Paralympic Committee stepped in to assist with getting athletes ready by doing a number of things, including insuring that athletes were classified.[2]
| Athlete | Country of origin | Host NPC | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahrad Nasajpour |  Iran |
 USA |
Para athletics | Men's Discus F37 |
| Ibrahim Al Hussein | %252C_Flag_of_Syria_(1980%E2%80%932024).svg.png){kind=small} Syria |
 Greece |
Para swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S9 Men's 100m freestyle S9 |
2020 Summer Paralympics
| Athlete | Country of origin | Host NPC | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahrad Nasajpour | Iran | United States | Para athletics | Men's Discus F37 |
| Alia Issa | .svg.png){kind=small} Syria | Greece | Para athletics | Women's Club throw F32 |
| Anas Al Khalifa | Syria |  Germany | Para canoe | Men's Va'a Single 200m - KL2 Men's Va'a Single 200m - VL2 |
| Abbas Karimi | .svg.png){kind=small} Afghanistan | United States | Para swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S5 Men's 50m backstroke S5 |
| Ibrahim Al Hussein | Syria | Greece | Para swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S9 Men's 100m breaststroke SB8 |
| Parfait Hakizimana |  Burundi |  Rwanda | Para taekwondo | Men's K44 -61 kg |
2024 Summer Paralympics
The team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games was the largest to date for the Paralympic Games and was announced on 9 July 2024[3]. The eight athletes and one guide runner competed across six sports. The team was led by Chef de Mission Nyasha Mharakurwa PLY, who represented Zimbabwe in wheelchair tennis at London 2012. The team was supported by Worldwide Paralympic Partner Airbnb, Asics, UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency), the French Ministry for Sport and Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, and Centre for Resources, Expertise and Sport Performance of Reims.
| Athlete | Country of origin | Host NPC | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guillaume Junior Atangana |  Cameroon |
 Great Britain |
Para athletics | Men's 100m T11
Men's 400m 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 |
Para taekwando | Men's -80kg |
| Zakia Khudadadi | Afghanistan |
 France |
Para taekwando | Women's –47 kg |
| Hadi Darvish | Iran |
Germany |
Para powerlifting | Men's –80 kg |
| Ibrahim Al Hussein | Syria |
Greece |
Para triathlon | Men's PTS3 |
| Amelio Castro Grueso |  Colombia |
 Italy |
Wheelchair fencing | Men's épée B |
See also
References
- ↑ "Zakia Khudadadi: Paralympics bronze medal 'sends message for all refugees in world'". BBC Sport. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
- 1 2 "Refugees to compete in dedicated team at Rio 2016 Paralympics". International Paralympic Committee. International Paralympic Committee. August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ↑ "IPC unveils largest Refugee Paralympic Team ever for Paris 2024". Paralympic.org. 9 July 2024.
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