| Npc: | AUS |
| Npcname: | Paralympics Australia |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Competitors: | 160 |
| Sports: | 17 |
| Flagbearer: | Madison de Rozario and Brenden Hall (Opening) |
| Appearances: | auto |
Australia is scheduled to competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.
In June 2022, Paralympics Australia announced Kate McLoughlin as the Chef de Mission, her third Summer Paralympics in this role.[1] Assistant Chef de Missions: Bridie Kean, Tim Mannion and Ben Troy.[2] Curtis McGrath and Angie Ballard were appointed team captains.[3]
On 2 July 2024, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton showed bipartisan support for the 2024 Australian Paralympic Team with the official team launch in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra.[4]
On 12 July 2024, wheelchair racer Madison de Rozario and swimmer Brenden Hall were announced as Opening Ceremony flag bearers at a ceremony at Admiralty House in Kirribilli, Sydney. Both will be five-time Paralympians.[5]
The team's uniforms are designed and supplied by R.M.Williams, Belgravia, Birkenstock, Mizuno and Speedo.[6]
The 160 strong team was finalised on 8 August 2024.[7]
The following is the list of number of selected competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Athletics | 15 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| Badminton | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Boccia | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Cycling | 7 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| Equestrian | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Paracanoeing | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Powerlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Rowing | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Swimming | 15 | 15 | 30 | ||||
| Table tennis | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| Triathlon | 9 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| Wheelchair basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Wheelchair rugby | 9 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Wheelchair tennis | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 90 | 70 | 160 |
See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Australia secured seven quota places in all of the individual event, and two quotas in mixed team event, by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic; and at the 2024 Africa–Oceania Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[8] Six athletes were selected by Paralympics Australia on 21 June 2024: Men - Jonathon Milne, Taymon Kenton-Smith, Patrick French ; Women - Amanda Jennings, Ameera Lee, Melissa Tanner[9] Reigning W1 men’s World Champion Christopher Davis was forced to withdraw from the team due to injury.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Jonathon Milne | align=left rowspan=2 | Individual compound | ||||||||
| Taymon Kenton-Smith | Individual recurve | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Ameera Lee | align=left rowspan=2 | Individual compound | ||||||||
| Melissa Tanner | ||||||||||
| AJ Jennings | Individual recurve | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| | Team compound | |||||||
| | Team recurve | |||||||
See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Australian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Luke Bailey | 100 m T54 | ||||
| 800 m T54 | ||||||
| 400 m T54 | ||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Jaryd Clifford Matthew Clarke & Tim Logan (guides) | 1500 m T13 | ||||
| 5000 m T13 | ||||||
| Angus Hincksman | align=left | 1500 m T38 | ||||
| Reece Langdon | align=left | 1500 m T38 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Rheed McCracken | 100 m T34 | ||||
| 800 m T34 | ||||||
| Sam McIntosh | 100 m T52 | |||||
| Chad Perris | 100 m T13 | |||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Sam Rizzo | 800 m T54 | ||||
| 1500 m T54 | ||||||
| 5000 m T54 | ||||||
| Michael Roeger | 1500 m T46 | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | James Turner | 100 m T36 | ||||
| 400 m T36 | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Angela Ballard | 400 metres T53 | |||||
| 800 metres T53 | |||||||
| Telaya Blacksmith | 400 metres T20 | ||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Rhiannon Clarke | align=left | 100 metres T38 | ||||
| align=left | 400 metres T38 | ||||||
| Annabelle Colman | 1500 m T20 | ||||||
| Abby Craswell | align=left | 100 metres T36 | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Madison de Rozario | 1500 m T53 | |||||
| 5000 m T53 | |||||||
| Marathon T53 | |||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Mali Lovell | align=left | 100 metres T36 | ||||
| align=left | 200 metres T36 | ||||||
| Ella Pardy | align=left | 100 metres T38 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | |||
| Corey Anderson | Javelin throw F38 | |||
| Michal Burian | Javelin throw F64 | |||
| Jackson Hamilton | Javelin throw F13 | |||
| Guy Henley | Discus throw F37 | |||
| Nicholas Hum | Long jump T20 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | |||
| align=left | Telaya Blacksmith | Long jump T20 | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Sarah Clifton-Bligh | Shot put F32 | ||
| Club throw | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Dayna Crees | Javelin throw F34 | ||
| Shot put F34 | ||||
| Sarah Edmiston | Discus throw F44 | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Ella Hose | Shot put F37 | ||
| Discus Throw F38 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Rosemary Little | Shot put F32 | ||
| Club throw | ||||
| Vanessa Low | Long jump T63 | |||
| Samantha Schmidt | Discus throw F38 | |||
| Maria Strong | Shot pout F33 | |||
| Sarah Walsh | Long jump T64 | |||
See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Two athletes were selected on 23 May 2024– Celine Vinot and Mischa Ginns.[10]
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Mischa Ginns | Women's singles WH2 | ||||||||
| Celine Vinot | Women's singles SL3 | ||||||||
See main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Daniel Michel and Jamieson Leeson, and their respective ramp operators Ash Maddern and Jasmine Haydon were selected on 11 June 2024.[11]
| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Daniel Michel | align=left rowspan=2 | Mixed individual BC3 | |||||||||
| Jamieson Leeson | |||||||||||
| Daniel Michel Jamieson Leeson | Mixed pairs BC3 | ||||||||||
See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Thirteen athletes selected on 31 July 2024 with Korey Boddington, Kane Perris and Alana Forster making their Paralympics debut.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Grant Allen | Men's road race H4 | ||
| align=left | Korey Boddington | Men's road race C4-5 | ||
| align=left rowspan="2" | Alistair Donohoe | Men's road time trial C4 | ||
| Men's road race C4-5 | ||||
| align=left rowspan="2" | Darren Hicks | Men's road time trial C2 | ||
| Men's road race C1-3 |
See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Four riders selected on 4 July 2024 with Lisa Martin competing at her second Games.[13]
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||
| Stella Barton | Individual championship test grade I | |||
| Dressage individual team test grade I | ||||
| Bridget Murphy | Individual championship test grade II | |||
| Dressage individual team test grade II | ||||
| Dianne Barnes | Individual championship test grade IV | |||
| Dressage individual team test grade IV | ||||
| Lisa Martin | Individual championship test grade V | |||
| Dressage individual team test grade V | ||||
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | ||||||
| Stella Barton | align=left rowspan=4 | See above | align=left rowspan=4 | Team | |||
| Bridget Murphy | |||||||
| Dianne Barnes | |||||||
| Lisa Martin | |||||||
See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. On 24 July 2024, Taylor Gosens was selected as Australia's first female judoka since 2004 Athens Paralympics.[14]
See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Australia earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semi-Final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Curtis McGrath | Men's KL2 | ||||||
| Men's VL3 | |||||||
| Dylan Littlehales | Men's KL3 | ||||||
| Susan Seipel | Women's KL2 | ||||||
| Women's VL2 | |||||||
See main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. A team of twelve athletes and one guide was selected on 2024 July 2021. Seven athletes will be making their Paralympics Games debut and Sam Harding competing in triathlon after being a distance runner at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[15]
| Athlete | Event | Swim | Trans 1 | Bike | Trans 2 | Run | Total Time | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nic Beveridge | align=left | PTWC | ||||||||
| Sam Harding Aaron Royle (guide) | align=left | PTVI | ||||||||
| Tom Goodman | align=left | PTS2 | ||||||||
| Justin Godfrey | align=left | PTS3 | ||||||||
| Jeremy Peacock | align=left | PTS4 | ||||||||
| Liam Twomey | align=left | PTS4 | ||||||||
| David Bryant | align=left | PTS5 | ||||||||
| Jack Howell | align=left | PTS5 |
| Athlete | Event | Swim | Trans 1 | Bike | Trans 2 | Run | Total Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren Parker | PTWC | |||||||
| Anu Francis | PTS2 | |||||||
| Grace Brimelow | PTS4 | |||||||
| Sally Pilbeam | PTS4 | |||||||
See also: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
For the first time since 2012, Australia sent two powerlifters based on quotas as of 25 July 2024.[16]
| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hani Watson | Women's +86 kg | |||
| Ben Wright | Men's 88 kg |
See main article: article and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Australian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Erik Horrie | PR1 men's single sculls | |||||||
| Nikki Ayers Jed Altschwager | PR3 mixed double sculls | |||||||
| Susannah Lutze Alexandra Viney Tom Birtwhistle Tobiah Goffsassen Hannah Cowap (cox) | PR3 mixed coxed four | |||||||
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
See main article: article and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Two shooters were selected on 22 July 2024.[17]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Natalie Smith | Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | ||||
| Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1 | |||||
| Anton Zappelli | Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1 | ||||
| Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1 | |||||
See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Paralympics Australia named thirty athletes - fifteen men and fifteen women on 14 June 2024.[18] Eight athletes - four women and four men were selected to make their Paralympic Games debut.
| Athletes | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |||
| 4 x 50 m freestyle 20pts | ||||
| 4 x 50 m medley 20pts | ||||
| 4 x 100 m freestyle S14 | ||||
| 4 x 100 m freestyle S14 | ||||
| 4 x 100 m freestyle 34 pts | ||||
| 4 x 100 m medley 34 pts | ||||
See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Australia entered 12 athletes for the Paralympic games. Six of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, through the 2023 Oceanian Championships in Honiara, Solomon Islands;[19] meanwhile the other athletes qualified through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||||
| Jessy Chen | align=left | Individual C3 | |||||||||
| Chris Addis | align=left | Individual C4 | |||||||||
| Zhi Ming Huo | align=left | Individual C5 | |||||||||
| Trevor Hirth | align=left | Individual C6 | |||||||||
| Nathan Pellissier | align=left | Individual C8 | |||||||||
| Ma Lin | align=left | Individual C9 | |||||||||
| Samuel Von Einem | align=left | Individual C11 | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Hayley Sands | Individual C1–2 | |||||||||
| Daniela Di Toro | Individual C4 | |||||||||
| Lei Lina | Individual C9 | |||||||||
| Yang Qian | align=left rowspan=2 | Individual C10 | ||||||||
| Melissa Tapper | ||||||||||
See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Australia men have qualified to compete at Paris 2024, following the triumph of the nations gold medal results at the 2024 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.[20]
See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Australia has qualified to compete at the Paralympic games, by virtue of their top three highest ranked team results, at the 2024 Paralympic Qualification Tournament in Wellington, New Zealand.[21]
See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Three players selected on 5 August 2024.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Heath Davidson | Quad singles | |||||||
| Ben Weekes | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's singles | ||||||
| Anderson Parker | ||||||||
| Anderson Parker Ben Weekes | Men's doubles | |||||||