Denmark at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:DEN
Npcname:Danish Paralympic Committee
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2024
Flagcaption:Flag of Denmark
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:31
Sports:9
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1968

Denmark is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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Athletics2 2 4
Badminton0 1 1
Cycling1 1 2
EquestrianTBD TBD 4
Shooting4 0 4
Swimming1 1 2
Table tennis1 0 1
Taekwondo0 1 1
Wheelchair rugbyTBD TBD 12
Total 9 6 31

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Danish 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).

Track events
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Daniel WagnerMen's 100 m T63
Christian Lykkeby OlsenMen's 1500 m T46
Field events
AthleteEventFinal
DistancePosition
Daniel WagnerMen's long jump T63
Bjørk NørremarkWomen's long jump T47
Emilie AaenWomen's long jump T63

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Denmark has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Emma Lund and Martin Heggelund have both qualified to compete.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Denmark entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition by finishing in the top seven nation's at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark.[1] [2]

Individual
AthleteHorseEventTotal
ScoreRank
Tobias Thorning JoergensenJolene HillIndividual championship test grade III
Individual freestyle test grade III
Katrine KristensenGoerklintgaards QuaterIndividual championship test grade II
Individual freestyle test grade II
Pia Wulff JelstrupZafiaIndividual championship test grade IV
Individual freestyle test grade IV
Karla Dyhm-JungeMiss DaisyIndividual championship test grade III
Individual freestyle test grade III
Team
AthleteHorseEventIndividual scoreTotal
ScoreRank
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Katrine Kristensen
Pia Wulff Jelstrup
Karla Dyhm-Junge

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2016, Denmark entered two para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[3]

Men
Mixed

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Denmark secured two quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Alexander HillhouseMen's 100 m butterfly S14
Johanne Øland Frøkjær

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Denmark entered one athletes for the Paralympic games. Peter Rosenmeier qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Denmark entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Lisa Gjessing qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in women's 65 kg class.

Wheelchair rugby

See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Denmark national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Games after get the bronze medal and finishing top two eligible nation's at the 2023 European Championships Division A in Cardiff, Great Britain.[4]

Team roster

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 20 January 2023. Para Equestrian - Paris 2024. Paris 2024.
  2. Web site: 20 January 2023. FEI World Championships Herning Denmark 2022. FEI.
  3. Web site: Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023. 29 September 2023. Paralympics. 13 October 2023.
  4. WREuro2023. 1655187924151877632. DENMARK HAVE DONE IT!. 7 May 2023. 8 June 2023.