Npc: | RPT |
Npcname: | Refugee Paralympic Team |
Games: | Paralympics |
Flagcaption: | Flag of the International Paralympic Committee |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Winterappearances: | None |
The Refugee Paralympic Team 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 2016 Summer Paralympics as Independent Paralympic Athletes. The Refugee Paralympic Team was formally named starting with the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
See main article: Independent Paralympic Athletes at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The team was announced on August 5, 2016, by the International Paralympic Committee.[1] 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.
Athlete | Country of origin | Host NPC | Sport | Event | |
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United States | Para athletics | Men's Discus F37 | |||
Greece | Para swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S9 Men's 100m freestyle S9 |
See main article: Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Athlete | Country of Origin | Host NPC | Sport | Event | |
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Men's Discus F37 | |||||
Women's Club throw F32 | |||||
Men's Va'a Single 200m - KL2 Men's Va'a Single 200m - VL2 | |||||
Men's 50m backstroke S5 Men's 50m backstroke S5 | |||||
Men's 50m freestyle S9 Men's 100m breaststroke SB8 | |||||
Men's K44 -61 kg |
See main article: Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Athlete | Country of Origin | Host NPC | Sport | Event | |
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Guillaume Junior Atangana | Para athletics | ||||
Salman Abbariki | Para athletics | ||||
Sayed Amir Hossein Pour | Para table tennis | ||||
Hadi Hassanzada | Para taekwando | ||||
Zakia Khudadadi | Para taekwando | Women's –47 kg | |||
Hadi Darvish | Paralympic powerlifting | Men's –80 kg | |||
Ibrahim Al Hussein | Paratriathlon | ||||
Amelio Castro Grueso | Wheelchair fencing |