Olympics 2024: athletes and medalists competing for the Paralympic refugee team in Paris

During the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, held in the French capital from July 26 to August 11, theRefugee Olympic Team made a big splash, thanks in particular to Cindy Ngamba, flag-bearer for the closing ceremony and, above all, the first medalist in the history of the Refugee Team.

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Created in 2016 at the Rio Games, the Olympic and Paralympic Refugee Team is experiencing a fine record at the Paris 2024 Games, with the number of athletes competing under the Olympic banner - the flag representing this multicultural team from around the world - breaking all records. With 37 Olympic and 8 Paralympic athletes, the team is hoping to win the first-ever Paralympic medal in its history.

At the Tokyo 2021 Games, the refugee Olympic team failed to win a medal.

Paralympic refugee team athletes for the Paris 2024 Olympics:

• Zakia Khudadadi (para taekwondo and flag bearer)
• Guillaume Junior Atangana (para athletics)
• Ibrahim Al Hussein (para triathlon)
• Salman Abbariki (para athletics)
• Hadi Darvish (para weightlifting)
• Sayed Amir Hossein Pour (table tennis)
• Amelio Castro Grueso (wheelchair fencing)
• Hadi Hassanzada (taekwondo)

We wish the athletes in this team good luck and lots of medals!

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