The final Para Athletics team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games has been announced by ParalympicsGB today.
After 10 athletes were selected in the first wave of selection in June, 23 athletes join the squad to represent ParalympicsGB in the French capital next month.
Among the names added to the team are multiple Paralympic medallists Dan Greaves and David Weir who have been called up to their seventh Games. Greaves has won a medal at every Games dating back to Sydney 2000, while Weir has a decorated career at the highest level of the sport and is fondly remembered for his heroics for ParalympicsGB in London 2012 as well as multiple marathon successes around the world.
Two-time Paralympic champion Jonnie Peacock also joins the squad to contest the T64 100m and the Universal 4x100m relay, while reigning Paralympic champions Sophie Hahn and Thomas Young are called-up for the T38 100m, with Hahn also part of the relay squad.
There are seven athletes competing at their first Paralympic Games including Boston Marathon winner Eden Rainbow-Cooper and Commonwealth Youth Games champion, Madeline Down.
Karim Chan, Funmi Oduwaiye, Didi Okoh and Marcus Perrineau-Daley are the other first-time selected athletes, while Harrison Walsh, who was called up to Tokyo before having to withdraw due to injury, is also among the athletes in the team.
Dan Greaves, competing at his seventh Games in Paris, commented, “To be selected to represent ParalympicsGB on the ultimate stage, the Paralympic Games is such a huge honour. I got the exact same feelings as I did back in 2000 when I was selected for my first Games. The selection call is both exciting and also a relief.
“I can’t wait to get my hands on the kit, chilling with all the athletes in the village and of course, competing in the Stade de France for the greatest prize.
“I love to represent my country and I couldn’t be prouder to wear the red, white and blue in Paris. Each previous Games holds a special memory, and I am hoping to make many more over the Channel in a few weeks’ time.”
Debutant, Eden Rainbow-Cooper added, “I am so excited to be selected for my first Paralympic Games. This has been a dream of mine since I was 12 years old, so to get to go to Paris is truly beyond belief. I can’t wait to get out there and give it my all at the Games.”
ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for Paris 2024, Penny Briscoe, said, “Every Para athlete in this squad has shown terrific talent and determination to secure their place on the ParalympicsGB team for Paris 2024 and I am so proud to welcome such a superb mix of experienced Paralympians alongside those for whom Paris 2024 will be their first Games. I’m really excited to see what our Para athletes can achieve in Paris in just over one month’s time.”
Katie Jones, Head of Paralympic Performance at UK Athletics added, “We are delighted to confirm our final team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The athletes have worked incredibly hard to earn their places at the Games, so we are taking a high-quality team to Paris next month.
“We have several experienced athletes returning to the Games environment, and also a number of debutants who have raised their game this year to book their places in the squad. I wish all the athletes the best of luck with their preparation in the last few weeks before the Games and look forward to watching them perform next month.”
The ParalympicsGB Athletics Team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games:
Women:
Fabienne Andre (Richard Chiassaro, Harlow) – T34 100m and 800m
Kare Adenegan (Job King, Coventry) – T34 100m and 800m *
Hollie Arnold (Scott Knighton, Blackheath & Bromley) – F46 Javelin *
Olivia Breen (Aston Moore, City of Portsmouth) – T38 Long Jump and 100m *
Hannah Cockroft (Paul Moseley, Leeds) – T34 100m, 800m and Universal 4x100m Relay *
Madeline Down (Mike Bennett, Halesowen) – T38 Long Jump and 100m
Sabrina Fortune (Ryan Spencer-Jones, Deeside) – F20 Shot Put *
Sophie Hahn (Leon Baptiste, Charnwood) – T38 100m and Universal 4x100m Relay
Sammi Kinghorn (Rodger Harkins, Red Star) – T53 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and Universal 4x100m Relay *
Anna Nicholson (Richard Kaufman, Gateshead) – F35 Shot Put
Funmi Oduwaiye (Josh Clark, DSW Para Academy) – F64 Shot Put and Discus
Didi Okoh (Joe McDonnell, Chelmsford) – T63 100m
Eden Rainbow-Cooper (Arno Mul, Red Velvet Racing) – T54 800m, 1500m, 5000m and Marathon
Ali Smith (Benke Blomkvist, Guildford & Godalming) – T38 400m and Universal 4x100m Relay
Hannah Taunton (Charlotte Fisher, Taunton) – T20 1500m
Melanie Woods (Rodger Harkins, Red Star) – T54 400m, 800m and 1500m
Men:
Aled Davies (Ryan Spencer-Jones, Cardiff) – F63 Shot Put *
Jonathan Broom-Edwards (Beth Partridge, Newham and Essex Beagles) – T64 High Jump *
Karim Chan (Lukasz Zawila, Charnwood) – T38 Long Jump
Dan Greaves (Zane Duquemin, Charnwood) – F64 Discus
Nathan Maguire (Ste Hoskins, Kirkby AC) – T54 400m, 800m and 1500m
Luke Nuttall (Sonia and Chris McGeorge, Charnwood) – T46 1500m
Jonnie Peacock (Dan Pfaff, Charnwood) – T64 100m and Universal 4x100m Relay
Dan Pembroke (John Trower, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) – F13 Javelin *
Marcus Perrineau-Daley (Jenny Archer, Weir Archer Academy) – T52 100m
Ben Sandilands (Steve Doig, Fife) – T20 1500m *
Zac Shaw (Leon Baptiste, Cleethorpes) – T12 100m and Universal 4x100m Relay
Daniel Sidbury (Christine Parsloe, Sutton & District) – T54 400m, 800m, 1500m and 5000m
Zak Skinner (Aston Moore, Birchfield Harriers) – T13 Long Jump and 100m
Isaac Towers (Pete Wyman, Kirkby AC) – T34 800m
Harrison Walsh (Ryan Spencer-Jones, Swansea) – F64 Discus
David Weir (Jenny Archer, Weir Archer Academy) – T54 1500m, 5000m and Marathon
Thomas Young (Joe McDonnell, Charnwood) – T38 100m
