The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are due to kick off on August 28th and will run for 12 days until September 8th.
There are 35 athletes representing Ireland in the games across nine different sports. The opening ceremony will take place on Wednesday, August 28th at the Place de la Concorde.
Orla Comerford and table tennis player Colin Judge will fly the flag for Ireland during the ceremony which will begin at 6:30 PM on RTÉ 2.
Ireland has competed in the Paralympic games every four years since its inception in Rome in 1960. Irish Paralympians have brought home a total of 233 medals since the Rome Games in 1960 and we are excited to see them add to this impressive number over the next two weeks.
Here is a list of the Paralympians we will be cheering on in Paris.
Para Athletics
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Mary Fitzgerald – Shot Put
Orla Comerford – 100m
Aaron Shorten – 1500m
Greta Streimikyte – 1500m
Shauna Bocquet – 5000m,1500m,100m
Para Rowing
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Katie O’Brien – Mixed Double Sculls
Tiarnán O’Donnell – Mixed Double Sculls
Para Triathlon
Cassie Cava
Eimear Nicholls
Catherine Sands
Judith MacCombe
Chloe MacCombe
Para Swimming
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Ellen Keane – 100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke
Nicole Turner – 50m Free, 50m Fly
Róisín Ní Riain – 200m IM, 100m Breaststroke
Dearbhaile Brady – 50m Free, 50m Fly
Deaten Registe – 100m Breaststroke
Barry McClements – 100m Backstroke, 100m Fly
Para Table Tennis
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Colin Judge
Para Cycling
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Katie-George Dunlevy – Women’s 1000m Time Trial, Women’s 3000m Individual Pursuit, Women’s Road Race
Josephine Healion – Women’s 1000m Time Trial, 3000m Individual Pursuit
Richael Timothy – Women’s 3000m Individual Pursuit, 500m Time Trial, Individual Time Trial, Women’s Road Race
Linda Kelly
Eve McCrystal
Eoin Mullen – Men’s 4000m Individual pursuit, 1000m Time Trial
Mitchell McLaughlin – Men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit, Men’s 1000m Time Trial, Men’s Individual Time Trial, Road Race
Martin Gordon – Men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit, 1000m Time Trial
Ronan Grimes – 1000m Time Trial, 4000m Individual Pursuit, Individual Time Trial, Road Race
Damien Vereker – 4000m Individual pursuit, Men’s 1000m Time trial, Men’s individual Time Trial, Road Race
Para Equestrian
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Sarah Slattery – Individual, Team Equestrian
Jessica McKenna – Individual, Team Equestrian
Kate Kerr-Horan – Individual
Michael Murphy – Individual, Team Equestrian
Para Powerlifting
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Britney Arendse – up to 79kg
Para Archery
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Kerrie Leonard
We’re wishing all of our amazing Paralympians the best of luck!