Final ParalympicsGB Para athletics names confirmed for Paris 2024

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 both 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.

Greaves said: “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 & 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.”

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 for Paris.

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, Penny Briscoe for Paris 2024, 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.”

At Tokyo 2020 ParalympicsGB won medals across a record breaking 18 different sports – the highest number of any nation ever. ParalympicsGB finished second on the medal table with 124 medals overall, including 41 gold, 38 silver and 45 bronze. A total of 213 athletes from 19 sports are expected to make up the British team that will compete in Paris.