Paris 2024: Ones to Watch in Para rowing

The 10 names you should be looking out for when the next Paralympics kick off in France 17 May 2024

By IPC

With the countdown to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games well and truly in the final stages, our Sport Weeks provide you with the perfect guide to each of the competitions being contested in France.

To round off this week, here are the Para rowers to look out for this summer.

Laurent Cadot (France)

A male and a female Para rower pose for a photograph while holding the French flag. — Laurent Cadot, right @World Rowing

The two-time Olympian switched to Para rowing after developing a neurological disorder. After winning world PR3 mixed double sculls bronze, he will make his Paralympic debut on home water at Paris 2024.

Birgit Skarstein (Norway)

Para rower Birgit Skarstein in her boat holding her gold medal and smiling — @Naomi Baker/Getty Images

The dual summer-winter sport athlete, who is the reigning Paralympic, world and European champion in the PR1 women’s single sculls, went undefeated in 2023 as she focuses on retaining her title at Paris 2024.

Benjamin Pritchard (Great Britain)

A male Para rower in action. — @World Rowing

The double world bronze medallist narrowly missed out on the podium at his debut Paralympics at Tokyo 2020, finishing fifth overall in the PR1 men’s single sculls.

Roman Polianskyi (Ukraine)

The reigning double Paralympic champion in the PR1 men’s single sculls heads to Paris 2024 looking for his third successive Games gold.

Katie O’Brien (Ireland)

A female and male Para rowers competing — @World Rowing / Benedict Tufnell

O'Brien won gold in the PR2W1x event at the 2022 World Rowing Championships. She is preparing to make her Paralympic debut in Paris.

Asiya Mohammed Sururu (Kenya)

She became the first female rower from Kenya to compete at the Paralympics when she debuted in the PR1 women’s single sculls at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Jed Altschwager (Australia)

Two Para rowers - a male athlete and a female athlete - compete. — @Benedict Tufnell/ World Rowing

The Worlds multi-medallist transitioned from men’s to PR3 mixed double sculls to win his first world title in 2023. Paris 2024 will be his Paralympic debut.

Claudia Cicero Sabino (Brazil)

A female Para rower in action — @Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images

The Brazilian athlete is targeting her first Paralympic medal at Paris 2024 after finishing sixth at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Liu Shuang (China)

Two athletes pose for a photo while holding the flag of China — @World Rowing

She qualified for Paris 2024 with silver in the PR2 mixed double sculls at the 2023 Worlds and will be looking to add the elusive Paralympic gold to her medal collection at her third Games.

Book your tickets for the Paralympic Games by visiting the Paris 2024 ticketing website.