Paris 2024: Find out who is competing at this year's Paralympic Games

One hundred and eighty athletes from 60 nations and a refugee Para athlete will head to Paris in September for the 2024 Paralympic Games. Twenty medal events (10 for men and 10 for women) will take place at La Chapelle Arena from 4 to 8 September.

This year's Paralympics mark 40 years since Para powerlifting was introduced to the Games' medal programme in New York, USA. As in Tokyo three years ago, the sport will feature gender parity, with 50-50 female and male lifters.

Paris 2024 will be a milestone for the Refugee Paralympic Team in Para powerlifting. The team, created at the Rio 2016 Games, represents more than 120 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. In France, eight athletes will compete across six sports. Among them is Hadi Darvish, who will take part in the men's up to 80kg category on 6 September. 

Eight nations that did not compete at Tokyo 2020 will return in Paris: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Uganda. Portugal will make its Games debut in the sport.

Below you can find the full list of athletes competing at Paris 2024 with their best qualifying lift in kilograms.

FEMALE EVENTS

Women's Up to 41 kg

1. Zhe Cui (CHN) - 116
2. Esther Nworgu (NGR) - 114
3. Lara Aparecida de Lima (BRA) - 107
4. Kerly Lascano (ECU) - 106
5. Ni Nengah Widiasih (INA) - 100
6. Cristina Poblador Granados (COL) - 99
7. Hellen Wawira Kariuki (KEN) - 98
8. Enas Elgebaly Abdelaal Aggag (EGY) - 97
9. Simone Machado Fragoso (POR) - 59

Women's Up to 45 kg

1. Lingling Guo (CHN) - 121
2. Zoe Newson (GBR) - 104
3. Nazmiye Muratli (TUR) - 104
4. Wafae El Azzab (MAR) - 99
5. Tursynay Kabyl (KAZ) - 97
6. Justyna Kozdryk (POL) - 96
7. Samira Guerioua (ALG) - 95
8. Sakina Khatun (IND) - 90
9. Lourdes Maciel (ARG) - 80

Women's Up to 50 kg

1. Jinping Xiao (CHN) - 123
2. Bose Bejide (NGR) - 121
3. Clara Sarahy Fuentes Monasterio (VEN) - 116
4. Camila Campos (CHI) - 115
5. Olivia Broome (GBR) - 112
6. Akidakhon Akhtamova (UZB) - 109
7. Maria Rizonaide Da Silva (BRA) - 106
8. Thi Linh Phuong Dang (VIE) - 103
9. Loida Zabala Ollero (ESP) - 98

Women's Up to 55 kg

1. Rehab Ahmed (EGY) - 135
2. Mariana Shevchuk (UKR) - 127
3. Besra Duman (TUR) - 123
4. Kamolpan Kraratpet (THA) - 107
5. Hoang Tuyet Loan Chau (VIE) - 106
6. Charlotte McGuinness (GBR) - 104
7. Durdona Turaeva (UZB) - 99
8. Emanuela Romano (ITA) - 98

Women's Up to 61 kg

1. Onyinyechi Mark (NGR) - 146
2. Jianjin Cui (CHN) - 138
3. Amalia Perez Vazquez (MEX) - 132
4. Najat El Garraa (MAR) - 123
5. Ana Lucia Pinto Ochoa (COL) - 112
6. Rukhshona Uktamova (UZB) - 109
7. Ana Paula Goncalves Marques (BRA) - 104
8. Greta Vardanyan (ARM) - 103
9. Paulina Przywecka-Puziak (POL) - 101
10. Maria Markou (CYP) - 100

Women's Up to 67 kg

1. Yujiao Tan (CHN) - 141
2. Fatma Elyan (EGY) - 136
3. Lucy Ejike (NGR) - 131
4. Bertha Cecilia Fernandez Arango (COL) - 131
5. Maria de Fatima Costa de Castro (BRA) - 127
6. Souhad Ghazouani (FRA) – 126
7.    Kudratoy Toshpulatova (UZB) - 125
8, Hyeong Hui Kim (KOR) - 113
9. Kasthuri Rajamani (IND) - 105

Women's Up to 73 kg

1.    Kafila Almaruf (NGR) - 151
2.    Mariana D'Andrea (BRA) - 145
3.    Sibel Cam (TUR) - 132
4.    Ruza Kuzieva (UZB) - 129
5.    Raushan Koishibayeva (KAZ) - 121
6.    Youn Shil Jeong (KOR) - 112
7.    Arawan Bootpo (THA) - 111
8.    Thamar Gisele Mengue (CMR) - 102
9.    Larisa Marinenkova (MDA) - 85

Women's Up to 79 kg

1.    Miaoyu Han (CHN) - 153
2.    Bose Omolayo (NGR) - 152
3.    Safaa Hassan (EGY) - 131
4.    Asma Issa (JOR) - 130
5.    Louise Sugden (GBR) - 128
6.    Britney Arendse (IRL) - 128
7.    Caroline Fernandes Alves (BRA) - 127
8.    Siti Mahmudah (INA) - 126

Women's Up to 86 kg

1.    Feifei Zheng (CHN) - 159
2.    Tayana Medeiros (BRA) - 145
3.    Randa Mahmoud (EGY) - 136
4.    Tharwh Tayseer Hamdan Alhajaj (JOR) - 134
5.    Marion Alejandra Serrano Guajardo (CHI) - 131
6.    Jaewon Yang (KOR) - 123
7.    Loveline Obiji (NGR) - 121
8.    Mayagozel Ekeyeva (TKM) - 115
9.    Tzu-Hui Lin (TPE) - 108
10.    Mirgul Bolotalieva (KGZ) - 101

Women's Over 86 kg

1.    Folashade Oluwafemiayo (NGR) - 165
2.    Nataliia Oliinyk (UKR) - 164
3.    Xuemei Deng (CHN) - 156
4.    Nadia Ali (EGY) - 151
5.    Marzena Zieba (POL) - 141
6.    Perla Patricia Barcenas Ponce de Leon (MEX) - 140
7.    Sriyanti (INA) - 138
8.    Hani Watson (AUS) - 137
9.    Ashley Dyce (USA) - 115
10.    Ghazalah Alaqouri (LBA) - 97

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MALE EVENTS 

Men's Up to 49 kg

1. Omara Qarada (JOR) - 182
2. Le Van Cong (VIE) - 176
3. Abdullah Kayapinar (TUR) - 175
4. Zheng Yu (CHN) - 167
5. Parmjeet Kumar (IND) - 166
6. Nandor Tunkel (HUN) - 163
7. Alex Adelaide (FRA) - 159
8. Adnan Noorsaeed (KSA) - 158
9. Hadj Ahmed Beyour (ALG) - 150

Men's Up to 54 kg

1. David Degtyarev (KAZ) - 186
2. Jinglang Yang (CHN) - 185
3. Binh An Nguyen (VIE) - 184
4. Pablo Ramirez Barrientos (CUB) - 183
5. Muslim Al-Sudani (IRQ) - 182
6. Mohammad Alshnaiti (JOR) - 173
7. Axel Bourlon (FRA) - 169
8. Taha Abdelmajid (EGY) - 168
9. Dimitrios Bakochristos (GRE) - 168
10. Jeyhun Mahmudov (AZE) - 156

Men's Up to 59 kg

1. Mohsen Bakhtiar (IRI) - 196
2. Mohamed Elmenyawy (EGY) - 195
3. Herbert Aceituno (ESA) - 195
4. Yongkai Qi (CHN) - 194
5. Paschalis Kouloumoglou (GRE) - 188
6. Juan Carlos Garrido Acevedo (CHI) - 185
7. Stanislav Shakiyev (KAZ) - 176
8. Kostiantyn Panasiuk (UKR) - 173
9. Diego Quispe (PER) - 123

Men's Up to 65 kg

1. Yi Zou (CHN) - 222
2. Amir Jafari Arangeh (IRI) - 203
3. Thomas Kure (NGR) - 202
4. Mark Swan (GBR) - 200
5. Hocine Bettir (ALG) - 198
6. Ashok (IND) - 198
7. Jorge Carinao (CHI) - 197
8. Sherif Osman (EGY) - 192

Men's Up to 72 kg

1. Bonnie Bunyau Gustin (MAS) - 231
2. Donato Telesca (ITA) - 216
3. Peng Hu (CHN) - 211
4. Bekzod Jamilov (UZB) - 210
5. Rey Melchor Dimas Vasquez (PAN) - 206
6. Mahmoud Attia (EGY) - 197
7. Ugur Yumuk (TUR) - 196
8. Ezequiel Correa (BRA) - 186

Men's Up to 80 kg

1. Xiaofei Gu (CHN) - 238
2. Roohallah Rostami (IRI) - 237
3. Rasool Mohsin (IRQ) - 235
4. Gyuho Kim (KOR) - 201
5. Matthew Harding (GBR) - 196
6. Ailton Bento de Souza (BRA) - 195
7. Jesus Manuel Rodriguez Vallejo (DOM) - 194
8. Adou Herve Ano (CIV) - 194
9. Hadi Darvishpoor (RPT) - 186

Men's Up to 88 kg

1. Panpan Yan (CHN) - 240
2. Mohamed Elelfat (EGY) - 225
3. Yurii Babynets (UKR) - 221
4. Khusniddin Usmanov (UZB) - 211
5. Mohammed Khamis Khalaf (UAE) - 210
6. Rakhmetzhan Khamayev (KAZ) - 206
7. Evanio Da Silva (BRA) - 202
8. Wawrzyniec Latus (POL) - 197
9. Ben Wright (AUS) - 191
10. Dennis Mbaziira (UGA) - 182

Men's Up to 97 kg

1. Abdelkareem Mohmmad Ahmad Khattab (JOR) - 260
2. Jixiong Ye (CHN) - 242
3. Fabio Torres (COL) - 230
4. Seyedhamed Solhipouravanji (IRI) - 226
5. Hany Abdelhady (EGY) - 216
6. Andrea Maria Quarto (ITA) - 214
7. Nicodemus Manggoi Moses (MAS) - 213
8. Petar Milenkovic (SRB) - 212
9. Rafik Arabat (FRA) - 212

Men's Up to 107 kg

1. Aliakbar Gharibshahi (IRI) - 254
2. Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar (MGL) - 250
3. Jose De Jesus Castillo Castillo (MEX) - 235
4. Bobby Body (USA) - 231
5. Yee Khie Jong (MAS) - 230
6. Ilkhom Khalimov (UZB) - 230
7. Mutaz Zakaria Daoud Aljuneidi (JOR) - 222
8. Mateus de Assis Silva (BRA) - 215
9. Kazuhito Sato (JPN) - 181

Men's Over 107 kg

1. Ahmad Aminzadeh (IRI) - 267
2. Anton Kriukov (UKR) - 248
3. Akaki Jintcharadze (GEO) - 242
4. Jamil Elshebli (JOR) - 240
5. Faris Al-Ageeli (IRQ) - 240
6. Eglain Antonio Mena Lemus (COL) - 233
7. Liam McGarry (GBR) - 232
8. Amr Mosaad (EGY) - 232
9. Tahiru Haruna (GHA) - 225