Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Flag bearers Alia Issa, Abbas Karimi | | |
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The Refugee Paralympic Team, previously the Independent Paralympic Athletes Team, competed at the
Representation
The team do not represent any particular country; they represent the estimated 82 million people around the world who are refugees. The UNHCR estimates that 12 million of the 82 million refugees have disabilities. The team was welcomed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.[1][2]
Participation
The team was announced on 30 June 2021 by the International Paralympic Committee. American swimmer
Athlete | Country of Origin | Residence | Sport | Event |
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Ibrahim Al Hussein | Syria | Athens, Greece | Para swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S9 Men's 100 m breaststroke SB8 |
Alia Issa | Syria | Athens, Greece | Para athletics | Women's Club throw F32 |
Parfait Hakizimana | Burundi | Mahama Refugee Camp, Rwanda | Para taekwondo | Men's K44 -61 kg |
Abbas Karimi | Afghanistan | Fort Lauderdale, USA | Para swimming | Men's 50m backstroke S5 Men's 50m backstroke S5 |
Anas Al Khalifa | Syria | Halle, Germany | Para canoe | Men's Va'a Single 200m - KL2 Men's Va'a Single 200m - VL2 |
Shahrad Nasajpour | Iran | Phoenix, USA | Para athletics | Men's Discus F37 |
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All athletes are new to the Paralympics except Ibrahim Al Hussein[6] and Shahrad Nasajpour[7] who competed in 2016.
Number of competitors by event
The following lists the number of competitors by event and gender.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Paracanoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Athletics
Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
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Alia Issa | Women's club throw F32 | 16.33 | 8 |
Shahrad Nasajpour | Men's Discus throw F37 | 42.25 | 8 |
Paracanoeing
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semi-final | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Anas Al Khalifa | Men's Kayak KL1 | 57.010 | 6 SF | 53.654 | 5 FB | 54.265 | 3 |
Men's Va'a VL2 | 1:04.658 | 6 SF | 1:01.467 | 5 | did not advance |
Swimming
Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Ibrahim Al Hussein | Men's 50 m freestyle S9 | 30.27 | 23 | Did not advance | |
Men's 100 m breaststroke SB8 | DSQ | Did not advance | |||
Abbas Karimi | Men's 50 m butterfly S5 | 36.36 | 5 Q | 38.16 | 8 |
Men's 50 m backstroke S5 | 46.48 | 15 | Did not advance |
Taekwondo
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Repechage 1 | Semifinals | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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Parfait Hakizimana | Men's -61 kg | Torquato (BRA) L 4-27 |
Did not advance | Bozteke (TUR) L WD |
Did not advance |
Sponsorship
The team is supported by the IPC organizationally, but financially they are sponsored by
References
- ^ a b c d e "IPC announces six athletes to compete for the Refugee Paralympic Team at Tokyo 2020". Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "IPC announces six athletes to compete for the Refugee Paralympic Team at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". UNHCR. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Building the first Refugee Paralympic Team | sportanddev.org". www.sportanddev.org. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Refugee Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2020 announced | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Building the first Refugee Paralympic Team | sportanddev.org". www.sportanddev.org. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Rio Paralympics: Two refugee Para-athletes named for Rio Paralympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Shahrad Nasajpour – Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 July 2021.