Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of the International Paralympic Committee
IPC code	RPT
NPC	Refugee Paralympic Team
in Paris, France
Competitors	8 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Guillaume Junior Atangana
Medals Ranked 78th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
2020 2024
Other related appearances
Individual Paralympic Athletes (2016)

The Refugee Paralympic Team competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The team consisted of eight athletes and one guide runner, all refugees and asylees who represented more than 120 million forcibly displaced people worldwide.^[1] The formation of the team and its six athletes was announced on 9 July 2024 in a joint statement by the IPC and UNHCR.^[1] The team had made its debut at the 2016 Paralympics as the Independent Paralympic Athletes Team, which consisted of just two athletes, and returned to the 2020 Summer Paralympics under the current name with six refugee and asylee Paralympic athletes.