Zakia Khudadadi, the Refugee Paralympic Team’s (RPT) historic first medal winner, will lead the team out of Paris as the flag bearer at the Paralympic Closing Ceremony on Sunday, marking the end of a stunning Paris 2024 Paralympics.
Eight refugee athletes and one guide runner competed in six of the 22 sports in Paris – Para athletics, Para powerlifting, Para table tennis, Para taekwondo, Para triathlon, and wheelchair fencing.
Khudadadi – competing in women’s Para taekwondo K44-47kg – and Guillaume Junior Atangana – competing in Para athletics in the men’s T11 400m – took home the RPT’s first ever medals, both bronze, dedicating their podium finishes to “refugees around the world”.
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