Trending 27th August 2024 by Olivia O'Dwyer

Here’s Who We’ll Be Cheering on at The Paris 2024 Paralympics

It's happening - this week!

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are due to kick off on August 28th and will run for 12 days until September 8th.

There are 35 athletes representing Ireland in the games across nine different sports – and we just can’t wait to see them in action!

The opening ceremony will take place on Wednesday, August 28th at the Place de la Concorde.

Orla Comerford and table tennis player Colin Judge will fly the flag for Ireland during the ceremony which will begin at 6:30 PM on RTÉ 2.

Ireland has competed in the Paralympic games every four years since its inception in Rome in 1960. Irish Paralympians have brought home a total of 233 medals since the Rome Games in 1960 and we are excited to see them add to this impressive number over the next two weeks.

Here is a list of the Paralympians we will be cheering on in Paris.

Para Athletics

Mary Fitzgerald – Shot Put

Orla Comerford – 100m

Aaron Shorten – 1500m

Greta Streimikyte – 1500m

Shauna Bocquet – 5000m,1500m,100m

Para Rowing

Katie O’Brien – Mixed Double Sculls

Tiarnán O’Donnell – Mixed Double Sculls

Para Triathlon

Cassie Cava

Eimear Nicholls

Catherine Sands

Judith MacCombe

Chloe MacCombe

Para Swimming

Ellen Keane – 100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke

Nicole Turner – 50m Free, 50m Fly

Róisín Ní Riain – 200m IM, 100m Breaststroke

Dearbhaile Brady – 50m Free, 50m Fly

Deaten Registe – 100m Breaststroke

Barry McClements – 100m Backstroke, 100m Fly

Para Table Tennis

 

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Colin Judge

Para Cycling

Katie-George Dunlevy – Women’s 1000m Time Trial, Women’s 3000m Individual Pursuit, Women’s Road Race

Josephine Healion – Women’s 1000m Time Trial, 3000m Individual Pursuit

Richael Timothy – Women’s 3000m Individual Pursuit, 500m Time Trial, Individual Time Trial, Women’s Road Race

Linda Kelly

Eve McCrystal

Eoin Mullen – Men’s 4000m Individual pursuit, 1000m Time Trial

Mitchell McLaughlin – Men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit, Men’s 1000m Time Trial, Men’s Individual Time Trial, Road Race

Martin Gordon – Men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit, 1000m Time Trial

Ronan Grimes – 1000m Time Trial, 4000m Individual Pursuit, Individual Time Trial, Road Race

Damien Vereker – 4000m Individual pursuit, Men’s 1000m Time trial, Men’s individual Time Trial, Road Race

Para Equestrian

Sarah Slattery – Individual, Team Equestrian

Jessica McKenna – Individual, Team Equestrian

Kate Kerr-Horan – Individual

Michael Murphy – Individual, Team Equestrian

Para Powerlifting

 

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Britney Arendse – up to 79kg

Para Archery

 

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Kerrie Leonard

We’re wishing all of our amazing Paralympians the best of luck!