Paris Team adds 86 Athletes Across 13 Sports as the Countdown to Games Continues

Over the past five weeks, 86 of Canada’s elite Para athletes have been nominated to the Canadian Paralympic Team for the Paris 2024 Paralympics that will take August 28 to September 8 in Paris, France. Canada is expecting to send a team of approximately 130 athletes to the Games.

The Paris 2024 Paralympics are on track to be the most gender-balanced Paralympics in history, with an expected 45% of athletes being women, surpassing the historic record of 42% achieved at Tokyo 2020.

The President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Andrew Parsons, recently declared that “the Paralympic Games in Paris will be the most spectacular in history”.

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will begin with the Opening Ceremony on August 28 and continue through September 8. Audiences can tune in for CBC/Radio-Canada’s coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games from August 28 to September 8 on CBC, CBC Gem, CBC’s Paris 2024 website (cbc.ca/paris2024) and the CBC Paris 2024 app in English and on ICI TÉLÉ, ICI TOU.TV, Radio-Canada.ca/paris2024, and on the Radio-Canada Paralympiques app in French.

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Para athletics

A team of 20 athletes has been nominated to represent Canada in Para athletics at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Athletics Canada announced.

A collage of Canadian Sitting volleyball players.

Twelve athletes have been nominated to the women’s sitting volleyball team set to represent Canada at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games this summer, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Volleyball Canada announced.

A collage of Canadian Para equestrian athletes competing on their horses.

A team of three Para dressage riders and their horses have been nominated to represent Canada in Para equestrian at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Equestrian Canada announced.

Four boccia players have been nominated to compete for Canada at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Boccia Canada announced.

Canadian Wheelchair tennis star Rob Shaw posing for a photo of him about to serve.

Rob Shaw will represent Canada at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in wheelchair tennis, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Tennis Canada announced.

A collage of Canadian Men's and Women's Wheelchair basketball players.

The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Wheelchair Basketball Canada officially announced today the athletes nominated to the men’s and women’s teams set to represent Canada in wheelchair basketball at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in August.

A collage of Canadian Wheelchair fencers.

A team of three athletes has been nominated to compete for Canada in wheelchair fencing at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Fencing Canada announced.

Canadian Para judoka Priscilla Gagne posing like she is ready for a bout.

Priscilla Gagné will be Canada’s representative in Para judo at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games this summer, with the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Judo Canada confirming her nomination.

A collage of the Canadian Wheelchair rugby team members.

A team of 12 wheelchair rugby athletes have been nominated to represent Canada at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games this summer, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Wheelchair Rugby Canada.

A collage of Canadian Para triathletes in competition.

A team of three high-powered athletes have been nominated to compete for Canada in Para triathlon at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Triathlon Canada announced.

A collage of Canadian Para canoe athletes.

Three athletes – Brianna Hennessy, Erica Scarff, and Mathieu St-Pierre – have been nominated to represent Canada in the sport of Para canoe at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Canoe Kayak Canada announced.