ParalympicsGB has today announced that Penny Briscoe CBE has been appointed as Chef de Mission to the team for the LA 2028 Paralympic Games. Briscoe’s confirmation in the role follows a hugely successful Games for the British team in Paris last year under her leadership, where ParalympicsGB finished second on the medal table for the
Five Paris 2024 medallists were among the Olympians and Paralympians whose achievements were celebrated at a special homecoming reception at the University of Bath. The athletes all train, study or studied at the University, one of the country’s leading institutions for high-performance sport, and were joined at the gathering by staff, coaches and civic representatives
ParalympicsGB are sending an open letter to the Prime Minister to insist that disabled children have equal access to school sport. Dear Prime Minister Over the last 11 days at Paris 2024, the ParalympicsGB team have been energised by the incredible support from the UK public, both back home and at the venues where British
ParalympicsGB rounded off a glittering Games in Paris with two gold medals on the final day of competition to take their overall medal tally to 49 gold, 44 silver and 31 bronze – cementing their second place finish in the medal table for the third consecutive Paralympic Games. With eight more gold medals won than in
ParalympicsGB announces flagbearers for Closing Ceremony of Paris 2024 Paralympic Games ParalympicsGB is delighted to announce Paralympic champions and Games debutants Matt Bush and Poppy Maskill as the flagbearers for the British team at the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Sunday 8th September. ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission, Penny Briscoe OBE said:
Action gets underway on a busy Day One of the Paralympics, with swimming and cycling taking centre stage for ParalympicsGB. From boccia to wheelchair rugby, Brits will be competing in a variety of sports across the French capital as they look to kick their Games off with a bang. Track cycling Kadeena Cox gets things
ParalympicsGB have today announced the two flagbearers who will carry the Union flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Seven-time Paralympic Wheelchair basketball player Terry Bywater and Wheelchair tennis athlete Lucy Shuker, who will be competing at her fifth Games, will lead the British team at the Opening Ceremony which takes
Paralympians who train at the University of Bath are heading to Paris determined to write their own chapters in this summer’s sporting success story. Seven athletes from four sports – Dan Bethell (para-badminton), Suzanna Hext (para-swimming), Michael Taylor (para-triathlon), and Gemma Collis, Dimitri Coutya, Piers Gilliver and Oliver Lam-Watson (wheelchair fencing) – have been selected
The final Para Athletics team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games has been announced by ParalympicsGB today. After 10 athletes were selected in the first wave of selection in June, 23 athletes join the squad to represent ParalympicsGB in the French capital next month. Among the names added to the team are multiple Paralympic medallists
Seven Para powerlifters – including four Paralympic debutants – have been selected to represent ParalympicsGB at Paris 2024 in just over one month’s time. Louise Sugden won bronze at Tokyo 2020, securing the medal with her final lift of the competition. The 40-year-old – who represented ParalympicsGB in wheelchair basketball at both Beijing 2008 and
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