Did you know France will be hosting its first-ever Summer Paralympics Games in 2024? The Paralympic Games are the dream goal for athletes with disabilities. The program will feature 22 games that take place from August 28 - September 8.
Paralympic athletes with motor, sensory, or intellectual disabilities will compete to achieve the highest sporting standards and will inspire the world. These athletes conquer daily trails and choose to push themselves even further by competing in sports of the highest caliber.
Our latest contest 'Epic Guess Who?' began as a way to shed light on Paralympic athletes. It was extremely difficult to choose only ONE person to highlight to be the winning guess. After spending hours researching and reading their stories and achievements and not wanting to cheapen the significance of how incredibly amazing ALL Paralympians are... We're sharing these role models to inspire us all.
Please click through to the links below, and check out their social media. Get to know them and the extraordinary accomplishments they've made. We follow the athletes that have Instagram so you can find them through us too. We realize there are MANY more Paralympic athletes than we were able to list. Find them through Team USA by Athlete or Sport.
Paralympic Track & Field Team
Women's National Team Femita Ayanbeku (Boston, MA) Sprints Sydney Barta (Arlington, VA) Sprints, Throws Breanna Clark (Los Angeles, CA) Sprints Liza Corso (Newmarket, N.H.) Mid-Distance, Distance Kym Crosby (Yuba City, CA) Sprints Hannah Dederick (Mead, WA) Sprints Jenna Fesemyer (Ravenna, OH) Sprints, Mid-Distance, Distance Beth Grauer (Hoisington, KS) Throws Alicia Guerrero (Wapato, WA) Throws Catarina Guimaraes (Cranford, NJ) Sprints, Jumps Alexa Halko (Williamsburg, VA) Sprints, Mid-Distance Beatriz Hatz (Lakewood, CO) Sprints, Jumps Jessica Heims (Swisher, IA) Throws Samantha Heyison (Adamstown, Maryland) Throws Eva Houston (Omaha, NE) Sprints, Mid-Distance, Distance Yen Hoang (Vancouver, WA) Sprints, Mid-Distance, Distance Aubrey Jumper (Mountain Top, PA) Jumps Erin Kerkhoff (Coralville, IA) Sprints, Mid-Distance Cheri Madsen (Nebraska City, NE) Sprints Noelle Malkamaki (Decatur, IL) Throws Brittni Mason (Richmond Heights, OH) Sprints Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, MD) Sprints, Mid-Distance, Distance Cassie Mitchell (Atlanta, GA) Throws Jaleen Roberts (Kent, WA) Sprints, Jumps Susannah Scaroni (Tekoa, WA) Sprints, Mid-Distance, Distance Taleah Williams (Norfolk,NE) Jumps Deja Young (Mesquite, TX) Sprints
Men's National Team David Blair (Eagle Mountain, UT) Throws Michael Brannigan (Northport, NY) Mid-Distance, Distance David Brown (St. Louis, MO) Sprints Jeremy Campbell (Peyton, TX) –Throws Josh Cinnamo (Lakeville, MN) Throws Tobi Fawehinmi (Arlington, TX) Jumps Ezra Frech (Los Angeles, CA) Sprints, Jumps Lex Gillette (Raleigh, NC) Sprints, Jumps Joel Gomez (Encinitas, CA) Mid-Distance, Distance Jonathan Gore (Fayetteville, WV) Sprints Sam Grewe (Middlebury, IN) Jumps Erik Hightower (Phoenix, AZ) Sprints, Mid-Distance Devin Huhta (Battle Mountain, NV) Throws Gianfranco Iannotta (Garfield, NJ) Sprints, Mid-Distance, Distance Isaac Jean-Paul (Grayslake, IL) Sprints, Jumps Cody Jones (Simi Valley, CA) Throws Hagan Landry (Delcambre, LA) Throws Noah Malone (Fishers, IN) Sprints Ray Martin (Jersey City, NJ) Sprints, Mid-Distance, Distance Nicholas Mayhugh (Manassas, VA) Sprints Trenten Merrill (San Juan Capistrano, CA) Jumps Matthew Paintin (Littleton, CO) Sprints, Mid-Distance Justin Phongsavanh (Des Moines, IA) Throws Daniel Romanchuk (Mount Airy, MD) Mid-Distance, Distance Rayven Sample (Jamestown, NY) Sprints Scot Severn (Caro, MI) Throws Brian Siemann (Savoy, IL) Sprints, Mid-Distance, Distance Roderick Townsend (Stockton, CA) Sprints, Jumps Jarryd Wallace (Athens, GA) –Sprints Dallas Wise (Columbia, SC) Jumps Hunter Woodhall (Syracuse, Utah) Sprints Tanner Wright (Abilene, TX) Sprints
Paralympic Swimming Team
Olivia Chambers McKenzie Coan Julia Gaffney Ahalya Lettenberger Jessica Long Elizabeth Marks Anastasia Pagonis Gia Pergolini Christie Raleigh Crossley Leanne Smith Morgan Stickney Matthew Torres Mallory Weggemann Colleen Young | David Abrahams Jamal Hill Noah Jaffe Mikaela Jenkins Audrey Kim Jack O'Neil Morgan Ray Lawrence Sapp Summer Schmit Lizzi Smith Taylor Winnett | Carson Bruner Megan Gioffreda Rachel Keehn Jeff Lovett Trevor Lukacsko Hannah Nelson Adin Williams Braxton Wong |
