Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paralympic Games Kicks Off in Paris

Today’s Opening Ceremony

Today, Wednesday, August 28 at 21:00, the opening ceremony of the 17th Paralympic Games 2024 in Paris will take place!

More than 4,000 male and female athletes from 189 countries will participate in the Games across 549 events from a total of 22 sports!

The central slogan of the Games is “Open to All,” with the French organizers sending this message during the recent Olympic Games as well.

The opening ceremony, just like the Olympics, will be held outdoors, specifically at Place de la Concorde, which hosted skateboarding, freestyle BMX, and 3X3 basketball during the event.

The title of the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Games is “Paradox,” with the organizing committee promoting the theme of disability as a means of progress and inclusion.

The Paralympic Games will last until September 8, when the closing ceremony of the event will take place.

See the detailed schedule and results for all sports of the 2024 Paralympic Games

The Greek Delegation

The Greek delegation is quite large, consisting of 24 men and 13 women across 10 sports, as well as three companions. Below are the Greek male and female athletes and the sports they will compete in:

MEN

Paschalis Kouloumoglou (powerlifting)Dimitris Bakochristos (powerlifting)Mihalis Kalakakis (equestrian)Dimitris Karypidis (swimming)Nikos Kontoudis (swimming)Giannis Kostakis (swimming)Alexandros Lergios (swimming)Demosthenes Michalentzakis (swimming)Antonis Tsapatakis (swimming)Grigoris Polychronodis (boccia) – Katerina Patroni (ramp operator)Nikos Papangelis (road cycling)Sotiris Galogavros (shooting)Panagiotis Giannoukaris (shooting)Nasos Gavelas (athletics) – Ioannis Nyfantopoulos (guide)Dimitris Zisidis (athletics)Thanasis Konstantinidis (athletics)Stelios Malakopoulos (athletics)Stratos Nikolaidis (athletics)Grigoris Distlis (athletics)Thanasis Prodromou (athletics)Mihalis Seitis (athletics)Lazaros Stefanidis (athletics)Manolis Stefanoudakis (athletics)Konstantinos Tzounis (athletics)

WOMEN

Alexandra Stamatopoulou (swimming)Aretí Spyrídou (swimming)Maria Tziveleki (swimming)Xrisi Mofri (boccia)Anna Denta (boccia) – Christina Denta (ramp operator)Tania Keramydá (athletics)Lida Manthopoulou (athletics)Zoi Mantoudi (athletics)Christina Gentzou (taekwondo)Eleni Papastamatopoulou (taekwondo)Emmanouela Masourou (judo)Theodora Paschalidou (judo)Dorothea Poimenidou (archery)