The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will take place from 28th August to 8th September.
As many as 4,400 athletes from around the world are expected to compete across 22 different sports. Like at past Paralympics, ParalympicsGB have a strong squad heading to Paris to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The team includes 21 Scots selected to compete in the following 10 sports: archery, athletics, boccia, canoe, cycling, swimming, table tennis, triathlon, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis.
Para Athletics – Sammi Kinghorn
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Para Athletics – Ben Sandilands
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Para Athletics: Melanie Woods
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Boccia – Kayleigh Haggo
Photo credit: Sam Mellish / ParalympicsGB
Boccia – Stephen McGuire
Boccia – Patrick (Paddy) Wilson
Para Cycling – Scotland’s Neil Fachie (left) with pilot Matt Rotherham (right, ENG)
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Para Cycling – Fin Graham
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Para Cycling – Jenny Holl (right), pilot for Sophie Unwin
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Para Swimming – Toni Shaw
Para Swimming – Faye Rogers
Photo credit: Aquatics GB/Morgan Harlow
Para Swimming – Louis Lawlor
Para Swimming – Stephen Clegg
Para Table Tennis – Martin Perry
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Para Triathlon – Alison Peasgood
Photo credit: ParalympicsGB / Sam Mellish
Para Triathlon – Brooke Gillies (pilot for Alison Peasgood)
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Wheelchair Basketball – Robyn Love
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Wheelchair Basketball – Jodie Waite
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Wheelchair Tennis – Gordon Reid
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