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#1 Trischa Zorn image
#1 Trischa Zorn
Most decorated Paralympian with 55 medals (41 gold) in swimming.
Nationality
USA
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
1980 - 2004
#2 Ragnhild Myklebust image
#2 Ragnhild Myklebust
Most decorated Winter Paralympian with 27 medals (22 gold) in Nordic skiing.
Nationality
Norway
Achievements
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Sport
Nordic Skiing
Years Active
1988 - 2002
#3 Jonas Jacobsson image
#3 Jonas Jacobsson
17 gold medals over nine Paralympic Games in shooting.
Nationality
Sweden
Achievements
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Sport
Shooting
Years Active
1980 - 2016
#4 Beatrice Hess image
#4 Beatrice Hess
20 gold medals; set 9 world records at Sydney 2000 in swimming.
Nationality
France
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
1984 - 2004
#5 Chantal Petitclerc image
#5 Chantal Petitclerc
21 medals (14 gold) over five Games in wheelchair racing.
Nationality
Canada
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
1992 - 2008
#6 Tanni Grey-Thompson image
#6 Tanni Grey-Thompson
16 medals (11 gold) over five Games in wheelchair racing.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
1988 - 2004
#7 Esther Vergeer image
#7 Esther Vergeer
7 gold medals; unbeaten in singles from 2003 to 2013 in wheelchair tennis.
Nationality
Netherlands
Achievements
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Sport
Wheelchair Tennis
Years Active
1998 - 2013
#8 Daniel Dias image
#8 Daniel Dias
Brazil's most decorated Paralympian with 27 medals in swimming.
Nationality
Brazil
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2008 - 2021
#9 David Weir image
#9 David Weir
6 gold medals; multiple London Marathon wins in wheelchair racing.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
1996 - Present
#10 Jessica Long image
#10 Jessica Long
23 medals (13 gold) over four Games in swimming.
Nationality
USA
Achievements
---
Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2004 - Present
#11 Sophie Pascoe image
#11 Sophie Pascoe
New Zealand's most decorated Paralympian with 19 medals in swimming.
Nationality
New Zealand
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2008 - Present
#12 Oksana Masters image
#12 Oksana Masters
Medals in rowing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, and cycling.
Nationality
USA
Achievements
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Sport
Multi-sport
Years Active
2012 - Present
#13 Marlou van Rhijn image
#13 Marlou van Rhijn
World records in T43 100m and 200m sprints in athletics.
Nationality
Netherlands
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2012 - Present
#14 Natalia Partyka image
#14 Natalia Partyka
Competed in both Paralympics and Olympics in table tennis.
Nationality
Poland
Achievements
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Sport
Table Tennis
Years Active
2000 - Present
#15 Matt Stutzman image
#15 Matt Stutzman
Known as the 'Armless Archer'; world record for longest accurate shot.
Nationality
USA
Achievements
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Sport
Archery
Years Active
2012 - Present
#16 Heinrich Popow image
#16 Heinrich Popow
Gold in T42 100m at London 2012 in athletics.
Nationality
Germany
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2000 - 2016
#17 Jody Cundy image
#17 Jody Cundy
Medals in both swimming and cycling.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
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Sport
Cycling, Swimming
Years Active
1996 - Present
#18 Jacqueline Freney image
#18 Jacqueline Freney
8 gold medals at London 2012 in swimming.
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2008 - 2012
#19 Eleanor Simmonds image
#19 Eleanor Simmonds
Youngest British gold medalist at Beijing 2008 in swimming.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2008 - 2021
#20 Tatyana McFadden image
#20 Tatyana McFadden
17 medals (7 gold) across multiple Games in wheelchair racing.
Nationality
USA
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2004 - Present
#21 Teresa Perales image
#21 Teresa Perales
Spain's most decorated Paralympian with 27 medals in swimming.
Nationality
Spain
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2000 - Present
#22 Markus Rehm image
#22 Markus Rehm
World record holder in T64 long jump in athletics.
Nationality
Germany
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2011 - Present
#23 Michael Edgson image
#23 Michael Edgson
18 gold medals over three Games in swimming.
Nationality
Canada
Achievements
---
Sport
Swimming
Years Active
1984 - 1992
#24 Chris Holmes image
#24 Chris Holmes
9 gold medals; Director of Paralympic Integration for London 2012.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
1988 - 2000
#25 Kurt Fearnley image
#25 Kurt Fearnley
Medals in track and marathon events; advocate for disability rights.
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2000 - 2016
#26 Li Duan image
#26 Li Duan
Gold medals in long jump and triple jump (F11 category).
Nationality
China
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2004 - 2012
#27 Sarah Storey image
#27 Sarah Storey
Britain's most decorated female Paralympian with 28 medals.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming, Cycling
Years Active
1992 - Present
#28 Jean Driscoll image
#28 Jean Driscoll
12 medals; 8-time Boston Marathon winner in wheelchair racing.
Nationality
USA
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
1988 - 2000
#29 Evan O'Hanlon image
#29 Evan O'Hanlon
Multiple gold medals in sprints (T38 category).
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2008 - Present
#30 Franz Nietlispach image
#30 Franz Nietlispach
14 gold medals across seven Paralympic Games in athletics and cycling.
Nationality
Switzerland
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics, Cycling
Years Active
1976 - 2008
#31 Natalie du Toit image
#31 Natalie du Toit
Competed in both Paralympics and Olympics in swimming.
Nationality
South Africa
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2004 - 2012
#32 Kelly Cartwright image
#32 Kelly Cartwright
Gold in T42 long jump at London 2012.
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2008 - 2016
#33 Heinrich Köberle image
#33 Heinrich Köberle
16 medals (9 gold) in wheelchair racing.
Nationality
Germany
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
1980 - 1992
#34 Muffy Davis image
#34 Muffy Davis
Medals in both Winter (alpine skiing) and Summer Games (cycling).
Nationality
USA
Achievements
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Sport
Alpine Skiing, Cycling
Years Active
1998 - 2012
#35 Zahra Nemati image
#35 Zahra Nemati
First Iranian woman to win Paralympic gold in archery.
Nationality
Iran
Achievements
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Sport
Archery
Years Active
2012 - Present
#36 Alex Zanardi image
#36 Alex Zanardi
Former F1 driver; multiple gold medals in handcycling.
Nationality
Italy
Achievements
---
Sport
Handcycling
Years Active
2012 - 2016
#37 Ryley Batt image
#37 Ryley Batt
Led Australia to gold medals in wheelchair rugby.
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
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Sport
Wheelchair Rugby
Years Active
2004 - Present
#38 Assunta Legnante image
#38 Assunta Legnante
World record holder in F11 shot put.
Nationality
Italy
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2012 - Present
#39 Omara Durand image
#39 Omara Durand
Fastest female Paralympian; golds in T12 sprints.
Nationality
Cuba
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2012 - Present
#40 Hannah Cockroft image
#40 Hannah Cockroft
Multiple golds in T34 wheelchair racing.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2012 - Present
#41 Dylan Alcott image
#41 Dylan Alcott
Golds in wheelchair tennis and basketball.
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
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Sport
Wheelchair Tennis, Wheelchair Basketball
Years Active
2008 - Present
#42 Matthew Cowdrey image
#42 Matthew Cowdrey
Australia's most decorated Paralympian with 23 medals.
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2004 - 2012
#43 Ellie Cole image
#43 Ellie Cole
Multiple gold medals; advocate for disability sports.
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
---
Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2008 - Present
#44 Marcel Hug image
#44 Marcel Hug
'Silver Bullet'; golds in T54 wheelchair racing.
Nationality
Switzerland
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2004 - Present
#45 Libby Clegg image
#45 Libby Clegg
Gold medals in T11 sprints.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2008 - Present
#46 Ihar Boki image
#46 Ihar Boki
Multiple golds; world records in S13 swimming category.
Nationality
Belarus
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2012 - Present
#47 Bethany Firth image
#47 Bethany Firth
Gold medals in S14 swimming classification.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
---
Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2012 - Present
#48 Raymond Martin image
#48 Raymond Martin
Multiple golds in T52 wheelchair racing.
Nationality
USA
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2012 - Present
#49 Markus Salcher image
#49 Markus Salcher
Gold medals in standing categories in alpine skiing.
Nationality
Austria
Achievements
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Sport
Alpine Skiing
Years Active
2014 - Present
#50 Anna Schaffelhuber image
#50 Anna Schaffelhuber
5 golds at Sochi 2014 in sitski events.
Nationality
Germany
Achievements
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Sport
Alpine Skiing
Years Active
2010 - 2018
#51 Brian McKeever image
#51 Brian McKeever
Visually impaired skier with multiple golds.
Nationality
Canada
Achievements
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Sport
Cross-country Skiing
Years Active
2002 - Present
#52 Daniela Jutzeler image
#52 Daniela Jutzeler
Multiple medals in wheelchair racing.
Nationality
Switzerland
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
1984 - 1995
#53 Yu Chui Yee image
#53 Yu Chui Yee
7 gold medals over three Games in wheelchair fencing.
Nationality
Hong Kong
Achievements
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Sport
Wheelchair Fencing
Years Active
2004 - 2016
#54 Manuela Schär image
#54 Manuela Schär
Medals in T54 wheelchair racing.
Nationality
Switzerland
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2004 - Present
#55 Michael Milton image
#55 Michael Milton
Australia's most successful Winter Paralympian.
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
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Sport
Alpine Skiing
Years Active
1988 - 2006
#56 Henrieta Farkašová image
#56 Henrieta Farkašová
Multiple golds in visually impaired alpine skiing.
Nationality
Slovakia
Achievements
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Sport
Alpine Skiing
Years Active
2010 - Present
#57 Laurie Stephens image
#57 Laurie Stephens
Medals in sitting skiing events.
Nationality
USA
Achievements
---
Sport
Alpine Skiing
Years Active
2006 - Present
#58 Miki Matheson image
#58 Miki Matheson
3 gold medals at Nagano 1998 in ice sledge racing.
Nationality
Japan
Achievements
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Sport
Ice Sledge Racing
Years Active
1998
#59 Jonnie Peacock image
#59 Jonnie Peacock
Gold medals in T44 100m sprints.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2012 - Present
#60 Ilke Wyludda image
#60 Ilke Wyludda
Olympic discus thrower turned Paralympian.
Nationality
Germany
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2012 - 2016
#61 Elexis Gillette image
#61 Elexis Gillette
Medals in long jump (T11 category).
Nationality
USA
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2004 - Present
#62 Lee Pearson image
#62 Lee Pearson
14 gold medals over five Games in equestrian.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
---
Sport
Equestrian
Years Active
2000 - Present
#63 Kadeena Cox image
#63 Kadeena Cox
Medals in both athletics and cycling at same Games.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics, Cycling
Years Active
2016 - Present
#64 Felipe Gomes image
#64 Felipe Gomes
Medals in T11 sprints.
Nationality
Brazil
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2008 - Present
#65 Anrune Weyers image
#65 Anrune Weyers
Medals in T47 sprints.
Nationality
South Africa
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2012 - Present
#66 Diede de Groot image
#66 Diede de Groot
Grand Slam titles; Paralympic gold in wheelchair tennis.
Nationality
Netherlands
Achievements
---
Sport
Wheelchair Tennis
Years Active
2017 - Present
#67 Birgit Skarstein image
#67 Birgit Skarstein
Medals in rowing and cross-country skiing.
Nationality
Norway
Achievements
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Sport
Rowing, Cross-country Skiing
Years Active
2013 - Present
#68 Tahlia Rotumah image
#68 Tahlia Rotumah
Up-and-coming T46 sprinter
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2001 - 2010
#69 Kylie Grimes image
#69 Kylie Grimes
First woman to win Paralympic gold in wheelchair rugby.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
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Sport
Wheelchair Rugby
Years Active
2012 - Present
#70 Heinz Frei image
#70 Heinz Frei
Over 30 medals across multiple Games in athletics and cycling.
Nationality
Switzerland
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics, Cycling
Years Active
1984 - Present
#71 Oksana Shyshkova image
#71 Oksana Shyshkova
Medals in visually impaired biathlon and skiing.
Nationality
Ukraine
Achievements
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Sport
Biathlon, Cross-country Skiing
Years Active
2010 - Present
#72 Alexey Ashapatov image
#72 Alexey Ashapatov
Golds in F57/58 discus and shot put.
Nationality
Russia
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2008 - 2016
#73 Igor Plotnikov image
#73 Igor Plotnikov
Multiple medals in T46 category
Nationality
Russia
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
1990 - 2000
#74 Anna Grimaldi image
#74 Anna Grimaldi
Gold in T47 long jump at Rio 2016.
Nationality
New Zealand
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2015 - Present
#75 Lisa Adams image
#75 Lisa Adams
Gold in F37 shot put at Tokyo 2020.
Nationality
New Zealand
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2018 - Present
#76 Gustavo Fernández image
#76 Gustavo Fernández
Grand Slam titles; world No.1 ranking in wheelchair tennis.
Nationality
Argentina
Achievements
---
Sport
Wheelchair Tennis
Years Active
2013 - Present
#77 Elizabeth Marks image
#77 Elizabeth Marks
Golds in S6 swimming classification.
Nationality
USA
Achievements
---
Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2016 - Present
#78 Clodoaldo Silva image
#78 Clodoaldo Silva
14 medals (6 gold) over four Games in swimming.
Nationality
Brazil
Achievements
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Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2000 - 2016
#79 Abdellatif Baka image
#79 Abdellatif Baka
Gold in T13 1500m at Rio 2016.
Nationality
Algeria
Achievements
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Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2012 - Present
#80 Jiske Griffioen image
#80 Jiske Griffioen
Multiple Grand Slam titles; Paralympic medals in wheelchair tennis.
Nationality
Netherlands
Achievements
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Sport
Wheelchair Tennis
Years Active
2001 - Present
#81 Jeff Fabry image
#81 Jeff Fabry
Gold in men's individual compound W1 at London 2012 in archery.
Nationality
USA
Achievements
---
Sport
Archery
Years Active
2004 - Present
#82 Patrick Anderson image
#82 Patrick Anderson
Considered one of the best in wheelchair basketball; multiple medals.
Nationality
Canada
Achievements
---
Sport
Wheelchair Basketball
Years Active
1996 - Present
#83 Marieke Vervoort image
#83 Marieke Vervoort
Medals in T52 wheelchair racing.
Nationality
Belgium
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2012 - 2016
#84 Stephen Miller image
#84 Stephen Miller
Medals in club throw over six Games.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
1996 - Present
#85 Terence Parkin image
#85 Terence Parkin
Deaf swimmer with medals in Paralympics.
Nationality
South Africa
Achievements
---
Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2000 - 2012
#86 Josef Craig image
#86 Josef Craig
Gold in S7 400m freestyle at London 2012.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
---
Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2012 - 2016
#87 Jade Etherington image
#87 Jade Etherington
Medals in visually impaired events at Sochi 2014.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
---
Sport
Alpine Skiing
Years Active
2014
#88 Mark Colbourne image
#88 Mark Colbourne
Gold in C1 time trial at London 2012 in cycling.
Nationality
Great Britain
Achievements
---
Sport
Cycling
Years Active
2012 - 2013
#89 Anna Kovalchuk image
#89 Anna Kovalchuk
Medals in T37 sprint events.
Nationality
Russia
Achievements
---
Sport
Athletics
Years Active
2008 - 2012
#90 Timothy Disken image
#90 Timothy Disken
Gold in SM8 200m individual medley at Rio 2016.
Nationality
Australia
Achievements
---
Sport
Swimming
Years Active
2016 - Present
#91 Laurentia Tan image
#91 Laurentia Tan
Singapore's first Paralympic medallist in equestrian.
Nationality
Singapore
Achievements
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Sport
Equestrian
Years Active
2008 - Present
#92 Sherif Osman image
#92 Sherif Osman
Gold medals in men's -59kg category in powerlifting.
Nationality
Egypt
Achievements
---
Sport
Powerlifting
Years Active
2008 - Present
#93 Phillip Eaglesham image
#93 Phillip Eaglesham
Competed in Rio 2016; advocate for disability rights.
Nationality
Ireland
Achievements
---
Sport
Shooting
Years Active
2016 - Present
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