Introducing the Paris 2024 Paralympic team for Great Britain

The Paris 2024 Olympics was an awe-inspiring display of athleticism and sportsmanship. Team Great Britain earned a total of 64 medals, taking home gold in events ranging from Women's Trampolining to Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay. Now, it is time for the ParalympicsGB Team to take center stage and the team members have now been confirmed.

The Paris Paralympics by the numbers

According to the UK's Paralympics website, "Paris 2024 promises to be the most gender balanced in history."

In Tokyo 220, there were 227 ParalympicGB athletes. In Paris 215 will be competing.

Of those 215, 99 athletes will be female. This represents 46% of the team and is the highest proportion in the team's history.

There are 22 sports in the Paralympic Games. Of those, Great Britain will compete in 19.

The swimming squad represents the largest portion of the team with 18 female and 9 male athletes.

14 teenagers will be competing, including 13-year-old Iona Winnifrith. At 54, Para canoe athlete Jeanette Chippington will compete for the eighth time in the Paralympics.

1/3 of the athletes will be making their Paralympic debut in Paris.

Ones to watch at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris

Wimbledon champion Alfie Hewett has won nine Grand Slam singles championships, but has yet to take a gold medal on this competitive level. He won silver in wheelchair tennis and doubles at Rio 2016 and won the silver medal with partner Gordon Reid in 2020 as well.

Dame Sarah Storey is the team's most decorated athlete and returns for a ninth consecutive Paralympic appearance in cycling. To date, she has accumulated 17 gold medals.

Those making their debuts are not neophytes in the athletic world. Rachel Choong is at her first Games, but has won the world championships in badminton ten times.

Chef de Mission for ParalympicsGB at Paris 2024 Penny Briscoe is thrilled to see the makeup of the team that includes veterans and newcomers. She also paid tribute to the support staff for the team.

"More than a third of the athletes in the ParalympicsGB team will make their Games debuts in Paris, and I am proud of the support these athletes - as well as our experienced Paralympians - will receive from the network of staff both in the UK and in France who have been working tirelessly to ensure ParalympicsGB is best prepared both on and off the field of play."

- Penny Briscoe

Briscoe also expressed the hope for a "landmark Paralympic Games" and mentioned that she looks forward to seeing "a host of talented athletes seeking to achieve personal best performances in one of the world's greatest cities."

Best of luck to the ParalympicsGB team that includes guides, partners, and copilots.