Tokyo Paralympics – Japan 2021

Tokyo Paralympics – Japan 2021

Tokyo Paralympics – Japan 2021

Find the schedules for all sports on the official website of the Olympic Games.

These are Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boccia, Canoe Sprint, Cycling Road, Cycling Track, Equestrian, Football 5-a-side, Goalball, Judo, Powerlifting, Rowling, Shooting, Sitting Volleyball, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Triathlon, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Fencing, Wheelchair Rugby, Wheelchair Tennis.

This edition of the Paralympics is the 16th edition. The first edition was in also in Japan, in 1964.

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News

Follow the latest news on the official Tokyo 2020 website news page.

THE REFUGEE PARALYMPIC TEAM AT THE TOKYO 2020 PARALYMPIC GAMES 

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed the six athletes who will represent the Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT) at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The athletes, one woman and five men will compete in Para Athletics, Para Swimming, Para Canoe and Taekwondo.

The team represents the more than 82 million people around the world who have been forced to flee war, persecution, and human rights abuses, 12 million of whom live with a disability. The Chef de Mission for the team is Ileana Rodriguez, a refugee from Cuba who competed in the London 2012 Paralympic Games in swimming for the USA.

The pictogram designs pay homage to the first ones used when the Japanese introduced pictograms to the Olympic Games back at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 to visually communicate each sport.

According to Japanese designer Masaaki Hiromura, who led the team that designed the Tokyo 2020 pictograms, the pictograms are created to highlight the athleticism of each sport and dynamism of athletes. It took his team almost two years to complete the design.

Visiting the Paralympics

Are you going to Japan?

A comprehensive guide on visiting the Paralympic Games in Tokyo you can find here.

Feel free to contact Hazuki, Accessible Travel Expert Blogger at Caregiver Japan to help plan your trip to this event.