With 135 athletes competing at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Italy bring their largest delegation to date, hoping to match, or even surpass, their historic success at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. As the first hosts of the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, Italy has been represented at every Games since, with strong athletes in many sports.  

“The goal for Paris 2024 is to maintain a high level of competitiveness, hoping to reach the extraordinary result of Tokyo, where the Italian team achieved the best result of the modern era,” said Italy Chef de Mission Juri Stara. Tokyo 2020 was Italy’s most successful Paralympics Games to date with 69 medals including 14 golds, largely attributed to a strong showing in Para swimming.