Colombia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Colombia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Colombia
IPC code	COL
NPC	Colombian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.cpc.org.co (in Spanish)
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	74 (43 men and 31 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Paula Ossa Carlos Serrano Zárate^[1]
Medals	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Colombia are competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	José Lemos	Athletics	Men's Javelin throw F38	30 August
Gold	Érica Castaño	Athletics	Women's discus throw F55	30 August
Gold	Karen Palomeque	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T38	31 August
Silver	Nelson Crispín	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6	30 August
Bronze	Carlos Serrano Zárate	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8	30 August
Bronze	Juan Campas	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T38	31 August
Bronze	Darian Faisury Jiménez	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T38	31 August

Medals by sport
Athletics	3	0	2	5
Swimming	0	1	1	2
Total	3	1	3	7

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Female	2	0	1	3
Male	1	1	2	4
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	3	1	3	7

Medals by day
Day				Total
29 August	0	0	0	0
30 August	2	1	1	4
31 August	1	0	2	3
1 September	0	0	0	0
2 September	0	0	0	0
3 September	0	0	0	0
4 September	0	0	0	0
5 September	0	0	0	0
6 September	0	0	0	0
7 September	0	0	0	0
8 September	0	0	0	0
Total	3	1	3	7

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games:^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	14	14	28
Football 5-a-side	10	—	10
Boccia	3	1	4
Cycling	3	2	5
Paratriathlon	1	0	1
Powerlifting	2	3	5
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	9	7	16
Wheelchair tennis	0	2	2
Total	43	31	74

Archery

Colombia entered one male and one female archers into the games by virtue of their individual result at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Héctor Ramírez	Men's individual recurve	611	16	Blas (GUA) –
María Daza	Women's individual recurve	558	14	Shevchenko (UKR) –
Héctor Ramírez María Daza	Mixed team recurve	1169	10	—	Slovenia (SLO) –

Athletics

Colombian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
DQ = Disqualified
PR = Paralympic Record
AR = Area (or continental) Record
NR = National Record
SB = Season's Best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jhon Obando	400 m T20			—
Andrés Malambo	100 m T37	13.77	11	—		Did not advance
Andrés Malambo	200 m T37			—
Yeferson Suárez	400 m T37			—
Yamil Acosta	400 m T12
Buinder Bermudez	400 m T13			—
Santiago Solís	100 m T38	—				11.17 PB	6
Juan Campas	100 m T38	—				10.99 PB
Juan Campas	400 m T38			—
Luis Fernando Lara	100 m T47	11.32 PB	13	—		Did not advance
Luis Fernando Lara	400 m T47			—
Francisco Sanclemente	Marathon T54	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Darian Faisury Jiménez	100 m T38	12.70 SB	5 Q	—		12.53 SB
Darian Faisury Jiménez	400 m T38			—
María Alejandra Murillo	400 m T20			—
Francy Osorio Guide:William Higuera	1500 m T13	—				4:40.70 SB	7
Ionis Salcedo Guide:Niver Rangel	400 m T11	1:00.03	5 Q	59.72	4 q	1:00.15	4
Angie Pabón Guide:Luis Arizala	100 m T11
	200 m T11
	400 m T11	DNS		Did not advance
Karen Palomeque	100 m T38	12.45 AR	1 Q	—		12.26 WR
Karen Palomeque	400 m T38			—

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Jhon Obando	Long jump T20
Yeferson Suárez	Long jump T37
Mauricio Valencia	Javelin throw F34
Mauricio Valencia	Shot put F34
Diego Meneses	Javelin throw F34
Diego Meneses	Shot put F34
José Lemos	Javelin throw F38	63.81 WR
José Lemos	Long jump T38
Luis Fernando Lucumí Villegas	Javelin throw F38	50.32	5
Andrés Felipe Mosquera	Discus throw F64

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
María Alejandra Murillo	Long jump T20
Karen Palomeque	Long jump T38
Yesica Muñoz	Shot put F40
Yesenia Restrepo	Discus throw F11
Yasiris Blandon	Javelin throw F13	26.55 SB	10
Mayerli Buitrago Ariza	Shot put F41	9.39	4
Mayerli Buitrago Ariza	Discus throw F41
Xiomara Saldarriaga	Discus throw F38
Érica Castaño	Discus throw F55	26.70
Érica Castaño	Javelin throw F56
Maria Salomé Henao	Discus throw F38
Maria Salomé Henao	Shot put F37	9.81	8
Yeniffer Paredes	Discus throw F57	30.12 PB	6

Blind football

The Colombian men's blind football team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of top three nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 IBSA World Games in Birmingham, Great Britain.^[3]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Colombia men's	Men's tournament	Japan W 1–0	Argentina	Morocco

Team roster

Coach: Fernando Carrillo Ramirez

The following is the Colombia squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	GK	Jhohan Ardila	Sighted	(1998-08-26)26 August 1998 (aged 26)
2	MF	Fredy López	B1	(1984-10-10)10 October 1984 (aged 39)
3	MF	Alex Martínez	B1	(1986-02-06)6 February 1986 (aged 38)
6	DF	Jesús López	B1	(1993-11-29)29 November 1993 (aged 30)
7	DF	Jhon Hernández	B1	(1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 31)
8	FW	Lino Coca	B1	(2003-09-23)23 September 2003 (aged 20)
9	FW	Jhon Éider González	B1	(1997-07-27)27 July 1997 (aged 27)
10	FW	Juan Pérez	B1	(1996-03-03)3 March 1996 (aged 28)
11	FW	Julián Jaramillo	B1	(2001-07-24)24 July 2001 (aged 23)
12	GK	Jhon Fredy Gómez	Sighted	(1990-05-04)4 May 1990 (aged 34)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Semi finals
2	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi finals
3	Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5th–6th place match
4	Japan	1	0	1	0	1	−1	0	7th–8th place match

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2024 (1 of 2 matches finished). Source: Paris 2024

1 September 2024

11:30

Japan	0–1	Colombia
	Report	Pérez 8'

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)

2 September 2024

11:30

Argentina	v	Colombia
	Report

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

3 September 2024

11:30

Colombia	v	Morocco
	Report

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Boccia

Colombia entered two athletes into the Paralympics games, after nominated top four pairs in mixed BC4 events, through the final world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jesús Romero	Men's individual BC3	Jeong H-w (KOR) L 2–12	Gonçalves (POR) L 2–4	Choochuenklin (THA) L 0–10	4	Did not advance			15
Edilson Chica	Men's individual BC4	Agache (ESP) W 4–2	Strehársky (SVK) W 4–1	Komar (CRO) L 3–3*	2 Q	Grisales (COL) W 4–1	Kolinko (UKR) W 3–1	McGuire (GBR)
Euclides Grisales	Men's individual BC4	Nicolai (GER) W 11–0	Allam (EGY) W 9–5	Larpyen (THA) W 5–1	1 Q	Chica (COL) L 1–4	Did not advance		6
Leidy Chica	Women's individual BC4	Mayo (ESP) W 4–2	Arambasic (CRO) W 9–1	Metzou (GRE) W 10–3	1 Q	Levine (CAN) W 3–2	Lin (CHN) –
Edilson Chica Leidy Chica	Mixed pairs BC4	Malaysia –	Ukraine –	—

Cycling

Colombia entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[5]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Vargas	Road race C4–5
Carlos Vargas	Time trial C5
Edwin Fabián Mátiz Ruiz	Road race C4–5
Juan José Betancourt Quiroga	Road race T1–2
Juan José Betancourt Quiroga	Time trial T1–2

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daniela Munévar	Road race C1–3
Daniela Munévar	Time trial C1–3
Paula Ossa	Road race C4–5
Paula Ossa	Time trial C5

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Carlos Vargas	Pursuit C5	4:33.077	10	Did not advance
Edwin Fabián Mátiz Ruiz	Time trial C4-5	1:05.703	9	Did not advance
Edwin Fabián Mátiz Ruiz	Pursuit C5	4:38.993	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Daniela Munévar	Individual pursuit C1-3	4:14.667	8	Did not advance
Paula Ossa	Pursuit C5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Carlos Vargas Edwin Fabián Mátiz Ruiz Daniela Munévar Paula Ossa	Open team sprint C1-5

Paratriathlon

Men

Athlete	Class	Swim	T1	Bike				T2	Run				Time	Rank
Athlete	Class	Swim	T1	L1	L2	L3	L4	T2	L1	L2	L3	L4	Time	Rank
Juan Esteban Patiño	PTS2

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	Result (kg)	Rank
Fabio Torres	97 kg
Eglain Mena	+107 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	Result (kg)	Rank
Cristina Poblador	41 kg
Ana Lucia Pinto	61 kg
Bertha Fernández	67 kg

Shooting

For the first time, Colombia entered one para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2023 Parapan American Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS).^[6]

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
María Restrepo	R3 10 metre air rifle prone SH1	629.4	25	Did not advance
María Restrepo	R6 50 metre rifle prone SH1

Swimming

Colombia secured four quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nelson Crispín	100 m freestyle S6
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:20.70	2 Q
	50 m butterfly S6
	200 m individual medley SM6	2:42.23	2 Q	2:38.04 AM
Juan Esteban García	200 m freestyle S14	1:57.14	4 Q	1:57.42	5
Juan Esteban García	100 m backstroke S14
Daniel Giraldo Correa	100 m freestyle S12
	100 m backstroke S12	1:09.98	12	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S12
Leider Lemus	100 m breaststroke SB11
Kevin Moreno	200 m freestlyle S5	2:59.71	11	Did not advance
Kevin Moreno	50 m backstroke S5
David Rendon	100 m freestyle S6
	400 m freestyle S6
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:28.50	11	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	2:55.60	9 R	Did not advance
Miguel Ángel Rincón	200 m freestyle S5	3:00.67	12	Did not advance
Miguel Ángel Rincón	100 m breaststroke SB4
Carlos Serrano Zárate	50 m freestyle S7
	50 m butterfly S7
	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:12.12	4 Q	1:10.55 PR
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:43.80	7 Q	2:33.24	4
Brayan Triana	50 m freestyle S11	28.59	13	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM11
	100 m breaststroke SB11

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
María Barrera Zapata	50 m freestyle S10	28.35	9 R	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S10	1:02.39	8 Q
	400 m freestyle S10
	100 m butterfly S10
Laura Carolina González Rodríguez	100 m backstroke S8	1:27.94	13	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S8
	200 metre individual medley SM8	3:06.85	14	Did not advance
Mariana Guerrero	50 m freestyle S6	36.25	9 R	Did not advance
Mariana Guerrero	50 m butterfly S6
Gabriela Oviedo	50 m backstroke S5
	50 m breaststroke SB4
	100 m individual medley SM5
Gisell Prada	100 m breaststroke SB7
Zharith Rodríguez	50 m butterfly S7
Zharith Rodríguez	200 m individual medley SM7	3:15.48	10 R	Did not advance
Sara Vargas Blanco	100 metre freestyle S7
	50 metre butterfly S7
	200 m individual medley SM7	3:10.43	8 Q	3:09.79	8

Wheelchair tennis

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Angélica Bernal	Singles	—	Déroulède (FRA) W 6–3, 6–1	Takamuro (JPN)
Zuleinny Rodríguez	Singles	—	Cabrillana (CHI) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance				=17
Angélica Bernal Zuleinny Rodríguez	Doubles	—	Chasteau / Déroulède (FRA) W 6–2, 4–6, [11–9]	Li / Zhu (CHN)

References

^ "La Presidencia de la República entregó la bandera nacional a los atletas que competirán en los Juegos Paralímpicos París 2024" [The Presidency of the Republic presented the national flag to the athletes who will compete in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games]. www.cpc.org.co (in Spanish). Colombian Paralympic Committee. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "NPC Entries Colombia". 2024 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "Blind football and goalball teams book tickets to Paris 2024 at IBSA World Games". International Paralympic Committee. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ "Football 5-a-side – Team Colombia". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Olympics. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
^ "Quota Allocation After Santiago-2023" (PDF). Paralympics. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

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