| New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | NZL |
| NPC | Paralympics New Zealand |
| Website | paralympics |
| inParis, France 28 August 2024 (2024-08-28) – 8 September 2024 (2024-09-08) | |
| Competitors | 11 in 5 sports |
| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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New Zealand is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer ParalympicsinParis, France from 28 August to 8 September.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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| Athletics | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Cycling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paracanoeing | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swimming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 6 |
In April 2024, New Zealand announced a squad of four track and field athletes to compete at the Summer Paralympics — Holly Robinson, Anna Grimaldi, William Stedman and Mitch Joynt.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Mitch Joynt | Men's 200 m T64 | ||||
| William Stedman | Men's 400 m T36 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
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| Distance | Position | ||
| Anna Grimaldi | Women's long jump T47 | ||
| Holly Robinson | Women's javelin throw F46 | ||
| William Stedman | Men's long jump T36 | ||
New Zealand entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[2]
Equestrian Louise Duncan and her horse Showcase BC qualified for the paralympic equestrian competition, after finishing third in each of their three classes against Australia's top Para equestrian riders in April 2024.[3]
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | |
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| Score | Rank | |||
| Louise Duncan | Showcase BC | Individual championship test grade IV | ||
| Individual freestyle test grade IV | ||||
New Zealand earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World ChampionshipsinDuisburg, Germany.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Men's KL2 | |||||||
New Zealand secured one quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Men's 100 m freestyle S4 | |||||
New Zealand secure one singles spot for the Paralympic games. Matthew Britz qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of his gold medal results at the 2023 Oceanian Championships in Honiara, Solomon Islands.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
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| Matthew Britz | Men's individual C7 | ||||||||
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