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Colombia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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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
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 7 Silver 7 Bronze 14 Total 28
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Colombia competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games:

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

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
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Héctor Ramírez	Men's individual recurve	611	16	Blas (GUA) W 6–4	Toucoullet (FRA) W 6–4	Singh (IND) L 2–6	Did not advance		7
María Daza	Women's individual recurve	558	14	Shevchenko (UKR) L 2–6	Did not advance				=17
Héctor Ramírez María Daza	Mixed team recurve	1169	10	—	Slovenia (SLO) L 2–6	Did not advance			=9

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).

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jhon Obando	400 m T20	—				48.09
Andrés Malambo	100 m T37	13.77	11	—		Did not advance
	200 m T37	DNS		—		Did not advance
Yeferson Suárez	400 m T37	52.73	8 q	—		52.49	7
Yamil Acosta	400 m T12	1:23.66	9	—		Did not advance
Buinder Bermúdez	400 m T13	—				48.83 AR
Santiago Solís	100 m T38	—				11.17 PB	6
Juan Campas	100 m T38	—				10.99 PB
	400 m T38	—				49.92 PB
Luis Fernando Lara	100 m T47	11.32 PB	13	—		Did not advance
	400 m T47	48.96 PB	5 Q	—		46.68 PB	4
Francisco Sanclemente	Marathon T54	—				1:46:27	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Darian Faisury Jiménez	100 m T38	12.70 SB	5 Q	—		12.53 SB
	400 m T38	1:06.60	10	—		Did not advance
María Alejandra Murillo	400 m T20	59.52 SB	11	—		Did not advance
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	DNS		Did not advance
	200 m T11	DNS		Did not advance
	400 m T11	DNS		Did not advance
Karen Palomeque	100 m T38	12.45 AR	1 Q	—		12.26 WR
	400 m T38	59.88 PR	1 Q	—		58.67 WR

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jhon Obando	Long jump T20	—		7.38 AR
Yeferson Suárez	Long jump T37	—		5.71 PB	8
Mauricio Valencia	Javelin throw F34	—		39.04 AR
	Shot put F34	—		11.71 SB
Diego Meneses	Javelin throw F34	—		37.17 SB
	Shot put F34	—		10.63	7
José Lemos	Javelin throw F38	—		63.81 WR
	Long jump T38	—		6.40 SB
Luis Fernando Lucumí Villegas	Javelin throw F38	—		50.32	5
Andrés Felipe Mosquera	Discus throw F64	—		57.59	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
María Alejandra Murillo	Long jump T20	—		5.14	11
Karen Palomeque	Long jump T38	—		4.99 AR
Yesica Muñoz	Shot put F40	—		6.69 SB	10
Yesenia Restrepo	Discus throw F11	—		33.77 SB	6
Yasiris Blandon	Javelin throw F13	—		26.55 SB	10
Mayerli Buitrago Ariza	Shot put F41	—		9.39	4
	Discus throw F41	—		DNS
Xiomara Saldarriaga	Discus throw F38	—		38.36 AR
Érica Castaño	Discus throw F55	—		26.70
	Javelin throw F56	16.12 SB	4 q	15.47	12
María Henao	Discus throw F38	—		33.01 SB	8
	Shot put F37	—		9.81	8
Yeniffer Paredes	Discus throw F57	—		30.12 PB	6

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.

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Colombia men's	Men's tournament	Japan W 1–0	Argentina D 0–0	Morocco W 1–0	1 Q	France L 0–1	Brazil L 0–1	4

Team roster

Coach: Fernando Carrillo Ramirez

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

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)
5	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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Semi-finals
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	Fifth place match
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	0	3	−3	0	Seventh place match

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

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
		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) L 5–8
Euclides Grisales		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) L 3–4	Mat Salim (MAS) W 7–1
Edilson Chica Leidy Chica	Mixed pairs BC4	Malaysia W 5–2	Ukraine L 3–3*	—	1 Q	China W 7–3	Thailand W 4–1	Hong Kong W 6–1

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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Vargas	Road race C4–5	DNS
	Time trial C5	DNF
Edwin Fabián Mátiz Ruiz	Road race C4–5	–1 LAP	21
Juan José Betancourt Quiroga	Road race T1–2	1:17:09
	Time trial T1–2	25:06.46	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daniela Munévar	Road race C1–3	1:45:44	10
	Time trial C1–3	23:29.46	10
Paula Ossa	Road race C4–5	1:54:44
	Time trial C5	22:48.31	7

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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
	Pursuit C5	4:38.993	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Daniela Munévar	Individual pursuit C1-3	4:14.667	8	Did not advance
Paula Ossa	Pursuit C5	3:49.837	6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Carlos Vargas Edwin Fabián Mátiz Ruiz Daniela Munévar	Open team sprint C1-5	55.621	5	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total time	Rank
Juan Esteban Patiño	PTS2	12:31	1:32	37:57	1:20	21:30	1:14:50	DSQ

Men

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
		1	2	3	4
Fabio Torres	97 kg	225	228	235	–	228
Eglain Mena	+107 kg	232	236	237	–	236	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
		1	2	3	4
Cristina Poblador	41 kg	100	102	105	–	102	4
Ana Lucia Pinto	61 kg	113	117	118	–	113	7
Bertha Fernández	67 kg	126	131	134	–	131	5

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).

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
María Restrepo	R3 10 metre air rifle prone SH1	629.4	25	Did not advance
	R6 50 metre rifle prone SH1	610.6	29	Did not advance

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nelson Crispín	100 m freestyle S6	1:08.70	7 Q	1:06.07	4
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:20.70	2 Q	1:19.76
	50 m butterfly S6	31.50	1 Q	31.53
	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
	100 m backstroke S14	1:02.69	11	Did not advance
Daniel Giraldo Correa	100 m freestyle S12	57.53	12	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S12	1:09.98	12	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S12	1:03.94	12	Did not advance
Leider Lemus	100 m breaststroke SB11	1:18.13	5 Q	1:17.41	6
Kevin Moreno	200 m freestlyle S5	2:59.71	11	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke S5	41.73	11	Did not advance
David Rendon	100 m freestyle S6	1:10.12	8 Q	1:09.21	7
	400 m freestyle S6	5:23.57	8 Q	5:23.82	8
	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
	100 m breaststroke SB4	1:47.20	6 Q	1:45.42	5
Carlos Serrano Zárate	50 m freestyle S7	28.12	3 Q	27.60
	50 m butterfly S7	29.43	1 Q	29.08
	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	—		2:44.14	8
	100 m breaststroke SB11	1:21.80	8 Q	1:22.93	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		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	1:01.33	6
	400 m freestyle S10	5:00.09	10 R	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S10	1:11.38	10 R	Did not advance
Laura Carolina González Rodríguez	100 m backstroke S8	1:27.94	13	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S8	1:19.13	9 R	Did not advance
	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
	50 m butterfly S6	41.30	11	Did not advance
Gabriela Oviedo	50 m backstroke S5	51.69	15	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB4	DSQ		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM5	3:55.01	8 Q	3:54.82	8
Gisell Prada	100 m breaststroke SB7	1:44.51	7 Q	1:41.58	6
Zharith Rodríguez	50 m butterfly S7	37.74	8 Q	38.17	8
	200 m individual medley SM7	3:15.48	10 R	Did not advance
Sara Vargas Blanco	100 metre freestyle S7	1:13.97	8 Q	1:12.31	6
	50 metre butterfly S7	37.24	6 Q	36.72	5
	200 m individual medley SM7	3:10.43	8 Q	3:09.79	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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) W 6–2, 6–1	Wang (CHN) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance		=5
Zuleinny Rodríguez		—	Cabrillana (CHI) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance				=17
Angélica Bernal Zuleinny Rodríguez	Doubles	—	Chasteau / Déroulède (FRA) W 6–2, 4–6,	Guo / Wang (CHN) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance		=5

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