Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Australia at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeAUS
NPCParalympics Australia
Websitewww.paralympic.org.au
in Tokyo
Competitors179[1] in 18 sports
Flag bearers Opening - Ryley Batt and Daniela di Toro
Closing - Ellie Cole
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
21
Silver
29
Bronze
30
Total
80
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Australia participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. It sent its largest away team - 179 athletes to a Summer Paralympics. Australia finished eighth on the gold medal table and sixth on the total medals table.

In May 2017, Paralympics Australia announced Kate McLoughlin as the Chef de Mission, McLoughlin held the position at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[2]

Daniela di Toro and Ryley Batt in wheelchairs jointly holding the Australian flag.
Daniela di Toro and Ryley Batt at the announcement that they would jointly carry the Australian flag in the opening ceremony at the Tokyo Paralympics.

In November 2019, wheelchair rugby player Ryley Batt and table tennis player Daniela di Toro, were named as co-captains.[3] They were also named as joint flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony.[4] Ellie Cole was the flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony. Cole became Australia's most decorated female Paralympian during the Games with her silver and bronze medals in swimming taking her to 17 Paralympic medals.[5]

Notable achievements at the Games:

Australian team joint flagbearers Ryley Batt (left) and Daniela di Toro, just prior to entering the stadium for the parade of athletes during the opening ceremony.
  1. ^ "'Loyal, Proud, Fierce': Australian Paralympic Team Set For Tokyo 2020". Paralympics Australia. 14 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ^ "McLoughlin begins her second term as Australian Paralympic Chef de Mission". Paralympics Australia website. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Di Toro and Batt to captain 2020 Australian Paralympic Team". Paralympics Australia. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Two Of Australia's Greatest Paralympians Bestowed Flagbearer Honour". Paralympics Australia. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Para-Swimming Great To Carry Australian Flag At Tokyo 2020 Farewell". Paralympics Australia. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.