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The Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (COJOP2024) (French: Comité d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024) is the organising committee for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Paralympics which were held in Paris, France. Tony Estanguet serves as president of the committee.
The 2024 Summer Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de Paris 2024), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee.
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (French: Comité national olympique et sportif français, CNOSF) is the National Olympic Committee of France.It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games, as well as for all of France's overseas departments and territories except French Polynesia.
France was the host country of the 1992 Winter Paralympics and the 2024 Summer Paralympics. French athletes have won a total of 1,263 medals at the Paralympic Games, of which 416 is gold, placing France fourth on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table. Among its most successful competitors is swimmer Béatrice Hess, winner of 20 gold medals.
Long before the Paralympic Games, American gymnast George Eyser, who had a wooden leg, competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics, and won three gold medals, two silver and a bronze, including a gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard.
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 () – September 8, 2024 () Competitors: 23 in 4 sports: Flag bearer : Lauritta Onye: Medals Ranked 40th: Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 7: Summer Paralympics appearances
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, Arabic: رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an international organization that unites the 54 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Africa.
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 () – September 8, 2024 () Competitors: 26 (18 men and 8 women) in 4 sports: Flag bearers (opening) Mohamed Berrahal Safia Djelal: Flag bearers (closing) Skander Djamil Athmani Lynda Hamri: Medals Ranked 25th: Gold 6 Silver 0 Bronze 5 Total 11: Summer Paralympics appearances