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competed at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

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, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the

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since

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Medalists

Competitors

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

Archery

Germany earned one quota place at the 2019 Para Archery World Championships held in Den Bosch, Netherlands. , - , align=left,

Maik Szarszewski Maik Szarszewski (born 14 May 1972) is a German Paralympic archer. He has competed three times at the Summer Paralympics, four times at the World Para Archery Championships and three times at the Para Continental Championships. References E ...

, align=left, Men's individual recurve open , 569 , 29 ,
W 6–2 ,
W 6–0 ,
L 2–6 , colspan=3, Did not advance

Athletics

Johannes Floors Johannes Floors (born 8 February 1995) is a German para-athlete. A bilateral lower limb amputee, Floors competes in sprint events, competing in the T43 classification. Career He has won medals at both European and World Championship level and ...

Niko Kappel Niko Kappel (born 1 March 1995) is a German Paralympic athlete of short stature. He represented Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the gold medal in the men's shot put F41 event. He also represented Ger ...

, Felix Streng,

Markus Rehm Markus Rehm (born 22 August 1988) is a German Paralympic athlete. He began in sports at age 20 and became a long jump F44 world champion in 2011. His club is TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen and he is a medical specialist. Rehm is nicknamed "The Blade Ju ...

, Felix Streng,

Sebastian Dietz Sebastian Ernst Klaus Dietz (born 25 February 1985) is a German track and field athlete who competes in disability athletics in the F36 category. Dietz specializes in both the discus and shot put, winning a gold medal in the former at the 201 ...

, Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt, Irmgard Bensusan, Frances Herrmann and

Birgit Kober Birgit Kober (born 10 July 1971) is a German Paralympic athlete. She initially competed in F34 seated throwing events, and from 2011-2013 she became the reigning champion at European, World and Paralympic level in both shot put and javelin in he ...

are among the athletes to represent Germany in athletics. ;Men's track ;Men's field ;Women's track ;Women's field ;Mixed track

Badminton

Germany has qualified a total of six para-badminton players for each of the following events into the Paralympic tournament based on the

Para Badminton Para-badminton is a variant of badminton for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the main governing body for para-badminton starting from June 2011. The sport was governed by Para Badminton World Fede ...

World Rankings. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Boccia

Boris Nicolai qualified for Germany in Individual BC4 events. This is the first time that Germany will compete in this sport.

Cycling

;Men's road ;Women's road ;Mixed road ;Men's track ;Women's track

Equestrian

Germany qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after reaching 1st place in the

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. The team includes Saskia Deutz, Heidemarie Dresing,

Regine Mispelkamp Regine Mispelkamp (born in Heilbronn on 9 December 1970) is a disabled equestrian from Germany. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport paraspor ...

and

Steffen Zeibig Steffen Zeibig (born 11 June 1977 in Dresden) is a disabled equestrian from Germany. He has been on three silver medal winning teams and won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He is part of the team that will represent Germany in Equestrian ...

Goalball

Men

;Group stage ---- ---- ----

Judo

Four German judoka have qualified to compete at the Games. ;Men ;Women

Paracanoeing

Germany qualified six paracanoeists.

Paratriathlon

Rowing

Germany qualified two boats in the single sculls events for the games. Sylvia Pille-Steppat will compete in the women's single sculls by finishing sixth at the

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and securing one of seventh available place. Meanwhile, Marcus Klemp will compete in the men's single sculls events by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in

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. Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

Germany entered four athletes into the Paralympic competition. All of them successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2018 WSPS World Championships which was held in

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, South Korea, 2018 WSPS World Cup which was held in

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, France, 2019 WSPS World Cup which was held in

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and 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia.

Sitting volleyball

have qualified to compete at the Games in the sitting volleyball. ;Summary

Men's tournament

;Group play ---- ---- ;Fifth Place Match

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Table tennis

Germany entered eight athletes into the table tennis competition at the games.

Thomas Schmidberger Thomas Schmidberger (born 23 October 1991) is a German para table tennis player. He has won two world titles and six European titles in para table tennis tournaments. References External links * * 1991 births Living people German male ...

Valentin Baus Valentin Baus (born 14 December 1995) is a German people, German para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a double European champion and has won most team titles with Selcuk Cetin and Jan Gürtler. References ...

qualified from 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in

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and six other athletes via World Ranking allocation. ;Men ;Women

Wheelchair basketball

Germany men's team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after entered top four at the

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. Germany's women's team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after winning the bronze medal in the

2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship The 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the Edel-optics.de Arena in Hamburg, Germany, from 16 to 26 August 2018. Both men's and women's tournaments were held, with 12 women's and 16 men's teams competing, representing 19 di ...

held in Hamburg, Germany. ;Summary

Men

;Group play ----- ----- ----- ----- ;Quarter-final ;Seventh place match

Women

;Group play ----- ----- ----- ;Quarter-final ;Semi-final ;Bronze medal match

Wheelchair fencing

Maurice Schmidt and Sylvi Tauber have been selected to compete. ;Men ;Women

Wheelchair tennis

References

External links

2020 Summer Paralympics website
{{NPCsin2020SummerParalympics Nations at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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