Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

's participation in the

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has been sporadic. The country made its Paralympic début at the 1968 Summer Games in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, sending two competitors who both competed in both athletics and table tennis. Ethiopia was then absent from the Games for almost a decade, returning in 1976 with a one-man delegation Abraham Habte, who entered athletics, lawn bowls and table tennis. In 1980, Habte was again Ethiopia's only representative, this time competing only in lawn bowls. Ethiopia then entered a prolonged period of absence, before sending a single runner (

Kiros Tekle Kiros may refer to: * Kiros (band), a Canadian rock band * Kiros Seagill, a computer games character in Fantasy VIII Ethiopian & Eritrean name Kiros ( Ge'ez: ኪሮስ) is a male given name of Ge'ez origin that may refer to: * Kiros Alemayehu, ...

) to the 2004 Games. In 2008, the country entered a two-man delegation in athletics. In 2012, Wondiye Fikre Indelbu became the first Ethiopian to win a medal in the Paralympic Games, winning a silver in the men's 1500 meters - T46 event in athletics. On 28 August 2021, Tigist Mengistu won Ethiopia's first ever gold medal at the Paralympics when she won the women's 1500m T13 final. Ethiopia has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.Ethiopia at the Paralympics
International Paralympic Committee

Historical Medal Table

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals

See also

References