Tokyo 2020

NEW ZEALAND IN COMPETITION AT THE TOKYO 2020 PARALYMPIC GAMES:

29 Kiwi Paralympians, including 11 returning athletes and 18 debutants in the New Zealand Paralympic Team
The New Zealand Paralympic Team included 13 female and 16 male Paralympians
6 Para sports were competed in – Para swimming (4 athletes), Para cycling (6 athletes), Shooting Para sport (1 athlete), Para athletics (8 athletes), Para canoe (2 athletes), Wheelchair rugby (8 athletes)
37 staff supported the New Zealand Paralympic Team
49 separate events were contested in these 6 Para sports by Kiwi Paralympians: Para swimming 13 events, Para cycling 17 events, Para canoe 3 events, Wheelchair Rugby 1 event, Para athletics 12 events, Shooting Para sport 3 events
Kiwi Paralympians competed in 75% of the finals out of the 49 events contested
3 Paralympic records were set by New Zealand
97% of our Kiwi Paralympians had a top 8 finish in at least one event
12 medals won by New Zealand – 6 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze
7 individual Paralympians won medals
3rd in the world for gold medals won per capita
4th in the world for medals won per capita
21st in the world in the medal standings*
Sophie Pascoe became the most successful New Zealand Paralympian of all time now having won a total of 19 medals including 11 gold medals across 4 Paralympic Games.

Fiona Allan with Wheel Blacks Mike Todd and Hayden Barton-Cootes in a team selection announcement — PNZ Chief Executive Fiona Allan with Wheel Blacks Mike Todd (C) and Hayden Barton-Cootes.

Read Fiona’s favourite moments of Tokyo 2020

We caught up with Paralympics New Zealand Chief Executive Fiona Allan as she is now in MIQ along with the rest of the New Zealand Paralympic Team following the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, and asked her to sum up the experience for us.

Tokyo 2020 reflections

Tokyo 2020 - Medal Tally

Total	12
Gold	06
Silver	03
Bronze	03

Tokyo 2020 - Details

Year	Medal	Sport	Name	Event
2020	Gold	Para athletics	Lisa Adams	Women’s Shot Put F37 (Paralympic Record)
2020	Gold	Para swimming	Sophie Pascoe	Women’s 200m IM SM9
2020	Gold	Para swimming	Sophie Pascoe	Women’s 100m Freestyle S9
2020	Gold	Para swimming	Tupou Neiufi	Women’s 100m Backstroke S8
2020	Gold	Para athletics	Anna Grimaldi	Women’s Long Jump T47 (Paralympic Record)
2020	Gold	Para athletics	Holly Robinson	Women’s Javelin Throw F46
2020	Silver	Para swimming	Sophie Pascoe	Women’s 100m Breastroke SB8
2020	Silver	Para athletics	Danielle Aitchison	Women’s 200m T36
2020	Silver	Para athletics	William Stedman	Men’s Long Jump T36 (Oceania Record)
2020	Bronze	Para athletics	Danielle Aitchison	Women’s 100m T36 (Oceania Record)
2020	Bronze	Para athletics	William Stedman	Men’s 400m T36
2020	Bronze	Para swimming	Sophie Pascoe	Women’s 100m Backstroke S9

NEW ZEALAND TEAM

Para athletics
Holly Robinson – Paralympian #183
Caitlin Dore – Paralympian #192
Anna Grimaldi – Paralympian #195
William Stedman – Paralympian #208
Lisa Adams – Paralympian #210
Danielle Aitchison – Paralympian #211
Anna Steven – Paralympian #224
Ben Tuimaseve – Paralympian #227

Para canoe
Scott Martlew – Paralympian #198
Corbin Hart – Paralympian #215

Para cycling
Stephen Hills – Paralympian #196
Sarah Ellington – Paralympian #213
Eltje Malzbender – Paralympian #220
Rory Mead – Paralympian #221
Nicole Murray – Paralympian #222
Anna Taylor – Paralympian #225

Shooting Para sport
Michael Johnson – Paralympian #148

Para swimming
Sophie Pascoe – Paralympian #166
Nikita Howarth – Paralympian #179
Tupou Neiufi – Paralympian #201
Jesse Reynolds – Paralympian #205

Wheelchair rugby
Hayden Barton-Cootes – Paralympian #212
Cody Everson – Paralympian #214
Robert Hewitt – Paralympian #216
Barney Koneferenisi – Paralympian #217
Tainafi Lefono – Paralympian #218
Gareth Lynch – Paralympian #219
Gavin Rolton – Paralympian #223
Mike Todd – Paralympian #226

How are the medal standings ranked?

* By IPC convention, the medal standings are ordered by the number of gold medals which the Para athletes from a nation have won. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If NPCs are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code. The same convention is used by the IOC.