• Source: Sierra Leone at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sierra Leone sent a delegation to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was the nation's fourth time competing at the Summer Paralympic Games after it made its debut twenty years prior at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. The delegation consisted of 2 Athletes from one sport.




Background


Sierra Leone made its Paralympic debut at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. The country did not participate in another Summer Paralympic Games until the 2012 London Paralympics. This made the 2020 Summer Paralympics Sierra Leone's fourth appearance at a Summer Paralympiad.




Disability classifications



Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.




Athletics



Sierra Leone send 2 athletes for long jump and the javelin, both athletes finished 12th and 10th respectively.

Field
Men

Female




See also


Sierra Leone at the Paralympics




References

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• Paralimpiade Musim Panas 2024
• Sierra Leone at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
• Sierra Leone at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
• Sierra Leone at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• Sierra Leone at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
• Sierra Leone at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
• Sierra Leone at the Paralympics
• Sierra Leone at the Olympics
• India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
• 2020 Summer Paralympics
• Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics