**Updated: 31 March, 2020**
New dates have been announced for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The Games will now take place between 24 August and 5 September 2021.

A total of 22 sports are scheduled for inclusion in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Para-badminton and Para-taekwondo will be making their debut at the 2020 Paralympic Games.

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Kate McLoughlin
Chef de Mission of the 2020 Australian Paralympic Team

As the first female Chef de Mission to be appointed by Paralympics Australia, Kate McLoughlin led the Australian Paralympic Team to fifth place on the medal tally at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Kate has been widely lauded for the performance-driven, inclusive and supportive environment she helped to create for the 2016 Australian Paralympic Team, and her proven ability to excel in the unique environment of a Games saw her reappointment as Chef de Mission for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

In addition to being the recipient of the Australian Institute of Sport’s Award for Leadership in 2016, Kate was named Best Official from Rio 2016 at the 2017 International Paralympic Awards Gala. Kate is the only Australian to have won the award and the first Australian to win an International Paralympic Award in any category since 2009.

Ryley Batt, Wheelchair rugby

Ryley Batt helped lead the Australian Steelers to their first Paralympic gold medal in 2012, and carved his name in history once again as a member of the first wheelchair rugby team to win consecutive Paralympic gold medals and a world title in a four-year period, when the Steelers won gold at the 2014 World Championships and 2016 Paralympics.

Danni Di Toro, Para-table tennis

Danni Di Toro is a six-time Paralympian who made her Paralympic debut in wheelchair tennis in 1996 before transitioning to Para-table tennis in 2016. She is a two-time Paralympic medallist and winner of 20 Grand Slam titles. She was the 1999 Australian Female Paralympian of the Year and the recipient of an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.

Pronounced soh-may-tee

The name Someity comes from “Someiyoshino”, a popular type of cherry blossom, and the phrase ‘so mighty’. Someity has a calm and quiet presence, guided by great inner strength, but can display superpowers that embody the toughness and determination of the Paralympic athletes.

Source: tokyo2020.org

The design of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games medal features a traditional Japanese fan motif. They also feature “Tokyo 2020” in braille on the forward-facing side of the medal. A series of circular indentations on the side of the medals – one for gold, two for silver, three for bronze – make the medal types easy to distinguish by touch, the first time in Paralympic history that this provision has been made for athletes with a vision impairment.

Source: tokyo2020.org

Find out more information about the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic medals.

Australia has participated at every Paralympic Games since the first in Rome 1960 and has established itself as a leading Paralympic nation.

To date, 999 athletes have represented Australia at the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, winning a total of 1,190 medals. 961 Australians have competed at the Summer Paralympics, winning 1,156 medals.

Tokyo 2020 will be the 16th Summer Paralympic Games and will be the second time the Games have been hosted by the Japanese capital, the first being in 1964.

At the 1964 Paralympic Games, 375 athletes from 21 countries competed across nine sports. Australia finished fifth on the overall medal tally with 12 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze medals (total of 30 medals).