LIST: 2024 Summer Paralympians with ties the Peach State

ATLANTA — Now that the 2024 Olympic Games have finished their run in Paris, it’s time for the 2024 Paralympic Games.

Some of the best athletes across the country and fighting to bring home the gold for the U.S.

Several of those athletes call the Peach State home or have other ties to Georgia.

During the Olympics, the U.S. brought home 125 medals. At least 18 of those medals came from athletes with Georgia ties.

So far, the U.S. Paralympians have won 21 medals, but the Games are just getting started. At least three of those have come from athletes with Peach State ties.

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Here are all the athletes competing in the Games from Georgia:

McKenzie Coan

Paralympic Swimming
Clarkesville, Ga.
Age: 28
Has not yet competed in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
Has four gold medals and two silver medals from the 2016 and 2020 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo

Tatyanna McFadden

Paralympic Track and Field
Baltimore, Mary.
Age: 35
Won the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race in 2021
Has not yet competed in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
Holds eight gold medals, eight silver medals and four bronze medals across the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2020 Paralympic Games in Athens, Beijing, London, Sochi, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo

Ryan Medrano

Paralympic Track and Field
Savannah, Ga.
Age: 27
Won silver in the Men’s 100m T38 at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris

Cassie Mitchell

Paralympic Track and Field
Warner, Oklahoma
Age: 43
Biomedical engineering professor at Georgia Tech
Has not yet competed in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
Won silver in the Women’s Discus Throw and bronze in the Women’s Club Throw at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
Won silver in the Women’s Club Throw at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo
Competed in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London

Bailey Moody

Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
Alpharetta, Ga.
Age: 22
Has not yet competed in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
Won bronze in Women’s Team Basketball at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo

Gia Pergolini

Paralympic Swimming
Atlanta, Ga.
Age: 20
Finished 12th in the Women’s 100m Butterfly at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
Won gold in the Women’s 100m Backstroke at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo

Daniel Romanchuk

Paralympic Track and Field
Mount Airy, Mary.
Age: 26
Won the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race in 2024
Won gold in the Men’s 400m T54 and bronze in the Men’s Marathon T54 at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo
Competed in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

Susannah Scaroni

Paralympic Track and Field
Tekoa, Wash.
Age: 33
Won the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race for the third time in a row in 2024
Has not yet competed in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
Won gold in the Women’s 5000m T54 and bronze in Women’s 800m T54 at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo
Competed in the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games in London and Rio de Janeiro

Matt Simpson

Paralympic Goalball
Atlanta, Ga.
Age: 34
Has not yet competed in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
Won silver in Men’s Goalball at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
Competed in the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo

Jarryd Wallace

Paralympic Track and Field
Athens, Ga.
Age: 34
Has not yet competed in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
Won bronze in the Men’s 200m at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo
Competed in the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games in London and Rio de Janeiro

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