With 94 medals won in the 11 previous games, Portugal will be represented in Paris by 27 athletes, with the second smallest delegation ever, only smaller than that of Seoul 1988, when it was represented by 13 athletes, who won 14 medals.
After competing in eight sports at the Tokyo 2020 Games, Portugal will reach a record 10 sports in France, making its debut in triathlon and powerlifting, and repeating its participation in athletics, badminton, boccia, canoeing, cycling, judo, swimming, and shooting.
Three years ago, after the Games were postponed for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Portugal had its least medal-winning participation in Tokyo since 1972, with two podium finishes, two bronze medals, and 23 diplomas.
The two medalists from Tokyo 2020, canoeist Norberto Mourão and shot putter Miguel Monteiro, are part of the delegation for Paris 2024, in which Cristina Gonçalves, from Boccia, who will be making her fifth appearance at the Games, is the only Paralympic champion present, with three gold medals.
Simone Fragoso has achieved an unusual but not unprecedented feat by competing in the Paralympic Games for the fourth time, but this time in a different sport.
After participating in swimming events in Beijing 2008, London 2021, and Rio 2016, the athlete will take part in the powerlifting tournament, a sport in which Portugal will be represented for the first time.
As has been the case since the Seoul 1988 Games, the Paralympic competition will share the same facilities as the Olympic competition and is expected to bring together around 4,400 athletes in 559 events across 22 sports.
The preparation programme contract for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games has a total value of 9.2 million euros and the grants paid to Paralympic athletes, as well as the prizes for winning medals, are the same as those paid to Olympic athletes, with a gold medal worth 50,000 euros, a silver medal worth 30,000 euros and a bronze medal worth 20,000 euros.
Over the course of 12 participations, 11 of which were consecutive, Portugal won 94 medals at the Paralympic Games, 25 gold, 30 silver, and 39 bronze.