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United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

United States participation at the 2020 Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo


The United States competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[2]

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Medalists

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Archery

Eric Bennett, Lia Coryell, Kevin Mather, KJ Polish, Emma Rose Ravish, Andre Shelby and Matt Stutzman have all qualified.[3]

Men

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Women

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Mixed

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Athletics

35 male athletes and 26 female athletes have been selected to compete.[4][5][6]

Men's track
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Women's track
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Mixed track
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Men's field
Women's field
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Cycling

Joseph Berenyi, Clara Brown, Alicia Dana, Thomas Davis, Alfredo de los Santos, Will Groulx, Cody Jung, Oksana Masters, Shawn Morelli, Christopher Murphy, Eric Pinney, Matthew Rodriguez, Monica Sereda, Jill Walsh and Jamie Whitmore have all qualified to compete.

Equestrian

Rebecca Hart, Beatrice Lasnier De Lavalette, Kate Shoemaker and Roxanne Trunnell have all qualified to compete.

Goalball

Men

The following is the United States roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[7]

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Group stage
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Source: TOCOG
(H) Hosts
26 August 2021
13:15
United States  8–6  Brazil Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
Young 4
Merren 1
Simpson 1
Walker 1
Sousa 1 (o.g.)
Report Moreno 3
Sousa 2
Marques 1

27 August 2021
13:15
Japan  11–1  United States Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
Sano 6
Miyajiki 3
Kaneko 2
Report Walker 1

29 August 2021
17:30
Algeria  5–13  United States Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
Belhouchat 4
Larbi 1
Report Young 8
Simpson 3
Walker 2

30 August 2021
13:15
United States  3–13  Lithuania Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
Simpson 2
Young 1
Report Montvydas 5
Zibolis 4
Pavliukianec 2
Pazarauskas 2
Quarter-final
31 August 2021
15:00
Ukraine  4–5  United States Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Vaida Pokvytytė (LTU)
Oliinyk 3
Zhyhalin 1
Report Young 4
Simpson 1
Semi-finals
2 September 2021
13:15
China  8–1  United States Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain)
Yang Mingyuan 6
Hu Mingyao 2
Report Young 1
Bronze medal match
3 September 2021
15:00
United States  7–10  Lithuania Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
Simpson 2
Walker 2
Young 2
Kusku 1
Report Zibolis 4
Pavliukianec 3
Montvydas 2
Pažarauskas 1

Women

The following is the United States roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[8]

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Group stage
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Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
(H) Hosts
More information Brazil, 4–6 ...
Referee: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania)

More information 10–0, Egypt ...
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)

More information Japan, 3–2 ...
Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)

More information 4–3, Turkey ...
Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
Quarter-final
More information 5–3, RPC ...
Referee: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
Semi-finals
More information Brazil, 4–5 (ET) ...
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Robert Avery (Great Britain)
Gold medal match
More information 2–9, Turkey ...
Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)

Judo

Katie Davis, Ben Goodrich, Maria Liana Mutia and Robert Tanaka have all qualified to compete.

Paracanoeing

Kaitlyn Verfuerth and Blake Haxton have both qualified to compete. Haxton is also going to compete in rowing.

Paratriathlon

Seven paratriathletes have qualified to compete.

Powerlifting

Jacob Schrom has qualified to compete.

Rowing

U.S. qualified four boats for all of the rowing classes into the Paralympic regatta. All of them qualified after successfully entering the top seven for single sculls events and top eight for mixed events at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.[9]

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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

Jazmin-Almlie-Ryan, Stetson Bardfield, Taylor Farmer, McKenna Geer, Yan Xiao Gong, John Joss and Kevin Nguyen have all qualified to compete.

Sitting volleyball

The women's sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after their results at the 2018 World ParaVolley Championships.[10]

Summary
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Women's tournament

Group play

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Source: TOCOG
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
14:00
v
United States  3–0  Rwanda Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Barbara Pakuła (POL), Dominik Raca (CRO)
(25–11, 25–9, 25–11)
Results Statistics

30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
18:30
v
United States  0–3  China Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Benno Meijer (NED), Haris Helac (BIH)
(17–25, 22–25, 24–26)
Results Statistics

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
18:30
v
RPC  0–3  United States Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Neal Konowalyk (CAN), Vanessa Redes (BRA)
(19–25, 15–25, 22–25)
Results Statistics
Semifinal
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
18:30
v
Brazil  0–3  United States Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Krisztina Árpás (HUN), Huang Xiao (CHN)
(19–25, 11–25, 23–25)
Results Statistics
Gold medal game
5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)
10:00
v
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States  3–1  China 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI), Marie-Claude Richer (CAN)
(25–12, 25–20, 22–25, 25–19)
Results Statistics

Swimming

34 American swimmers are qualified to compete in the Paralympics.[11][12][13]

Men
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Women
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Table tennis

United States entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Ian Seidenfeld & Tahl Leibovitz qualified from 2019 Parapan American Games which was held in Lima, Peru and Jenson Van Emburgh via World Ranking allocation.[14]

Men
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Taekwondo

Para taekwondo makes its debut appearance in the Paralympic programme, Evan Medell & Brianna Salinaro, qualified to the 2020 Summer Paralympics via World Ranking.[15]

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Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the United States roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [16]

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Groupstage
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Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
9:00
United States  5855  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 12–12, 18–14, 18–13
Pts: Bell 20
Rebs: Bell 8
Asts: Scott 10
Pts: Böhme 19
Rebs: Böhme 9
Asts: Böhme 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Linas Radykas

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
17:00
Iran  4165  United States
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 9–17, 11–14, 12–12
Pts: Sayari 17
Rebs: Sayari 14
Asts: Saadatpoormoghadam 6
Pts: Serio 12
Rebs: Serio 8
Asts: Serio 10
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hector Carmona

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
17:00
Great Britain  6463  United States
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 15–14, 16–15, 13–19
Pts: Choudhry, Manning 12
Rebs: Manning 14
Asts: Choudhry 10
Pts: Williams 19
Rebs: Serio 7
Asts: Serio 8
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 1,032
Referees: Yekta Şansal Koç

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
14:45
United States  6638  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 21–11, 16–4, 12–8
Pts: Williams 24
Rebs: Serio 9
Asts: Williams 7
Pts: Latham 13
Rebs: Latham 9
Asts: O'Neill-Thorne 7
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 810
Referees: Linas Radykas
Quarter-final
1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
12:30
United States  5245  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 14–8, 10–6, 17–13
Pts: Bell 18
Rebs: Serio 9
Asts: Serio 10
Pts: Gürbulak 21
Rebs: Gürbulak 12
Asts: Toprak 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Gustavo Mathias
Semi-finals
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
18:15
Spain  5266  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 8–24, 11–18, 19–9
Pts: Zarzuela 17
Rebs: García 12
Asts: García 15
Pts: Bell 20
Rebs: Bell 11
Asts: Serio 8
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 347
Referees: Alexandre Lapointe

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the United States roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [17]

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Groupstage
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Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)
11:15
Netherlands  6858  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 20–20, 16–16, 18–6
Pts: Beijer 28
Rebs: Beijer 12
Asts: Visser 12
Pts: Zurbrugg 20
Rebs: Hollermann, Schneider 9
Asts: Ryan 12
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Juan Urunuela

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
17:00
United States  6834  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 14–9, 21–11, 15–3
Pts: Hollermann 20
Rebs: Hollermann 11
Asts: Hollermann 8
Pts: Lopez 11
Rebs: Lopez 8
Asts: Lopez 3
Ariake Arena
Referees: Maurizio Zamponi

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
9:00
United States  4142  China
Scoring by quarter: 12–2, 9–5, 6–14, 14–21
Pts: Zurbrugg 15
Rebs: Ryan 9
Asts: Hollermann 7
Pts: Zhang X. 15
Rebs: Dai 10
Asts: Lin 7
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 830
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
17:00
Algeria  2162  United States
Scoring by quarter: 0–18, 5–14, 9–18, 7–12
Pts: Boublal 10
Rebs: Abdelali 7
Asts: Khemgani 4
Pts: Gonzalez 14
Rebs: Gonzalez 7
Asts: Ryan 7
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 810
Referees: Geghard Tahmasian
Quarterfinal
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
12:30
Canada  4863  United States
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 13–21, 9–12, 16–18
Pts: Young 11
Rebs: Dandeneau 13
Asts: Dandeneau, Young 6
Pts: Hollermann 19
Rebs: Hollermann, Schneider 9
Asts: Ryan 13
Ariake Arena
Referees: Maurizio Zamponi
Semifinal
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
20:45
United States  3641  China
Scoring by quarter: 9–6, 6–14, 8–7, 13–14
Pts: Hollermann 13
Rebs: Schneider 10
Asts: Hollermann, Ryan 5
Pts: Zhang T. 13
Rebs: Lin, Lyu 8
Asts: Lin 5
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 279
Referees: Tomas Pajer
Bronze medal match
4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)
17:45
Germany  5164  United States 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 12–11, 14–13, 12–20
Pts: Miller 26
Rebs: Lang 11
Asts: Miller 8
Pts: Zurbrugg 22
Rebs: Hollermann 12
Asts: Hollermann 10
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 30
Referees: Shunsuke Nikaido

Wheelchair fencing

Ellen Geddes, Terry Hayes and Shelby Jensen have all qualified to compete.

Wheelchair rugby

United States national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Games for the games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru.[18]

Team roster
  • Team event – 1 team of 12 players
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Group stage
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More information 50-48, Great Britain ...
Semifinal
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Gold medal match
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Wheelchair tennis

U.S. qualified seven players entries for wheelchair tennis. Five of them qualified by world ranking, while the other qualified by received the bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

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See also


References

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  2. Tammaro, Brianna (28 April 2019). "Daniel Romanchuk Captures First World Title At London Marathon". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019.
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  5. "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. "Tokyo 2020 Paralympics qualification update". World ParaVolley. 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  7. "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.
  8. "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019.
  9. "US Paralympics Swimming Nominates 34 Swimmers To Tokyo-Bound Roster". Team USA. 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021.
  10. "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
  11. "Athletes qualified for Tokyo 2020 World Rankings" (PDF). Taekwondo Oezer. 1 January 2020.
  12. "United States men's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  13. "United States women's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  14. "Wheel Blacks get bronze and qualify for 2020 Paralympics". Stuff.co.nz. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

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