Denmark at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Denmark competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Denmark at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeDEN
NPCDanish Paralympic Committee
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors32 in 9 sports
Flag bearers Tobias Jørgensen
Katrine Kristensen
Medals
Ranked 38th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
5
Total
10
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Alexander Hillhouse Swimming Men's 100m butterfly - S14 29 August
  Gold Emma Lund Cycling Women's T1-2 Road Race 7 September
  Silver Daniel Wagner Athletics Men's Long Jump –T63 31 August
  Silver Daniel Wagner Athletics Men's 100m - T63 2 September
  Silver Katrine Kristensen Equestrian Individual - Grade 2 3 September
  Bronze Lisa Gjessing Taekwondo Women's –65 kg 30 August
  Bronze Martin Black Jørgensen Shooting Men's 10m Air rifle - R1 31 August
  Bronze Emma Lund Cycling Women's T1-2 Individual Time Trial 4 September
  Bronze Peter Rosenmeier Table tennis Men's Singles - MS6 5 September
  Bronze Bjørk Nørremark Athletics Women's Long Jump - T47 6 September

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 2 4
Badminton 0 1 1
Cycling 1 1 2
Equestrian 1 3 4
Shooting 5 0 5
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 1 0 1
Taekwondo 0 1 1
Wheelchair rugby 11 1 12
Total 22 10 32

Athletics

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Danish track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • PB = Personal Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Daniel Wagner Men's 100 m T63 12.21 PB 2 Q 12.08 PB  
Christian Lykkeby Olsen Men's 1500 m T46 4:02.76 10
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Daniel Wagner Men's long jump T63 7,39 m. PB  
Bjørk Nørremark Women's long jump T47 5,76 m. PB  
Emilie Aaen Women's long jump T63 4.48 m. 7

Badminton

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Denmark has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Cathrine Rosengren Women's singles SU5   Kameyama (JPN)
W (21–6, 21–10)
  Toyoda (JPN)
W (21–17, 21–11)
1 Q   Beatriz Monteiro (POR)
W (21–19, 21–10)
  Yang Qiuxia (CHN)
L (14–21, 14–21)
  Manisha Ramadass (IND)
L (12–21, 8–21)
4

Cycling

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Emma Lund and Martin Heggelund have both qualified to compete.

Road

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Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Martin Heggelund Men's road race T1-2 1:41.42 (+26.34) 12
Men's time trial T1-2 33:25.24 (+11:49.46) 12
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Emma Lund Women's road race T1-2 1:00.16  
Women's time trial T1-2 28:52.13 (+3:04.35)  

Equestrian

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Denmark entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition by finishing in the top seven nation's at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark.[1][2]

Individual
Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Tobias Thorning Joergensen Jolene Hill Individual championship test grade III Withdrew
Individual freestyle test grade III
Katrine Kristensen Goerklintgaards Quater Individual championship test grade II 73.966%  
Individual freestyle test grade II 75.687% 4
Pia Wulff Jelstrup Zafia Individual championship test grade IV 68.861% 9
Individual freestyle test grade IV Did not advance
Karla Dyhm-Junge Miss Daisy Individual championship test grade III 69.600% 6 Q
Individual freestyle test grade III 73.367% 6
Team
Athlete Horse Event Individual score Total
TT Score Rank
Tobias Thorning Joergensen See above Team Withdrew 214.800% 8
Katrine Kristensen 75.200%
Pia Wulff Jelstrup 70.000%
Karla Dyhm-Junge 69.600%

Shooting

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For the first time since 2016, Denmark entered two para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Buster Mathias Antonsen P1 Men's 10 metre air pistol SH1 563-17x 6 174.2 5
Jan Winther R1 Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 621.0 4 164.0 6
Martin Black Jørgensen 621.8 2 226.5  
Jens Frimann R7 Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 1156-44x 8 430.6 4
Jan Winther 1153-44x 9 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Kasper Hjort Lousdal R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1 626.1 4 121.9 8
R3 Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 633.1 10 Did not advance
Jan Winther R3 Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 630.4 19 Did not advance
Buster Mathias Antonsen P3 Mixed 25 metre pistol SH1 555-11x 20 Did not advance
P4 Mixed 50 metre pistol SH1 519-4x 20 Did not advance
Jens Frimann R6 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1 615.8 23 Did not advance

Swimming

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Denmark secured two quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Alexander Hillhouse Men's 200 m freestyle S14 1:58.42 4 q 1:57.96 6
Men's 100 m backstroke S14 1:00.47 1 Q 59.38 5
Men's 100 m butterfly S14 55.32 2 Q 54.61  
Johanne Øland Frøkjær Women's 100 m backstroke S9 1:15.94 6 Did not advance

Table tennis

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Denmark entered one athletes for the Paralympic games. Peter Rosenmeier qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Peter Rosenmeier Men's individual C6   Karabardak (GBR)
W (11–5, 12–10, 11–6)
  Thomas Rau (GER)
W (13–11, 11–4, 10–12, 7–11, 12–10)
  Rungroj Thainiyom (THA)
L (12–10, 7–11, 15–17, 11–6, 8–11)
 

Taekwondo

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Denmark entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Lisa Gjessing qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in women's 65 kg class.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Lisa Gjessing Women's –65 kg   Tonowane (SOL)
  W 25–0
  Djélika Diallo (FRA)
  L 4–6 (GP) (4–4)
  Beth Munro (GBR)
  W 10–2
  Marie Antoinette Dassi (CMR)
  W 6–2
 

Wheelchair rugby

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Denmark national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Games after get the bronze medal and finishing top two eligible nation's at the 2023 European Championships Division A in Cardiff, Great Britain.[4]

Team roster
Squad Group stage Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Denmark national team   France
L 51–53
  Great Britain
L 53–55
  Australia
L 49–53
4   Canada
L 46–56
  Germany
W 56–49
7

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Para Equestrian - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 20 January 2023.
  2. ^ "FEI World Championships Herning Denmark 2022". FEI. 20 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023" (PDF). Paralympics. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. ^ @WREuro2023 (7 May 2023). "DENMARK HAVE DONE IT!" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 June 2023 – via Twitter.