Paralympic history of the Gambia

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The Gambia's Paralympic history began with the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London , which featured two Gambian athletes. Since then, the Gambia has participated in all Summer Paralympics from 2012 onwards , but did not participate in Winter Paralympics . Efforts were made to participate in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , the names of the two parathletes Aboulie Siyang and Ebrima Joof appeared in the lists, but no results were recorded. The reason for this is not proven.

The Gambia has not yet won a medal at the Paralympics.

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals
	total	m	w						total	rank
1960-2008	not participated
2012	2	1	1	Isatou Nyang	1
2016	1	1		Demba Jarju	1
2020
total						0	0	0	0	-

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals
	total	m	w						total	rank
1976-2018	not participated
total						0	0	0	0	-

See also

• Gambia at the Commonwealth Games

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Athlete. In: beijing2008.cn. web.archive.org, 2009, archived from the original on January 5, 2009 ; accessed on February 13, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Athlete. In: beijing2008.cn. web.archive.org, 2008, archived from the original on September 25, 2008 ; accessed on February 13, 2020 .