Zimbabwe at the Paralympics

Zimbabwe at the Paralympic Games
Flag of Zimbabwe IPC code  ZIM NPC Zimbabwe National Paralympic Committee
Paralympic history
Summer Games
1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Other related appearances
Rhodesia (1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972)

Zimbabwe has been competing at the Paralympic Games since the country became independent in 1980; it had previously competed as Rhodesia. Zimbabwe was absent from the Games in 1988 and 1992, returning in 1996 with a two-man delegation, and has competed at every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. It has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.

Zimbabweans have won a total of 2 gold medals, 9 silver, and 6 bronze. The country's most successful year, by far, was 1980, when Zimbabweans won 8 silver medals and 4 bronze - all but two won by Sandra James and Eileen Robertson, across events in several sports. Zimbabwe's first gold medal was won by Elliot Mujaji in 2000, in the 100m sprint (T46 category). Mujaji won Zimbabwe's second (and most recent) Paralympic gold medal in the same event four years later.

The Zimbabwe National Paralympic Committee was only officially launched and registered in 2010. Prior to this, "the government provided financial aid during the Paralympic Games, [but] there was no co-ordinated mechanism to maintain athletes' momentum between the Games", and athletes "had to find their own sponsor, coach and manager who would finance the training, travelling and their participation at competitions".

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1980 Arnhem	0	8	4	12	34
1984 Stoke Mandeville New York	0	1	2	3	39
1988 Seoul	did not participate
1992 Barcelona	did not participate
1996 Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	1	0	0	1	49
2004 Athens	1	0	0	1	56
2008 Beijing	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	9	6	17

See also

• Zimbabwe at the Olympics