Indiana athletes competing in 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris

At least six athletes with Indiana ties will compete in the 2024 Paralympic Games: three in swimming, two in track and field and one in wheelchair rugby. Five have won Paralympic medals and one is making her debut.

The 2024 Paralympic Games will take place in and around Paris from Aug. 28-Sept. 8.

Indiana athletes in 2024 Paralympics

∎ Evan Austin, para swimming

The 31-year-old Indiana State alum and Terre Haute native won a gold medal in the 50-meter butterfly S7 and a bronze in the 400 free S7 at the 2020 Tokyo Games. He has spastic paraplegia.

∎ Jeff Butler, wheelchair rugby

The 33-year-old from Fort Wayne has won two Olympic silver medals in mixed competition (2020, '16). He suffered a broken neck in a traffic accident when he was 13 years old.

∎ Noah Malone, track and field

The 22-year-old from Fishers (Hamilton Southeastern, Indiana School for the Blind) and Indiana State won a gold medal (4x100 mixed medley) and two silver medals (100 meters, T12; 400 meters, T12) in the 2020 Tokyo Games. He has Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy, a rare eye condition.

∎ Sam Grewe, track and field

The 26-year-old Middlebury, Indiana, native and Notre Dame high jumper has earned one Paralympic gold medal (T63, 2020) and one silver (T42, 2016). He won a bronze medal in the 2024 World Championships and three golds in previous World Championships. His right leg was amputated in 2011 after osteosarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer, attacked his knee.

∎ Grace Nuhfer, swimming

The Greenwood High School graduate will compete in the 100-meter butterfly. She has brittle cornea syndrome.

∎ Lizzi Smith, swimming

The Muncie Central High School gradate owns two Paralympic silver medals (2020 Games 100-meter butterfly, 2016 Games 4x100 freestyle relay) and one bronze (2016 Games 4x100 medley relay). She owns seven medals in World Championships competition. She was born without a left forearm.

When are the Paralympics?

Aug. 28-Sept. 8, 2024.

Where are the Paralympics?

In and around Paris.

What channel are the Paralympics on?

Every event is on Peacock . USA, NBC, CNBC and Telemundo will also have coverage.

When did the Paralympics start?

1960 for Summer events. Winter Paralympics began in 1976.

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