Tachlowini Gabriyesos competes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (© Getty Images)
Seven athletes will represent the Olympic Refugee Team in athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The squad includes distance runner Tachlowini Gabriyesos, who placed 16th in the marathon at the last Olympic Games in Tokyo – the highest ever finish by a refugee athlete at a global championships.
Other endurance athletes on the team include 800m specialists Perina Lokure Nakang and Musa Suliman, 5000m runner Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed and middle-distance runner Farida Abaroge, who made her Athlete Refugee Team debut at the recent World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade.
Dorian Keletela, who in 2021 became the first sprinter to represent a refugee team at a global championships, will contest the 100m. And Mohammad Amin Alsalami, who last year became the first field event athlete to represent a refugee team at a global championships, has been named in the long jump.
“These athletes are an enrichment to our Olympic Community, and to our societies,” said IOC President Thomas Bach. "With their participation in the Olympic Games, they will demonstrate the human potential of resilience and excellence. This will send a message of hope to the more than 100 million displaced people around the world.”
Olympic Refugee Team for Paris
WOMEN
800m: Perina Lokure Nakang
1500m: Farida Abaroge
MEN
100m: Dorian Keletela
800m: Musa Suliman
5000m: Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed
Marathon: Tachlowini Gabriyesos
Long jump: Mohammad Amin Alsalami
