Australia participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. It sent its largest away team - 179 athletes to a Summer Paralympics. Australia finished eighth on the gold medal table and sixth on the total medals table.
Daniela di Toro and Ryley Batt at the announcement that they would jointly carry the Australian flag in the opening ceremony at the Tokyo Paralympics.
In November 2019, wheelchair rugby player Ryley Batt and table tennis player Daniela di Toro, were named as co-captains.[3] They were also named as joint flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony.[4]Ellie Cole was the flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony. Cole became Australia's most decorated female Paralympian during the Games with her silver and bronze medals in swimming taking her to 17 Paralympic medals.[5]
New sports - Janine Watson won Australia's first medal - bronze in Para Taekwondo.
Boccia won it first medal since 1996 and second only medal with Daniel Michel's bronze medal.
Table tennis had its greatest medal success at a Paralympics - 2 gold and 4 silver medals.
Australian team joint flagbearers Ryley Batt (left) and Daniela di Toro, just prior to entering the stadium for the parade of athletes during the opening ceremony.