| Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Role(s) |
Era |
Notes |
| Jim Abbott |
 USA |
BBL |
Non-Medal |
1988 |
Abbott was born without a right hand. |
| Edgar Adams |
USA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1904 |
Severely injured when, as a child, a shotgun blast accidentally hit him in the left leg, leaving him with difficulty walking due to that leg being 4-6 inches shorter than the right leg. |
| Tony Ali-Ally |
 GBR |
DIV |
Olympics |
1996—2004 |
Deaf. |
| Max Baldwin |
 AUS |
CMA |
Olympics |
1956 |
Lost use of his left leg to polio as a baby. |
| Frank Bartolillo |
AUS |
FEN |
Olympics |
2004 |
Born profoundly deaf. |
| Bobby Bridge |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1912 |
Left arm amputee. |
| Harold Brooke |
AUS |
SAL |
Olympics |
1960 |
Had the use of only his left arm. |
| Tamika Catchings |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
2004—2016 |
Hearing disability. |
| Chris Colwill |
USA |
DIV |
Olympics |
2008—2012 |
Born with 60 percent hearing loss. |
| Hal Connolly |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1956—1968 |
His left arm was more than 11 centimetres shorter than his right arm and his left hand was two-thirds smaller than his right hand. |
| Georges Conraux |
 FRA |
FEN |
Olympics / Referee |
1924 |
Competed left-handed in fencing as his right arm was amputated at the elbow, possibly from a war injury. |
| Nina Cutro-Kelly |
USA |
JUD |
Olympics |
2020 |
Cutro-Kelly is hearing imparied, and has 50% hearing loss in both ears. |
| Diksha Dagar |
 IND |
GLF |
Olympics |
2020 |
Deaf |
| Jack Dearlove |
GBR |
ROW |
Olympics |
1948 |
Right leg amputee. |
| Gus Erker |
USA |
ROW |
Olympics |
1904 |
Only one eye. |
| George Eyser |
USA |
GAR |
Olympics |
1904 |
Left leg amputee. |
| Ignazio Fabra |
 ITA |
WRE |
Olympics |
1952—1964 |
Deaf since birth. |
| Neroli Fairhall |
 NZL |
ARC |
Olympics |
1984 |
Paraplegic, competed in wheelchair. |
| Paola Fantato |
ITA |
ARC |
Olympics |
1996 |
Confined to a wheelchair following polio |
| Jeff Float |
USA |
SWM |
Olympics |
1984 |
Deaf. |
| Pedro Frías |
 DOM |
BOX |
Olympics |
1988 |
Legally blind in one eye. |
| Paul Gnaier |
 GER
 FRG |
FEN |
Olympics / Referee |
1960—1972 |
Right hand amputee. |
| Donald Gollan |
GBR |
ROW |
Olympics |
1928 |
Deaf. |
| Shirley Gordon |
 CAN |
ATH |
Olympics |
1948 |
Born with a deformed left foot. |
| Olivér Halassy |
 HUN |
SWM/WPO |
Olympics / Non-starter |
1928—1936 |
Left leg amputee. |
| Lis Hartel |
 DEN |
EDR |
Olympics |
1952—1956 |
Paralyzed below her knees after struck by polio. |
| Lou Heim |
USA |
ROW |
Olympics |
1904 |
Deaf. |
| Piero Italiani |
ITA |
DIV |
Olympics |
1984—1988 |
Deaf since birth. |
| Bill Jones |
CAN |
SHO |
Olympics |
1960 |
Deaf. |
| Assunta Legnante |
ITA |
ATH |
Olympics |
2008 |
Visually impaired. |
| Whitly Loper |
USA |
SHO |
Olympics |
2004 |
Born blind in her right eye. |
| Luo Wenao |
 CHN |
ATH |
Olympics |
1948 |
Deaf and mute. |
| George Masin |
USA |
FEN |
Olympics |
1972—1976 |
Hearing impaired. |
| Taylor McQuillin |
 MEX |
SOF |
Olympics |
2020 |
Legally blind in her left eye since birth |
| Zahra Nemati |
 IRI |
ARC |
Olympics / Other |
2016 |
Paralyzed after a car accident in 2008, competed in wheelchair. |
| Jakub Nosek |
 CZE |
BOB |
Olympics |
2018—2022 |
Hearing impaired. |
| Max Ordman |
 RSA |
WRE |
Olympics |
1960 |
Deaf. |
| Carlo Orlandi |
ITA |
BOX |
Olympics |
1928 |
Deaf. |
| Terence Parkin |
RSA |
SWM |
Olympics |
2000—2004 |
Profoundly deaf. |
| Natalia Partyka |
 POL |
TTE |
Olympics |
2008—2020 |
Born without a right hand and forearm |
| Hugo Passos |
 POR |
WRE |
Olympics |
2004 |
Deaf. |
| Brian Pickworth |
NZL |
FEN |
Olympics |
1960 |
Left arm amputee. |
| Oscar Pistorius |
RSA |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
2012 |
Double leg amputee. |
| Hilaire Pratesi |
FRA |
BOX |
Non-starter |
1952 |
He was the victim of an car accident in August 1955, which left him paralyzed |
| Ildikó Rejtő-Ujlaky-Sági |
HUN |
FEN |
Olympics |
1960—1976 |
Profoundly deaf. |
| Marla Runyan |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
2000—2004 |
Legally blind. |
| Michel Salesse |
FRA |
FEN |
Olympics |
1980—1984 |
Competed left-handed as right arm was severely affected from polio as a child. |
| Mark Scott |
GBR |
ROW |
Olympics |
1948 |
Loss of sight in one eye and partial sight in the other following a mortar bomb explosion in World War II |
| Michael Serth |
GER |
GTR |
Olympics |
2000 |
During a training session in 2014, Serth forgot a part of an element (a twist) and landed so unlucky that he needed a wheelchair ever since that accident. |
| Vyacheslav Skomorokhov |
 URS
 UKR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1968 |
Deaf. |
| David Smith |
USA |
VVO |
Olympics |
2012—2020 |
Born nearly deaf. |
| Dean Smith |
AUS |
ATH |
Olympics |
1992 |
Deaf. |
| Walker Smith |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1920 |
Competed with an artificial right eye. |
| Károly Takács |
HUN |
SHO |
Olympics |
1948—1956 |
Competed in 1936 right-handed. Lost his right hand to a grenade blast in World War ii, and then converted to shooting left-handed, at which he won his two gold medals. |
| Natalie du Toit |
RSA |
OWS |
Olympics / Other |
2008 |
Left leg amputee. |
| Sonia Vettenburg |
 BEL |
SHO |
Olympics |
1992 |
Wheelchair user. |
| François Walker |
FRA |
GAR |
Olympics |
1920 |
Received a military pension because of “paralysis in the arm and blurred vision after a gunshot wound received in 1914." |
| Ray Watson |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1920—1928 |
Competed without a right hand which he lost in a shooting accident at age 13. |
| Oskar Wetzell |
 FIN |
DIV |
Olympics |
1908—1912 |
Deaf |
| Yeo Gek Huat |
 SGP |
BKB |
Olympics |
1956 |
Deaf and mute. |