Slovakia at the Paralympics
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Slovakia as such made its Paralympic Games début at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, following the break-up of Czechoslovakia, which had taken part in the Paralympics from 1972 to 1992. Slovakia has taken part in every edition of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then.[1]
Among Slovakia's most successful athletes, Jozef Mistina won four of the country's five medals at the 1994 Games: three silver and a bronze in alpine skiing. He won four medals again (two silver and two bronze) in 1998.[2]
In 2010, Slovakia won its first Winter gold medals, with Henrieta Farkasova and Jakub Krako each winning three gold and a silver in visually impaired alpine skiing. This led to Slovakia's best ever result at the Paralympic Games: the country ranked fourth on the medal table.[3]
At the Summer Games, Slovakia's Paralympic champions have been:[4]
- Anton Sluka in the men's marathon (T12) in 1996
- Andrej Zatko in the men's 50m Butterfly (S3) in 1996
- Radovan Kaufman in the mixed 1 km time trial in track cycling (LC3) in 2000
- Pavol Kolackovsky in the men's 200m Freestyle (S14) in 2000
- Alena Kanova in the women's singles (category 3) in table tennis in 2000
- Imrich Lyocsa in the men's individual standing event in archery in 2004
- Marek Margoc in the men's shot put (F40) in 2004
- Rastislav Turecek in the men's handcycle road race (HC Div A) in 2004
- Ladislav Gaspar in the men's singles (category 10) in table tennis in 2004
- Jan Riapos in the men's singles (category 2) in table tennis in 2004
- Veronika Vadovicova in the women's air rifle standing event (SH1) in 2008
- Rastislav Revucky and Jan Riapov in the men's teams event (categories 1-2) in 2008
Medal tallies
Summer Paralympics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
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| 1996 Summer Paralympics | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 39th |
| 2000 Summer Paralympics | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 36th |
| 2004 Summer Paralympics | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 30th |
| 2008 Summer Paralympics | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 39th |
| 2012 Summer Paralympics | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 41st |
| 2016 Summer Paralympics |
Winter Paralympics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
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| 1994 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19th |
| 1998 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18th |
| 2002 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20th |
| 2006 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13th |
| 2010 Winter Paralympics | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4th |
| 2014 Winter Paralympics | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6th |
See also
References
- ↑ Slovakia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ↑ Slovakia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ↑ Slovakia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ↑ Slovakia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee