Croatia at the Paralympics

Croatia at the Paralympic Games

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IPC code  CRO
NPC Croatian Sports Federation for the Disabled
Paralympic history
Summer Games
1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1992-1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1972–1988)

Croatia, following its independence from Yugoslavia, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, sending three competitors in swimming, two in shooting and one in track and field. The latter, Milka Milinkovic, won Croatia's first Paralympic medal, and its only medal of the 1992 Games - a bronze in the women's javelin (THW5 category).[1]

Croatia has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It first participated in the Winter Paralympics in 2002, with two representatives in alpine skiing, and has entered every edition of the Winter Games since then.[2]

Croatians have won a total of nine Paralympic medals, of which three gold, one silver and five bronze. All of these medals have been won at the Summer Games, in track and field or swimming. And with the exception of Milinkovic's early bronze, all have been won in 2004 or 2008.[1]

List of medallists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Antonia Balek 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's Javelin F33/34/52/53
 Gold Antonia Balek 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's Shot Put F32-34/52/53
 Gold Darko Kralj 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's Shot Put F42
 Silver Branimir Budetić 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's Javelin F11/12
 Bronze Milka Milinković 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's Javelin THW5
 Bronze Jelena Vuković 2004 Athens Athletics Women's Discus F42-46
 Bronze Mihovil Španja 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 100 m Backstroke S8
 Bronze Mihovil Španja 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM8
 Bronze Mihovil Španja 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 400 m Freestyle S8

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Croatia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ^ Croatia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee