Croatia at the Paralympics

Croatia at the Paralympics
IPC code	CRO
NPC	Croatian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.hpo.hr
Medals	Gold 6 Silver 8 Bronze 14 Total 28
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1972–2000)

Croatia, following its independence, 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 Milinković, 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.^[1]

Croatians have won a total of twenty-eight Paralympic medals, of which six gold, eight silver and fourteen bronze. Twenty-six of these medals have been won at the Summer Games, in track and field, swimming, table tennis and taekwondo. And with the exception of Milinković's early bronze, all have been won from 2004 games onwards.^[1] At the Winter Games Croatia has won two medals, gold in alpine skiing and bronze in snowboarding.

Medal tables[edit]

Medals by Summer Games[edit] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1992 Barcelona 6 0 0 1 1 50 1996 Atlanta 5 0 0 0 0 – 2000 Sydney 15 0 0 0 0 – 2004 Athens 17 0 0 4 4 70 2008 Beijing 25 3 1 0 4 37 2012 London 25 0 2 3 5 58 2016 Rio de Janeiro 19 2 2 1 5 41 2020 Tokyo 22 0 3 4 7 65 Total 5 8 13 26 65

Medals by Winter Games[edit] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 2002 Salt Lake City 2 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 4 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 2 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang 7 1 0 1 2 18 2022 Beijing 4 0 0 0 0 – Total 1 0 1 2 27

Medals by summer sport[edit] Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Athletics 4 6 7 17 Table tennis 1 1 1 3 Taekwondo 0 1 0 1 Swimming 0 0 5 5 Totals (4 entries) 5 8 13 26

Medals by winter sport[edit] Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Alpine skiing 1 0 0 1 Snowboarding 0 0 1 1 Totals (2 entries) 1 0 1 2

List of medalists[edit]

Summer sports[edit]

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Milka Milinković	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's javelin throw THW5	September 1992
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S8	22 September 2004
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley SM8	23 September 2004
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle S8	24 September 2004
Bronze	Jelena Vuković	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's discus throw F42–46	25 September 2004
Gold	Antonia Balek	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F33–34/52–53	13 September 2008
Gold	Antonia Balek	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's shot put F32–34/52–53	15 September 2008
Gold	Darko Kralj	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's shot put F42	10 September 2008
Silver	Branimir Budetić	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F11–12	10 September 2008
Silver	Darko Kralj	2012 London	Athletics	Men's shot put F42–44	31 August 2012
Silver	Zoran Talić	2012 London	Athletics	Men's long jump F20	4 September 2012
Bronze	Branimir Budetić	2012 London	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F12–13	5 September 2012
Bronze	Mikela Ristoski	2012 London	Athletics	Women's long jump F20	3 September 2012
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S7	30 August 2012
Gold	Sandra Paović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Table tennis	Women's individual C6	12 September 2016
Gold	Mikela Ristoski	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's long jump F20	15 September 2016
Silver	Zoran Talić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's long jump F20	11 September 2016
Silver	Anđela Mužinić and Helena Dretar Karić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Table tennis	Women's team C1–3	16 September 2016
Bronze	Velimir Šandor	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52	8 September 2016
Silver	Velimir Šandor	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52	29 August 2021
Silver	Ivan Katanušić	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's discus throw F64	2 September 2021
Silver	Ivan Mikulić	2020 Tokyo	Taekwondo	Men's +75 kg	4 September 2021
Bronze	Anđela Mužinić and Helena Dretar Karić	2020 Tokyo	Table tennis	Women's team C1–3	1 September 2021
Bronze	Mikela Ristoski	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's long jump F20	3 September 2021
Bronze	Dino Sinovčić	2020 Tokyo	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S6	3 September 2021
Bronze	Deni Černi	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's shot put F33	4 September 2021

Winter sports[edit]

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Dino Sokolović	2018 Pyeongchang	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom sitting	17 March 2018
Bronze	Bruno Bošnjak	2018 Pyeongchang	Snowboarding	Men's banked slalom SB-LL2	16 March 2018

List of flag bearers[edit]

Multiple medal winners[edit]

The following list only contains medal winners for Croatia as an independent country.

Athlete	Sex	Sport	Years	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Antonia Balek	F	Athletics	2008	Summer	2	0	0	2
Darko Kralj	M	Athletics	2008–2012	Summer	1	1	0	2
Mikela Ristoski	F	Athletics	2012–2020	Summer	1	0	2	3
Zoran Talić	M	Athletics	2012–2016	Summer	0	2	0	2
Branimir Budetić	M	Athletics	2008–2012	Summer	0	1	1	2
Helena Dretar Karić	F	Table tennis	2016–2020	Summer	0	1	1	2
Anđela Mužinić	F	Table tennis	2016–2020	Summer	0	1	1	2
Velimir Šandor	M	Athletics	2016–2020	Summer	0	1	1	2
Mihovil Španja	M	Swimming	2004–2012	Summer	0	0	4	4

See also[edit]

• Croatia at the Olympics

References[edit]