Croatia at the Paralympics

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

See also

• Croatia at the Olympics

References

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