Croatia at the Paralympics

Croatia at the Paralympics
IPC code	CRO
NPC	Croatian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.hpo.hr
Medals	Gold 6 Silver 5 Bronze 10 Total 21
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter appearances
2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1972–1988)

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-one Paralympic medals, of which six gold, five silver and ten bronze. Nineteen of these medals have been won at the Summer Games, in track and field, swimming or table tennis. 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

Medals by Summer Games Games Events Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1992 Barcelona 17 6 0 0 1 1 50 1996 Atlanta 13 5 0 0 0 0 – 2000 Sydney 29 15 0 0 0 0 – 2004 Athens 27 17 0 0 4 4 70 2008 Beijing 39 25 3 1 0 4 37 2012 London 37 25 0 2 3 5 58 2016 Rio de Janeiro 19 2 2 1 5 41 Total 5 5 9 19 62

Medals by Winter Games Games Events Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 2002 Salt Lake City 3 2 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 2 1 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 6 4 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 4 2 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang 7 3 1 0 1 2 18 Total 1 0 1 2 27

List of medalists

Summer sports

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Milka Milinković	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's javelin throw THW5
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
Bronze	Jelena Vuković	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's discus throw F42–46
Gold	Antonia Balek	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 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 throw F11–12
Silver	Darko Kralj	2012 London	Athletics	Men's shot put F42–44
Silver	Zoran Talić	2012 London	Athletics	Men's long jump F20
Bronze	Branimir Budetić	2012 London	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F12–13
Bronze	Mikela Ristoski	2012 London	Athletics	Women's long jump F20
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S7
Gold	Sandra Paović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Table tennis	Women's individual C6
Gold	Mikela Ristoski	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's long jump F20
Silver	Zoran Talić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's long jump F20
Silver	Anđela Mužinić and Helena Dretar Karić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Table tennis	Women's team C1–3
Bronze	Velimir Šandor	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52

Winter sports

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

List of flag bearers

See also

• Croatia at the Olympics

References