Austria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Austria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AUT
NPC	Austrian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.oepc.at  (in German)
in Tokyo
Competitors	25 in 8 sports
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 9
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Austria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. The Austrian delegation consisted of seven athletes, six men and one woman. The delegation won nine medals, one gold, five silver, and three bronze, placing 48th.

Background

Originally scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were eventually played in Tokyo from 24 August through 5 September 2021. ^[1]

Delegation

The Austrian delegation consisted of 25 athletes, 18 men and seven woman. ^{[2] [3]}

Sport	Men	Women	Total	Ref.
Athletics	2	1	3	[3]
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	4	2	6
Equestrian	2	2	4
Swimming	2	1	3
Table Tennis	1	0	1
Triathlon	2	0	2
Wheelchair Tennis	4	0	4
Total	18	7	25	[2]

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

The Austrian delegation won nine medals, one gold, five silver, and three bronze, finishing in a joint 65th place in the medal table alongside the delegations of Kuwait, Namibia, and Slovenia. ^{[4] [5]}

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Walter Ablinger	Cycling	Men's road time trial H4	31 August
Silver	Pepo Puch	Equestrian	Individual championship test grade II	26 August
Silver	Florian Brungraber	Paratriathlon	Men's PTWC	29 August
Silver	Pepo Puch	Equestrian	Individual freestyle test grade II	30 August
Silver	Thomas Frühwirth	Cycling	Men's road time trial H4	31 August
Silver	Thomas Frühwirth	Cycling	Men's road race H4	1 September
Bronze	Alexander Gritsch	Cycling	Men's road time trial H4	31 August
Bronze	Alexander Gritsch	Cycling	Men's road race H4	1 September
Bronze	Walter Ablinger	Cycling	Men's road race H4	1 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Thomas Geierspichler participated in the men's track events. He has represented Austria at every paralympics since the 2000 games at Sydney. Geierspichler did not win a medal. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final		Ref.
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Thomas Geierspichler	400m T52	1:04.22	5 q	1:02.68	6	[7]
	1500m T52	—		3:54.77	4

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final		Ref.
		Result	Rank
Bil Marinkovic	Discus throw F11	33.45	5	[8]

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final		Ref.
		Result	Rank
Natalija Eder	Javelin throw F13	37.92	4	[9]
	Shot put F12	11.45	7

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Walter Ablinger, Thomas Frühwirth, Ernst Bachmaier, Elisabeth Egger, Alexander Gritsch, Yvonne Marzinke all qualified to compete. ^{[10] [11]}

Road

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Ref.
Walter Ablinger	Road race H3	2:35:06		[12]
	Time trial H3	43:39.17
Ernst Bachmaier	Road race H1–2	did not start		[13]
	Time trial H1	did not finish
Thomas Frühwirth	Road race H4	2:20:56		[14]
	Time trial H4	38:30.61
Alexander Gritsch	Road race H4	2:22:38		[15]
	Time trial H4	39:58.93

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Ref.
Elisabeth Egger	Road race H1–4	did not finish		[16]
	Time trial H1–3	46:02.84	10
Yvonne Marzinke	Road race C1–3	1:25:42	14	[17]
	Time trial C1–3	30:35.19	13

Track

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Ref.
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Yvonne Marzinke	Individual pursuit C1–3	4:29.147	13	did not advance		[17]
	Time trial C1–3	—	42.023	8	[17]

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Ref.
Bernd Brugger	Individual championship test grade IV	66.903	11	[18]
Pepo Puch	Individual championship test grade II	73.441		[19]
	Individual freestyle test grade II	81.007
Julia Sciancalepore	Individual championship test grade I	70.571	7	[20]
Valentina Strobl	Individual championship test grade V	64.381	13	[21]
Bernd Brugger Pepo Puch Julia Sciancelapore	Team	213.502	9	[22]

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Austria sent a single athlete, Markus Swoboda, to compete in Paracanoeing. ^[23]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final		Ref.
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Markus Swoboda	Men's KL2	49.465	7	42.697	2 FA	43.090	5	[23]
	Men's VL3	DSQ		Did not advance

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Florian Brungraber and former sprinter Günther Matzinger qualified to compete.

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total Time	Rank
Florian Brungraber	Men's PTWC	13:35	1:23	41:59	0:54	12:04	59:55
Günther Matzinger	Men's PTS5	12:21	1:08	21:05	0:48	17:31	1:02:53	9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Andreas Ernhofer, Janina Falk, Andreas Onea have qualified to compete. ^[24]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andreas Ernhofer	50m freestyle S4	45.10	15	did not advance
	100m freestyle S4	1:38.49	11	did not advance
	200m freestyle S4	3:39.44	14	did not advance
	50m backstroke S4	50.18	12	did not advance
	50m breaststroke SB3	54.18	7 Q	55.00	8
	150m individual medley SM4	2:51.58	10	did not advance
Andreas Onea	100m breaststroke SB8	1:13.90	10	did not advance
	100m butterfly S8	1:09.52	15	did not advance
	200m individual medley SM8	2:31.03	9	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Janina Falk	200m freestyle S14	2:20.39	10	did not advance
	100m backstroke S14	1:19.44	14	did not advance
	100m breaststroke SB14	1:28.68	14	did not advance
	100m butterfly S14	1:13.62	14	did not advance
	200m individual medley SM14	2:37.51	9	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Austria entered one athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Krisztian Gardos qualified via World Ranking allocation. ^[25]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Krisztian Gardos	Individual C10	Cogill  (RSA) W 11–5, 11–9, 11-7	Bohéas  (FRA) L 13–11, 11–13, 4–11, 3-11	Carbinatti Junior  (BRA) W 6–11, 11–9, 11–5, 11-9	2 Q	Radovic  (MNE) L 8–11, 8–11, 14–12, 8-11	did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

The Austrian delegation sent four male athletes, none of whom made it past the first round. ^[26]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM		Ref.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Thomas Flax	Men's singles	Maripa  (RSA) L 2–6, 0-6	ss						[26]
Nico Langmann		Vandorpe  (BEL) L 4–6, 1-6	did not advance
Martin Legner		Ji  (CHN) L 1–6, 0-6	did not advance
Josef Riegler		Spaargaren  (NED) L 0–6, 0-6	did not advance

See also

• Austria at the Paralympics
• Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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