Croatia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Croatia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	CRO
NPC	Croatian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.hpo.hr
in Tokyo
Competitors	22 in 8 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 7
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Croatia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Velimir Šandor	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52	29 August
Silver	Ivan Katanušić	Athletics	Men's discus throw F64	2 September
Silver	Ivan Mikulić	Taekwondo	Men's +75 kg	4 September
Bronze	Anđela Mužinić Helena Dretar Karić	Table tennis	Women's team – Class 1–3	1 September
Bronze	Dino Sinovčić	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke S6	3 September
Bronze	Mikela Ristoski	Athletics	Women's long jump T20	3 September
Bronze	Deni Černi	Athletics	Men's shot put F33	4 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: ^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	2	10
Boccia	1	0	1
Judo	0	1	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	3	1	4
Table tennis	1	2	3
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Triathlon	1	0	1
Total	16	6	22

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Three Croatian athletes (Ivan Katanušić, Miljenko Vučić, Matija Sloup and Mikela Ristoski) qualified for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit. ^[4] Zoran Talić, Deni Černi, Velimir Šandor, Marijan Presečan, Ana Gradečak and Vladimir Gašpar will also compete. ^[5]

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Miljenko Vučić	Men's shot put F11	13.17	4
Deni Černi	Men's shot put F33	11.25
Matija Sloup	Men's shot put F40	10.60	4
Marijan Presečan	Men's shot put F53	7.53	6
Velimir Šandor	Men's discus throw F52	19.98
Ivan Katanušić	Men's discus throw F64	55.06
Vladimir Gašpar	Men's javelin throw F41	36.54	7
Zoran Talić	Men's long jump T20	6.82	5
Ana Gradečak	Women's shot put F41	8.07	8
Mikela Ristoski	Women's long jump T20	5.46

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Davor Komar get a ticker for Croatia in Individual BC4 events.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Davor Komar	Mixed individual BC4	Lau  (HKG) L 3–4	Strehársky  (SVK) W 5–2	Levine  (CAN) W 8–2	2	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Lucija Brešković received invitation from IBSA. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lucija Brešković	−70 kg	Uluçam  (TUR) L 00–10	Did not advance		Zabrodskaia  (RPC) L 00–10	Did not advance		7

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Antonio Franko qualified for PTS4 event as one of the top nine ranked athletes on the ITU Paralympic Qualification Ranking List. ^[7]

Athlete	Event	Swim (0.75 km)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Antonio Franko	Men's PTS4	11:16	2:08	31:47	1:19	19:19	1:05:49	5

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Damir Bošnjak	P1 Men's 10m air pistol SH1	544 - 6x	22	Did not advance
	P3 Mixed 25m air pistol SH1	554 - 12x	17	Did not advance
	P4 Mixed 50m air pistol SH1	497 - 5x	32	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Three Croatian swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS (Dino Sinovčić, Kristijan Vincetić, Tomi Brajša). ^{[8] [9]} In July 2021, Paula Novina received invitation from World Para Swimming for 100m breaststroke SB8 event. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dino Sinovčić	Men's 100 m freestyle S6	1:13.26	14	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m backstroke S6	1:16.74	3 Q	1:15.74
Tomi Brajša	Men's 50 m freestyle S4	48.33	17	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle S4	3:32.14	12	Did not advance
Kristijan Vincetić	Men's 100 m butterfly S9	1:02.68	9	Did not advance
Paula Novina	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8	1:31.62	9	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Croatia entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Anđela Mužinić qualified via World Ranking allocation. ^[11] In May 2021, after withdrawal of current European champion in M7, the Regional Slot has been reallocated to Pavao Jozić. ^[12] In June 2021, Helena Dretar Karić received invitation from International Table Tennis Federation. ^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pavao Jozić	Individual C7	Shuo  (CHN) L 0–3	Salmin  (BRA) L 2–3	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Helena Dretar Karić	Individual C3	Xue Juan  (CHN) L 1–3	Duman  (TUR) W 3–1	—	2	Kánová  (SVK) L 1–3	Did not advance
Anđela Mužinić	Individual C3	Sigala  (MEX) W 3–0	Brunelli  (ITA) W 3–1	Blanco  (ARG) W 3–0	1	Bye	Ji-yu  (KOR) L 1–3	Did not advance
Helena Dretar Karić Anđela Mužinić	Team C1–3	—					Turkey  (TUR) W 2–0	South Korea  (KOR) L 0–2	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Para taekwondo makes its debut appearance in the Paralympic programme, Ivan Mikulić qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via World Ranking. ^[14]

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ivan Mikulić	Men's +75 kg	Bye	Alaoui  (MAR) W 28–11	Medell  (USA) W 28–9	—		Aziziaghdam  (IRI) L 10–12

See also

• Croatia at the Paralympics
• Croatia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

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