Croatia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Croatia at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code CRO
NPC Croatian Paralympic Committee
Website www.hpo.hr
in Tokyo
Competitors22 in 8 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia (1972–2000)

Croatia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [1] [2]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Velimir Šandor Athletics Men's discus throw F52 29 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ivan Katanušić Athletics Men's discus throw F64 2 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ivan Mikulić Taekwondo Men's +75 kg 4 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anđela Mužinić
Helena Dretar Karić
Table tennis Women's team – Class 1–3 1 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dino Sinovčić Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke S6 3 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mikela Ristoski Athletics Women's long jump T20 3 September
Bronze medal icon.svg 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]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 8210
Boccia 101
Judo 011
Shooting 101
Swimming 314
Table tennis 123
Taekwondo 101
Triathlon 101
Total16622

Athletics

Three Croatian athletes (Ivan Katanušić, Miljenko Vučić, Matija Sloup and Mikela Ristoski) successfully 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
AthleteEventFinal
DistancePosition
Miljenko Vučić Men's shot put F11 13.174
Deni Černi Men's shot put F33 11.25Bronze medal icon.svg
Matija Sloup Men's shot put F40 10.604
Marijan Presečan Men's shot put F53 7.536
Velimir Šandor Men's discus throw F52 19.98Silver medal icon.svg
Ivan Katanušić Men's discus throw F64 55.06Silver medal icon.svg
Vladimir Gašpar Men's javelin throw F41 36.547
Zoran Talić Men's long jump T20 6.825
Ana Gradečak Women's shot put F41 8.078
Mikela Ristoski Women's long jump T20 5.46Bronze medal icon.svg

Boccia

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

AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Davor Komar Mixed individual BC4 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lau  (HKG)
L 3–4
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Strehársky  (SVK)
W 5–2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Levine  (CAN)
W 8–2
2Did not advance

Judo

Lucija Brešković received invitation from IBSA. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lucija Brešković −70 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Uluçam  (TUR)
L 00–10
Did not advanceParalympic flag.svg  Zabrodskaia  (RPC)
L 00–10
Did not advance7

Paratriathlon

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

AthleteEventSwim (0.75 km)Trans 1Bike (20 km)Trans 2Run (5 km)Total TimeRank
Antonio Franko Men's PTS4 11:162:0831:471:1919:191:05:495

Shooting

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Damir Bošnjak P1 Men's 10m air pistol SH1 544 - 6x22Did not advance
P3 Mixed 25m air pistol SH1 554 - 12x17Did not advance
P4 Mixed 50m air pistol SH1 497 - 5x32Did not advance

Swimming

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]

AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Dino Sinovčić Men's 100 m freestyle S6 1:13.2614Did not advance
Men's 100 m backstroke S6 1:16.743 Q1:15.74Bronze medal icon.svg
Tomi Brajša Men's 50 m freestyle S4 48.3317Did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle S4 3:32.1412Did not advance
Kristijan Vincetić Men's 100 m butterfly S9 1:02.689Did not advance
Paula Novina Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 1:31.629Did not advance

Table tennis

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
AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Pavao Jozić Individual C7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shuo  (CHN)
L 0–3
Flag of Brazil.svg  Salmin  (BRA)
L 2–3
3Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Helena Dretar Karić Individual C3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xue Juan  (CHN)
L 1–3
Flag of Turkey.svg  Duman  (TUR)
W 3–1
2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Kánová  (SVK)
L 1–3
Did not advance
Anđela Mužinić Individual C3 Flag of Mexico.svg  Sigala  (MEX)
W 3–0
Flag of Italy.svg  Brunelli  (ITA)
W 3–1
Flag of Argentina.svg  Blanco  (ARG)
W 3–0
1ByeFlag of South Korea.svg  Ji-yu  (KOR)
L 1–3
Did not advance
Helena Dretar Karić
Anđela Mužinić
Team C1–3 Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)
W 2–0
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
L 0–2
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg

Taekwondo

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

AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ivan Mikulić Men's +75 kg ByeFlag of Morocco.svg  Alaoui  (MAR)
W 28–11
Flag of the United States.svg  Medell  (USA)
W 28–9
Flag of Iran.svg  Aziziaghdam  (IRI)
L 10–12
Silver medal icon.svg

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