Croatia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Croatia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	CRO
NPC	Croatian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.hpo.hr
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	22 in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Anđela Mužinić Dino Sinovčić
Medals Ranked 59th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1972–2000)

Croatia competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Anđela Mužinić	Table tennis	Women's individual C3	6 September
Silver	Deni Černi	Athletics	Men's shot put F33	7 September
Bronze	Luka Baković	Athletics	Men's shot put F46	4 September
Bronze	Dino Sinovčić	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S6	7 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	2	10
Boccia	1	2	3
Paratriathlon	1	0	1
Swimming	1	2	3
Table tennis	1	3	4
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Total	13	9	22

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Croatian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES). ^[1]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Miljenko Vučić	Men's shot put F11	12.33	6
Deni Černi	Men's shot put F33	12.18
Matija Sloup	Men's shot put F40	10.25	7
Erik Fabian Kaurin	Men's shot put F46	14.94	7
Luka Baković	Men's shot put F46	16.27
Velimir Šandor	Men's shot put F52	18.03	4
Marijan Presečan	Men's shot put F53	7.05	7
Ivan Katanušić	Men's discus throw F64	54.28 SB	5
Mikela Ristoski	Women's long jump T20	5.18	10
Ivana Purkić	Women's discus throw F38	28.67	10

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Croatia entered one athletes into the Paralympics games, after nominated top two individual athletes in men's individual BC4 events, through the final world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Davor Komar	Men's individual BC4	Strehársky  (SVK) W 10–1	Agache  (ESP) W 18–0	Chica  (COL) W 3*–3	1 Q	Larpyen  (THA) W 7–2	McGuire  (GBR) L 3–5	Kolinko  (UKR) L 3–4	4
Dora Bašić	Women's individual BC1	Aounallah  (TUN) W 19–0	Zhang  (CHN) L 0–7	—	2 Q	Endo  (JPN) L 0–7	Did not advance		8
Anamaria Arambašić	Women's individual BC4	Morfi Metzou  (GRE) L 4–5	Chica  (COL) L 1–9	Aller Mayo  (ESP) W 9–0	3	Did not advance			10
Davor Komar Anamaria Arambašić	Pairs BC4	China L 0–7	Canada L 4–6	—	3	Did not advance			11

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Class	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Time	Rank
Antonio Franko	Men's PTS4	10:51	1:19	33:02	0:35	18:44	1:04:31	7

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Croatia secured two quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dino Sinovčić	Men's 100 m backstroke S6	1:16.68	2 Q	1:15.73
Emma Mečić	Women's 100 m freestyle S9	1:07.29	13	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m freestyle S9	4:53.07	4 Q	4:50.45	7
	Women's 100 m backstroke S9	1:15.68	10	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m individual medley SM9	2:46.85	12	Did not advance
Paula Novina	Women's 50 m freestyle S8	33.96	13	Did not advance
	Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB8	1:30.21	13	Did not advance
	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM8	2:55.74	10	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Croatian entered three athletes for the Paralympic games. Anđela Mužinić qualified for the games by virtue of her gold medal results at the 2023 European Para Championships held in Sheffield, Great Britain; ^{[2] [3]} meanwhile, the other athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Borna Zohil	Men's individual C8	Farinyole  (NGR) W 3–0	Andersson  (SWE) L 2–3	Did not advance			=16
Anđela Mužinić	Women's individual C3	—	Patel  (IND) W 3–1	Asayut  (THA) W 3–1	Xue  (CHN) W 3–1	Yoon  (KOR) W 3–2
Helena Dretar Karić		—	Kánová  (SVK) W 3–1	Ragazzini  (ITA) L 0–3	Did not advance		=8
Mirjana Lučić	Women's individual C9	—	Rauen  (BRA) L 0–3	Did not advance			=16
Anđela Mužinić Helena Dretar Karić	Women's double WD10	—	Jaion / Sringam  (THA) W 3–2	Gu / Pan  (CHN) L 1–3	Did not advance		=8
Borna Zohil Mirjana Lučić	Mixed doubles XD17	Rau / Wolf  (GER) W 3–0	Pellissier / Lina  (AUS) W 3–2	Peng / Xiong  (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance		=8

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Croatia entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Ivan Mikulić qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in men's above 80 kg class.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ivan Mikulić	Men's +80 kg	Bye	Ramazanov  (NPA) L 6–21	—	Omirali  (KAZ) L 8–27	Did not advance

See also

• Croatia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Croatia at the Paralympics

References

1. "Ivan Katanušić četvrtim mjestom na SP-u osigurao kvotu za PI Pariz 2024" [Ivan Katanušić secured a quota for PI Paris 2024 with his fourth place at the WC.] (in Croatian). Hrvatski atletski savez osoba s invaliditetom (HASOSI). 15 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
2. "Anđela Mužinić Vincetić zlatna na EP-u!" [Anđela Muzinić Vincetić won gold on the EP!] (in Croatian). HRT Sport. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
3. "21 men and women qualify for 2024 Paralympics with victories in European Para Table Tennis Championship". European Table Tennis Union. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.