Czech Republic at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

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Czech Republic at the
2002 Winter Paralympics
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
IPC code CZE
NPC Czech Paralympic Committee
Website www.paralympic.cz
in Salt Lake City
Competitors 6
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
5
Winter Paralympics appearances
Other related appearances
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia (1972–1992)

Czech Republic competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, United States. 6 competitors from Czech Republic won 5 medals including 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze and finished 14th in the medal table. [1]

Czech Republic Republic in Central Europe

The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,866 square kilometres (30,450 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, with 10.6 million inhabitants; its capital and largest city is Prague, with 1.3 million residents. Other major cities are Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc and Pilsen. The Czech Republic is a member of the European Union (EU), NATO, the OECD, the United Nations, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.

2002 Winter Paralympics

The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Winter Paralympics, were held in Salt Lake City, United States, from March 7 to 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. They were the first Winter Paralympics in the American continent. These were the first Paralympic Winter Games for Andorra, Chile, China, Croatia, Greece, and Hungary. Ragnhild Myklebust of Norway won five gold medals in skiing and biathlon, becoming the most successful Winter Paralympic athlete of all time with 22 medals, 17 of them gold.

Salt Lake City State capital city in Utah, United States

Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah. With an estimated population of 190,884 in 2014, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,153,340. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area. This region is a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along an approximately 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,423,912 as of 2014. It is one of only two major urban areas in the Great Basin.

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Czech Republic at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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References

  1. "Czech Republic - National Paralympic Committee". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2016-06-14.