| Czech Republic at the 2010 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | CZE |
| NPC | Czech Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Vancouver | |
| Competitors | 18 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer | Anna Kuliskova [1] |
| Medals Ranked 20th |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Czechoslovakia (1976–1992) | |
The Czech Republic will send a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. 19 athletes will compete in 2 disciplines.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Ice sledge hockey | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Anna Kulíšková | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G, visually impaired | 19 March |
Four athletes representing the Czech Republic participated in Alpine skiing.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final/Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Stanislav Loska [2] | Men's downhill standing | — | 1:26.93 | +6.13 | 18 | |||||
| Men's super-G standing | — | 1:27.21 | +7.10 | 13 | ||||||
| Men's super combined | 1:29.77 | +8.40 | 12 | 52.35 | +4.01 | 9 | 2:22.12 | +10.28 | 12 | |
| Men's giant slalom standing | 1:16.02 | +4.22 | 13 | 1:17.26 | +5.14 | 12 | 2:33.28 | +9.36 | 13 | |
| Men's slalom standing | 56.68 | +5.73 | 14 | 54.99 | +2.39 | 11 | 1:51.67 | +6.27 | 14 | |
| Oldřich Jelínek [3] | Men's super-G sitting | — | 1:34.62 | +14.64 | 24 | |||||
| Men's giant slalom sitting | 1:33.73 | +15.92 | 26 | DNF | ||||||
| Men's slalom sitting | 1:01.07 | +13.50 | 31 | 1:08.60 | +20.20 | 24 | 2:09.65 | +28.02 | 23 | |
| Radim Kozlovský [4] | Men's super-G sitting | — | 1:39.02 | +19.04 | 28 | |||||
| Men's giant slalom sitting | 1:33.40 | +15.59 | 25 | DNF | ||||||
| Men's slalom sitting | 1:04.03 | +16.46 | 32 | 1:11.40 | +23.00 | 26 | 2:15.44 | +33.81 | 28 | |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final/Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Anna Kulíšková [5] Guide: Michaela Hubačová | Women's downhill Visually impaired | — | DNF | |||||||
| Women's super-G Visually impaired | — | 1:38.02 | +4.21 | | ||||||
| Women's super combined Visually impaired | DNF | |||||||||
| Women's giant slalom Visually impaired | DSQ | |||||||||
| Women's slalom Visually impaired | 1:16.69 | +10.79 | 10 | 1:16.88 | +12.22 | 10 | 2:33.57 | +33.01 | 10 | |
The Czech Republic competed in ice sledge hockey. [6]
Team
Jiri Berger
Erik Fojtik
Michal Geier
Zdenek Habl
Roman Herink
Miroslav Hrbek
Zdenek Klima
Zdenek Krupicka
Pavel Kubes
Tomas Kvoch
Jan Matousek
David Palat
Jiri Raul
Zdenek Safranek
Michal Vapenka
Key:
| Team | Group stage | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |
| Czech Republic men's |  Japan L 1–2 |  United States L 0–2 |  South Korea W 4–2 | 3 |  Italy W 3–2 GWS | South Korea W 2–1 OT | 5 |
Preliminaries
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
| 13 March 2010 20:30 | Japan | 2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1) | Czech Republic | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 2,752 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||
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| Mitsuru Nagase | Goalies | Michal Vápenka | Referee: Petter Vojan HegleLinesmen:  William Marcotte Brad Anton Roethlisberger | ||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
| 18 | Shots | 9 | |||||||||
| 14 March 2010 17:00 | Czech Republic | 0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1) | United States | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,170 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||
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| Michal Vápenka | Goalies | Steve Cash | Referee: Paul MatteLinesmen: Eric Dagenais Kai Gunnar Thøger-Andresen | ||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||
| 6 | Shots | 23 | |||||||||
| 16 March 2010 10:00 | Czech Republic | 4–2 (2–0, 2–0, 0–2) | South Korea | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 4,791 |
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| Jan Matoušek | Goalies | Choi Hyuk-jun Chung Young-hoon | Referee: Scott Bokal Linesmen: Brian Frerichs Maksim Toode | |||||||||||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Shots | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 March 2010 12:00 | Czech Republic | 3–2 GWS (1–0, 1–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | Italy | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,092 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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| Michal Vápenka | Goalies | Santino Stillitano | Referee: Derek Berkebile Linesmen: William Marcotte Maksim Toode | |||||||||||
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Fojtík  Berger  | Shootout | Rosa Planker Cavaliere | ||||||||||||
| 12 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Shots | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 19 March 2010 15:30 | Czech Republic | 2–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 1–0) | South Korea | UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,507 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||
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| Michal Vápenka | Goalies | Choi Hyuk-jun | Referee: Scott Bokal Linesmen: Eric Dagenais Tomasz Heltman | ||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
| 20 | Shots | 16 | |||||||||
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