Hungary at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Hungary at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Hungary.svg
IPC code HUN
NPC Hungarian Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors37 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Gyöngyi Dani
Flag bearer (closing) Luca Ekler
Medals
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
4
Total
16
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Hungary competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, between 24 August and 5 September 2021. This was Hungary's twelfth appearance at the Summer Paralympics. [1]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Amarilla Veres Wheelchair fencing Women's épée A 26 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Péter Pálos Table tennis Men's individual – Class 11 29 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Fanni Illés Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke SB4 29 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Luca Ekler Athletics Women's long jump T38 31 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Zsófia Konkoly Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly S9 2 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke S10 2 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Péter Pál Kiss Paracanoeing Men's KL1 3 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Zsófia Konkoly Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle S9 25 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Richárd Osváth Wheelchair fencing Men's foil A 28 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle S10 1 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Zsófia Konkoly Swimming Women's 200 metre individual SM9 1 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley SM10 3 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Alexa Szvitacs Table tennis Women's individual class 9 28 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Zsuzsanna Krajnyák
Éva Andrea Hajmási
Gyöngyi Dani
Wheelchair fencing Women's foil team 29 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Krisztina Dávid Shooting Women's P2 10 metre air pistol SH1 31 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Katalin Varga Paracanoeing Women's KL2 4 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 101
Athletics 134
Cycling 202
Paracanoeing 426
Powerlifting 101
Shooting 112
Swimming 167
Table Tennis 426
Triathlon 011
Wheelchair Fencing 257
Total172037

Archery

Tamás Gáspár qualified to compete.

Athletics

Hungary allocated five quotas in athletics.

Track events
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Bernadett Biacsi Women's 1500m T20
Ilona Biacsi
Luca Ekler Women's 100m T38
Field events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
István Szőllősi Men's shot put F20
Luca Ekler Women's long jump T38

Cycling

Zsombor Wermeser and Róbert Ocelka with pilot Gergely Nagy qualified to compete.

Paratriathlon

Petra Lévay qualified to compete.

Paracanoe

Tamás Juhász, Erik Kiss, Péter Pál Kiss, Erika Pulai, András Rozbora and Katalin Varga qualified to compete.

Powerlifting

Sedric Roussel qualified to compete.

Shooting

Hungary entered two athletes into the Paralympic competition. Krisztina Dávid will contest in her second Paralympics while Gyula Gurisatti will be at his debut Games.

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Krisztina Dávid Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1
Gyula Gurisatti Mixed P4 – 50m pistol SH1

Swimming

Seven Hungarian swimmers qualified to compete at the Summer Paralympics after participating at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships where four medals were won and their MQS swimming times were achieved. [2] [3]

Men
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Bence Iván
Tamás Tóth
Women
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Zsanett Adámi
Fanni Illés
Zsofia Konkoly
Bianka Pap
Evelin Száraz

Table tennis

Hungary entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Alexa Szvitacs qualified from the 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and other three athletes qualified via World Ranking allocation. [4]

Men
AthleteEventGroup StageRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Endre Major Individual C1
András Csonka Individual C8
Péter Pálos Individual C11
Women
AthleteEventGroup StageRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Zsófia Arlóy Individual C8
Alexa Szvitacs Individual C9

Wheelchair fencing

Gyöngyi Dani, Éva Hajmási, Zsuzsanna Krajnyák, Boglárka Mező, Richárd Osváth, István Tarjányi and Amarilla Veres were all qualified to compete.

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References

  1. "Paralimpiai Csapat (in Hungarian)". Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottsag. 28 July 2020.
  2. "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.
  3. "Negy erem es ket biztos paralimpiai kvota a magyar uszocsapat eredmenye a londoni parauszo vilagbajnoksagon (in Hungarian)". Magyar Uszo Szovetseg. 16 September 2019.
  4. "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.