Slovakia at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

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Slovakia at the
2002 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Slovakia.svg
IPC code SVK
NPC Slovak Paralympic Committee
Website www.spv.sk
in Salt Lake City
Competitors14
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
6
Total
9
Winter Paralympics appearances
Other related appearances
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia (1972–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, United States. 14 competitors from Slovakia won 9 medals, 3 silver and 6 bronze and finished 20th in the medal table. [1]

Slovakia republic in Central Europe

Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, and the second largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.

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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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Radomir Dudas
Guide: Juraj Mikulas
Alpine skiing Men's Slalom B1-2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marian Balaz
Guide: Michal Jurco
Biathlon Men's 7.5 km free technique blind
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Vladimir Gajdiciar Cross-country skiing Men's 5 km sitski LW12
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Radomir Dudas
Guide: Juraj Mikulas
Alpine skiing Men's Giant slalom B1-2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Stefan Kopcik
Guide: Branislav Mazgut
Alpine skiing Men's Slalom B1-2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Norbert Holík
Guide: Radoslav Grus
Alpine skiing Men's Slalom B3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Iveta Chlebakova Alpine skiing Women's Giant slalom LW6/8
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Iveta Chlebakova Alpine skiing Women's Slalom LW6/8
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jozef Mesik Biathlon Men's 7.5 km free technique standing

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Slovakia at the Paralympics

Slovakia as such made its Paralympic Games début at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, following the break-up of Czechoslovakia, which had taken part in the Paralympics from 1972 to 1992. Slovakia has taken part in every edition of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then.

Slovakia at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Slovakia competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

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References

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