Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	SVK
NPC	Slovak Paralympic Committee
Website	www.spv.sk
in Tokyo
Competitors	27 in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Veronika Vadovičová Samuel Andrejčík
Medals	Gold 5 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 11
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Czechoslovakia (1972–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Jozef Metelka Cycling Men's individual pursuit C4 27 August  Gold Patrik Kuril Cycling Men's road time trial C4 31 August  Gold Samuel Andrejčík Boccia Mixed individual BC4 1 September  Gold Samuel Andrejčík Michaela Balcová Martin Strehársky Boccia Mixed pairs BC4 4 September  Gold Veronika Vadovičová Shooting Mixed R6 50 metre rifle prone SH1 5 September  Silver Alena Kánová Table Tennis Women's individual C3 29 August  Silver Jozef Metelka Cycling Men's road time trial C4 31 August  Bronze Jozef Metelka Cycling Men's 1000 m time trial C4-5 26 August  Bronze Boris Trávníček Peter Mihálik Table Tennis Men's team – Class 4–5 1 September  Bronze Martin Ludrovský Ján Riapoš Table tennis Men's team – Class 1–2 1 September  Bronze Marián Kuřeja Athletics Men's club throw F51 1 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 0 1 1 Boccia 2 0 0 2 Cycling 2 1 1 4 Shooting 1 0 0 1 Table tennis 0 1 2 3 Total 5 2 4 11

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	3	0	3
Boccia	5	2	7
Cycling	3	1	4
Shooting	1	2	3
Swimming	0	1	1
Table tennis	4	1	5
Wheelchair tennis	1	0	1
Total	20	7	27

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Slovakia has entered two archer at Men's Individual Compound Open, and one archer in Men's Individual recurve. ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Dávid Ivan [4]	Men's individual recurve	609	14	Wang  (CHN) W6-2	Smirnov  (ROC) L0-4	did not advance
Marián Marečák	Men's individual compound	686	14	Stubbs  (GBR) W138-138	Kumar  (IND) L137-140	did not advance
Marcel Pavlík	Men's individual compound	696	5	Cancelli  (ITA) W 142-139	Stutzman  (USA) W 143-137	Forsberg  (FIN) W 144-141	He  (CHN) L 146-148	Ai  (CHN) L 142-144	4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Two Slovakian athletes (Marián Kuřeja & Adrián Matušík) successfully to break through the qualifications for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit. ^[5]

Men's field

Athlete	Events	Mark (m)	Rank
Dušan Laczkó	Discus throw F56	41.37	5
Ladislav Čuchran	Javelin throw F54	29.03	5
Marián Kuřeja	Club throw F51	30.66

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Four athletes get a ticket for Slovakia in BC1/BC2 & BC4 events. ^[6] The team is composed of Samuel Andrejčík, Michaela Balcová, Tomáš Kráľ, Kristína Kudláčová, Rastislav Kurilák, Róbert Mezík and Martin Strehársky. ^[4]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tomáš Kráľ	Individual BC1	Fujii  (JPN) W 5-2	Ramos  (POR) L 0-11	de Oliveira  (BRA) L 2-4	3	did not advance
Rastislav Kurilák	Individual BC2	Yeung  (HKG) L 1-7	Valente  (POR) W 7-2	Hirose  (JPN) L 3-4	3	did not advance
Róbert Mezík	Individual BC2	Rombouts  (BEL) W 10-1	Hipwell  (GBR) W 6-3	Saengampa  (THA) L 4-10	2 Q	Sugimura  (JPN) L 8-1	did not advance
Martin Strehársky	Individual BC4	Levine  (CAN) L 3-4	Komar  (CRO) L 2-5	Lau  (HKG) L 1-8	4	did not advance
Samuel Andrejčík	Individual BC4	Saunders  (GBR) W 7-3	Somsanuk  (THA) W 8-0	Larpyen  (THA) L 1-4	2 Q	Lau  (HKG) W 4-1	Yuansen  (CHN) W 5-2	Larpyen  (THA) W 4-0
Michaela Balcová	Individual BC4	Nicolai  (GER) W 6-1	Cely  (COL) W 10-2	Chica  (COL) W 7-4	1 Q	Leung  (HKG) L 0-8	did not advance

Pairs and teams

Athlete	Event	Pool matches					Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Martin Strehársky Samuel Andrejčík Michaela Balcová	Mixed pairs BC4	Brazil  (BRA) W 7-3	Portugal  (POR) W 10-1	Great Britain  (GBR) W 8-0	Canada  (CAN) W 4-3	1 Q	—	RPC  (RPC) W 5-2	Hong Kong  (HKG) W 3-2
Tomáš Kráľ Kristína Kudláčová Rastislav Kurilák Róbert Mezík	Team BC1/BC2	Japan  (JPN) L 2-8	South Korea  (KOR) L 3-3*	Brazil  (BRA) L 4-5	Portugal  (POR) W 6-3	4	—	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Slovakia sent one male and one female cyclist after successfully getting a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation quota for the European. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Patrik Kuril	Men's road race C4-5	2:22:35	7
	Men's time trial C4	45:47.10
Jozef Metelka	Men's road race C4-5	DNF
	Men's time trial C4	46:05.05
Ondrej Strečko	Men's road race C4-5	2:20:07	12
	Men's time trial C5	48:07.86	8
Anna Oroszová	Women's road race H1-4	59:48	8
	Women's time trial H1-3	35:36.37	4

Track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Jozef Metelka	Men's 1000 m time trial C4-5	N/A		1:04.786
	Men's 4000 m individual pursuit C4	4:22.772 WR	1 Q	OVL

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Three Slovakian shooters will compete after qualified in Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1, Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 & Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 events. The shooters names are Radoslav Malenovský, Veronika Vadovičová and Kristína Funková. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Kristína Funková	Mixed R5 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2	632.9	15	did not advance
	Mixed R9 50m Rifle Prone SH2	617.1	19	did not advance
Radoslav Malenovský	Men's R1 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1	618.5	3 Q	181.4	5
	Men's R7 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1	1156-39x	7 Q	401.3	7
	Mixed R3 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1	629.1	29	did not advance
	Mixed R6 50m Rifle Prone SH1	609.3	35	did not advance
Veronika Vadovičová	Women's R2 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1	624.9	3 Q	206.0	4
	Women's R8 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1	1163-59x	5 Q	412.0	6
	Mixed R3 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1	634.6	5 Q	167.7	6
	Mixed R6 50m Rifle Prone SH1	620.3	4 Q	248,9 PR

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

One Slovakian swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS. ^{[11] [12]}

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tatiana Blattnerová	50 m freestyle S11	34.88	13	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S11	1:17.14	11	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S11	5:49.16	9	did not advance
	100 m backstroke S11	1:34.66	12	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke S11	1:36.52	9	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Slovakia entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. All of them qualified via World Ranking allocation. ^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Martin Ludrovský	Individual C2	Chueawong  (THA) W 3-1	Flores  (CHI) L 2-3	2 Q	Molliens  (FRA)} W 3-1	Park  (KOR) L 2-3	did not advance
Ján Riapoš	Individual C2	Cha  (KOR) L 0-3	Minami  (JPN) W 3-0	2 Q	Suchánek  (CZE) L 2-3	did not advance
Boris Trávníček	Individual C4	Chaiwut  (THA) W 3-2	Guo  (CHN) W 3-2	1 Q	Kim  (KOR) W 3-1	Turan  (TUR) L 0-3	did not advance
Peter Mihálik	Individual C4	Kim  (KOR) L 2-3	Lopez  (ESP) L 1-3	3	did not advance
Martin Ludrovský Ján Riapoš	Team C1-2	—				Borgato  (ITA)/   Falco  (ITA) W 2-0	Lamirault  (FRA)/   Molliens  (FRA) L 0-2	did not advance
Boris Trávníček Peter Mihálik	Team C4	—			Saleh  (EGY)/   Zenaty  (EGY) W 2-0	Ozturk  (TUR)/   Turan  (TUR) W 2-0	Cao  (CHN)/   Guo  (CHN) L 0-2	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alena Kánová	Individual C3	Yoon  (KOR) L 0-3	Santos  (BRA) W 3-0	2 Q	Karić  (CRO) W 3-1	Ahlquist  (SWE) W 3-0	Lee  (KOR) W 3-1	Juan  (CHN) L 0-3

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Slovakia qualified one player entry for wheelchair tennis. Marek Gergely qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marek Gergely	Men's singles	Diamantis  (GRE) W 7-6, 3-6, 6-0	Kuneida  (JPN) L 0-6, 1-6	did not advance

See also

• Slovakia at the Paralympics
• Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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