Croatia at the Paralympics

Croatia at the Paralympic Games
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Paralympic history
Summer Games
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
1992-1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1972–1988)

Croatia, following its independence from Yugoslavia, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, sending three competitors in swimming, two in shooting and one in track and field. The latter, Milka Milinković, won Croatia's first Paralympic medal, and its only medal of the 1992 Games - a bronze in the women's javelin (THW5 category).

Croatia has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It first participated in the Winter Paralympics in 2002, with two representatives in alpine skiing, and has entered every edition of the Winter Games since then.

Croatians have won a total of fourteen Paralympic medals, of which three gold, three silver and eight bronze. All of these medals have been won at the Summer Games, in track and field or swimming. And with the exception of Milinković's early bronze, all have been won from 2004 games onwards.

Summer Paralympic Games

Results by games

Year	Events	Competitors	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1992 Barcelona	17	6	0	0	1	1	50
1996 Atlanta	13	5	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	29	15	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	27	17	0	0	4	4	70
2008 Beijing	39	25	3	1	0	4	37
2012 London	37	25	0	2	3	5	58
Total			3	3	8	14	66

Medals per sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	3	3	4	10
Swimming	0	0	4	4
Total	3	3	8	14

Medalists

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Milka Milinković	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's javelin throw THW5
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S8
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley SM8
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle S8
Bronze	Jelena Vuković	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's discus throw F42–46
Gold	Antonia Balek	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F33–34/52–53
Gold	Antonia Balek	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's shot put F32–34/52–53
Gold	Darko Kralj	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's shot put F42
Silver	Branimir Budetić	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F11–12
Silver	Darko Kralj	2012 London	Athletics	Men's shot put F42–44
Silver	Zoran Talić	2012 London	Athletics	Men's long jump F20
Bronze	Branimir Budetić	2012 London	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F12–13
Bronze	Mikela Ristoski	2012 London	Athletics	Women's long jump F20
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S7

Winter Paralympic Games

Results by games

Year	Events	Competitors	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2002 Salt Lake City	3	2	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	2	1	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	6	4	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	4	2	0	0	0	0	–
Total			0	0	0	0	–

Flagbearers

Summer Paralympics

Year	Athlete	Sport
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens	Mihovil Španja	Swimming
2008 Beijing	Marija Iveković	Athletics
2012 London	Darko Kralj	Athletics

Winter Paralympics

Year	Athlete	Sport
2002 Salt Lake City
2006 Turin	Zlatko Pesjak	Alpine skiing
2010 Vancouver	Mario Dadić	Alpine skiing
2014 Sochi	Dino Sokolović	Alpine skiing

See also

• Croatia at the Olympics