Poland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	POL
Country:	Poland
Year:	2020
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Flagcaption:	Flag of Poland
Npcname:	Polish Paralympic Committee
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Competitors:	89
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Maciej Lepiato and Joanna Mendak
Gold:	7
Silver:	6
Bronze:	11
Appearances:	auto

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

Medalists

See main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Łukasz Ciszek and Milena Olszewska have both qualified to compete.

Men

Women

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Krzysztof Ciuksza	400m T36	55.90	5
Michał Derus	100m T47	10.73	2 Q	10.61
Aleksander Kossakowski	1500m T11	4:29.92	5	did not advance
Michał Kotkowski	400m T37	50.60	4
Daniel Pek	1500m T20	4:01.00	7

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Michał Głąb	Shot put F33	8.88	6
Robert Jachimowicz	Discus throw F52	19.49	5
Piotr Kosewicz	Discus throw F52	20.02
Maciej Lepiato	High jump T63	2.04
Mirosław Madzia	Discus throw F11	29.46	9
Łukasz Mamczarz	High jump T63	1.80	4
Mateusz Owczarek	Long jump T37	5.85	7
Tomasz Pauliński	Shot put F34	11.09	4
Rafał Rocki	Discus throw F52	19.51	4
Janusz Rokicki	Shot put F57	13.53	6
Tomasz Ściubak	Shot put F37	13.38	8
Maciej Sochal	Club throw F32	32.66	6
Lech Stoltman	Shot put F55	12.15
Bartosz Tyszkowski	Shot put F41	12.28	5
align=left rowspan=2	Marek Wietecki	Javelin throw F13	58.89	6
Shot put F12	13.47	6

Women's track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Barbara Bieganowska	1500m T20	4:27.84
Justyna Franieczek	400m T20	59.50	3 Q	59.14	5
align=left rowspan=2	Alicja Jeromin	100m T47	12.19	2 Q	12.22	4
200m T47	25.06	1 Q	25.05
align=left rowspan=2	Jagoda Kibil	100m T35	15.64	5 q	15.38		5
200m T35	31.75	4
align=left rowspan=3	Joanna Mazur	100m T11	1:01.50	7 q	1:01.82	8	did not advance
200m T11	28.40	3	did not advance
400m T11	1:01.50	3 Q	1:01.82	4	did not advance

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Lucyna Kornobys	Shot put F34	8.60
Faustyna Kotłowska	Discus throw F64	33.40	7
Róża Kozakowska	Club throw F32	28.74 WR
Karolina Kucharczyk	Long jump T20	6.03 PR
Klaudia Maliszewska	Shot put F35	8.39	5
align=left rowspan=2	Joanna Oleksiuk	Javelin throw F34	12.09	9
Shot put F33	6.40	4
Marta Piotrowska	Long jump T37	4.28	6
align=left rowspan=2	Renata Śliwińska	Discus throw F40	24.70	8
Shot put F40	8.75 PR

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Bartłomiej Mróz has qualified to compete.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Krystian Giera, Renata Kałuża, Justyna Kiryla, Marcin Polak, Dominika Putyra, Rafał Szumiec and Rafał Wilk have all qualified to compete.^[2] ^[3]

Track

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Dominika Putyra (Ewa Bankowska - pilot)	Women's time trial B	1:13.212	8
Dominika Putyra (Ewa Bankowska - pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B	3:26.483	5	did not advanced
Justyna Kiryla (Aleksandra Tecław - pilot)	Women's time trial B	1:12.354	7
Justyna Kiryla (Aleksandra Tecław - pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B	3:31.875	6	did not advanced

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Poland qualified one athlete.

Paracanoeing

See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Poland has qualified two athlete in men's VL2 & women's KL3 events, Katarzyna Kozikowska, Kamila Kubas, Mateusz Surwiło and Jakub Tokarz.

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Justyna Kozdryk, Grzegorz Lanzer, Paulina Przywecka-Puziak, Sławomir Szymański, Mariusz Tomczyk and Marzena Zięba have all qualified to compete.

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Sławomir Szymański	Men's –49 kg	136	8
Mariusz Tomczyk	Men's –59 kg	161	8
Grzegorz Lanzer	Men's –69 kg	166	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Justyna Kozdryk	Women's –45 kg	101
Marzena Zięba	Women + 86 kg		3

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Poland qualified one boat in the mixed double sculls for the games by finishing sixth at A-final and securing the six of eight available place at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[4]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Poland entered three shooters into the Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	Filip Rodzik	Men's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	555-10x	17	did not advanced
Mixed P3 – 25 m pistol SH1		544-8x	23	did not advanced
Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1		502-3x	31	did not advanced
Szymon Sowiński	Men's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	566-12x	7	156.4	6
	Mixed P3 – 25 m pistol SH1	573-15x	5	21
	Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	532-2x	9	did not advanced
Emilia Babska	Women's R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1	616.9	10	did not advanced
	Mixed R6 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1	628.1	35	did not advanced
	Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1	612.7	25	did not advanced

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Nine Polish swimmers qualified to compete at the Games.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jacek Czech	100 m backstroke S2	2:14.25	6 Q	2:12.53	4
Przemysław Drąg
Michał Golus	100 m freestyle S8	1:01.26	9	did not advance
Igor Hrehorowicz	400 m freestyle S9	4:26.13	8 Q	4:24.75	=7
Wojciech Makowski	50 m freestyle S11	27.92	7 Q	27.83	7
Wojciech Makowski	100 m backstroke S11
Alan Ogorzałek	100 m freestyle S10
Kamil Otowski	100 m backstroke S2	2:12.80	5 Q	2:15.09	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Oliwia Jabłońska	100 m freestyle S10
Joanna Mendak	100 m butterfly S13	1:08.41	9	did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Poland entered nine athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Patryk Chojnowski & Natalia Partyka qualified from 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and other seven athletes via World Ranking allocation.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rafał Czuper	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C2	W 3-0	W 3-0	1 Q		W 3-1	W 3-1	L 2-3
Tomasz Jakimczuk	L 0-3	L 0-3	3	align=center colspan="5"	did not advance
Maciej Nalepka	Individual C3	L 0-3	W 3-1	2 Q	L 1-3	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
Rafał Lis	Individual C4	L 0-3	L 1-3	3	align=center colspan="5"	did not advance
Krzysztof Żyłka	Individual C4	L 1-3	W 3-0	1 Q	W 3-0	L 1-3	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Maksym Chudzicki	Individual C7	L 1-3	W 3-0	2 Q	W 3-0		L 0-3	did not advance
Piotr Grudzień	Individual C8	W 3-0	W 3-0	1 Q	L 2-3	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
Patryk Chojnowski	Individual C10	W 3-0	W 3-1	1 Q		W 3-0	W 3-1	W 3-0

Women

Athlete	Event	Group				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Rank
Dorota Bucław	Individual C1-2	W 3-1	W 3-0		1 Q		L 1-3	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Karolina Pęk	Individual C9	W 3-1	L 1-3	W 3-1	2 Q	L 1-3	did not advance
Natalia Partyka	Individual C10	W 3-0	W 3-1		1 Q	L 2-3	did not advance
Krystyna Łysiak	Individual C11	L 0-3	L 0-3	W 3-2	4	align=center colspan="5"	did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Adrian Castro, Kinga Dróżdż, Patricia Haręza, Michal Nalewajek, Dariusz Pender and Grzegorz Pluta have all qualified to compete.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Adrian Castro	Men's individual sabre B		L 4–5	1 Q	W 15–4	W 15–9	L 11–15
			W 5–3
			W 4–2
			W 5–3
			W 5–1
Grzegorz Pluta			L 4–5	2 Q	L 13–15	did not advance	6
			W 5–3
			W 5–2
			W 5–0
			W 5–2
Dariusz Pender	Men's individual épée A		L 4–5	7	did not advance	13
			L 1–5
			L 1–5
			L 1–5
			L 3–5
			L 4–5
align=left rowspan=3	Dariusz Pender Michał Nalewajek Grzegorz Pluta Adrian Castro	align=left rowspan=3	Men's team épée		L 32–45	4	did not advance	7
	L 39–45
	L 30–45

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kinga Dróżdż	Women's individual sabre A		W 5–0	2 Q	L 14–15	did not advance	7
			W 5–1
			L 3–5
			W 5–3
	Women's individual épée A		L 3–5	5	did not advance	13
			L 3–5
			L 3–5
			W 5–3
			L 4–5
Marta Fidrych	Women's individual sabre A		W 5–1	3 Q	W 15–10	L 9–15	did not advance	8
			L 1–5
			W 5–1
			L 1–5
	Women's individual épée A		L 4–5	5	did not advance	14
			L 3–5
			L 2–5
			L 4–5
Patrycja Haręza	Women's individual épée B		W 5–1	5 Q	L 7–15	did not advance	9
			L 4–5
			L 2–5
			L 2–5
			W 5–1
			L 2–5
align=left rowspan=2	Kinga Dróżdż Marta Fidrych Patrycja Haręza	align=left rowspan=2	Women's team épée		L 31–44	3	did not advance	6
	L 40–45

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Poland qualified two player entries for wheelchair tennis. One of them qualified through the world rankings, while the other qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kamil Fabisiak	Men's singles	W 4-6, 6-2 6-1
Piotr Jaroszewski	W 1-6, 6-4 6-4
Kamil Fabisiak Piotr Jaroszewski	Men's doubles

Notes and References

Web site: 15 July 2021. 89 Polish representatives for the Paralympic Games in Tokyo (in Polish). Polish Paralympic Committee.
Web site: 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation. 19 July 2019. uci.org.
Web site: Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking. 19 July 2019. uci.org.
Web site: 2019 World Rowing Championships . 15 October 2018 . www.worldrowing.com . 9 August 2021.
Web site: Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 24 April 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
Web site: 2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar. 16 March 2019. International Table Tennis Federation.