Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:SVK
Npcname:Slovak Paralympic Committee
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2020
Location:Tokyo
Competitors:27
Sports:8
Flagbearer:Veronika Vadovičová
Samuel Andrejčík
Gold:5
Silver:2
Bronze:4
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1996
See also: (1972–1992)

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

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate


Table Tennis


Competitors

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

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery3 0 3
Athletics3 0 3
Boccia5 2 7
Cycling3 1 4
Shooting1 2 3
Swimming0 1 1
Table tennis4 1 5
Wheelchair tennis1 0 1
Total 20 7 27

Archery

See 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

|-|align=left|Dávid Ivan|Men's individual recurve |609|14|
W 6-2|
L 0-4|colspan=4|did not advance|-align=center|-|align=left|Marián Marečák|Men's individual compound |686|14|
W 138-138|
L 137-140|colspan=5 |did not advance|-|align=left|Marcel Pavlík|Men's individual compound |696|5|
W 142-139|
W 143-137|
W 144-141|
L 146-148|
L 142-144|4|}

Athletics

See 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.[4]

Men's field

AthleteEventsMark Rank
align=left Dušan LaczkóDiscus throw F5641.375
Ladislav ČuchranJavelin throw F5429.035
Marián KuřejaClub throw F5130.66

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Four athletes get a ticket for Slovakia in BC1/BC2 & BC4 events.[5] The team is composed of Samuel Andrejčík, Michaela Balcová, Tomáš Kráľ, Kristína Kudláčová, Rastislav Kurilák, Róbert Mezík and Martin Strehársky.[6]

Individual
AthleteEventPool matchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tomáš KráľIndividual BC1
W 5-2

L 0-11

L 2-4
3did not advance
Rastislav KurilákIndividual BC2
L 1-7

W 7-2

L 3-4
3did not advance
Róbert MezíkIndividual BC2
W 10-1

W 6-3

L 4-10
2 Q
L 8-1
did not advance
Martin StrehárskyIndividual BC4
L 3-4

L 2-5

L 1-8
4did not advance
Samuel AndrejčíkIndividual BC4
W 7-3

W 8-0

L 1-4
2 Q
W 4-1

W 5-2

W 4-0
Michaela BalcováIndividual BC4
W 6-1

W 10-2

W 7-4
1 Q
L 0-8
did not advance
Pairs and teams
AthleteEventPool matchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Martin Strehársky
Samuel Andrejčík
Michaela Balcová
Mixed pairs BC4
W 7-3

W 10-1

W 8-0

W 4-3
1 Q
W 5-2

W 3-2
Tomáš Kráľ
Kristína Kudláčová
Rastislav Kurilák
Róbert Mezík
Team BC1/BC2
L 2-8

L 3-3*

L 4-5

W 6-3
4 did not advance

Cycling

See 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

AthleteEventTimeRank
Patrik KurilMen's road race C4-52:22:357
Men's time trial C445:47.10
Jozef MetelkaMen's road race C4-5DNF
Men's time trial C446:05.05
Ondrej StrečkoMen's road race C4-52:20:0712
Men's time trial C548:07.868
Anna OroszováWomen's road race H1-459:488
Women's time trial H1-335:36.374

Track

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Rank
align=left rowspan="2"Jozef MetelkaMen's 1000 m time trial C4-5N/A1:04.786
Men's 4000 m individual pursuit C44:22.772 WR 1 Q

Shooting

See 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]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
align=left rowspan="2"Kristína FunkováMixed R5 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2632.915did not advance
Mixed R9 50m Rifle Prone SH2617.119did not advance
align=left rowspan="4"Radoslav MalenovskýMen's R1 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1618.53 Q181.45
Men's R7 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH11156-39x7 Q401.37
Mixed R3 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1629.129did not advance
Mixed R6 50m Rifle Prone SH1609.335did not advance
align=left rowspan="4"Veronika VadovičováWomen's R2 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1624.93 Q206.04
Women's R8 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH11163-59x5 Q412.06
Mixed R3 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1634.65 Q167.76
Mixed R6 50m Rifle Prone SH1620.34 Q248,9 PR

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. One Slovakian swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.[11] [12]

Women
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
align=left rowspan=5Tatiana Blattnerová50 m freestyle S1134.8813did not advance
100 m freestyle S111:17.1411did not advance
400 m freestyle S115:49.169did not advance
100 m backstroke S111:34.6612did not advance
100 m breaststroke S111:36.529did not advance

Table tennis

See 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

W 3-1|
L 2-3|colspan=5|did not advance|-align=center|align=left|Ján Riapoš|align=left|Individual C2|
L 0-3|
W 3-0|2 Q|
L 2-3|colspan=5|did not advance|-align=center|align=left|Boris Trávníček|align=left|Individual C4|
W 3-2|
W 3-2|1 Q|
W 3-1|
L 0-3|colspan=5|did not advance|-align=center|align=left|Peter Mihálik|align=left|Individual C4|
L 2-3|
L 1-3|3|colspan=5|did not advance|-align=center|align=left|Martin Ludrovský
Ján Riapoš
|align=left|Team C1-2|colspan=4 |/

W 2-0|/

L 0-2|colspan=1|did not advance||-align=center|align=left|Boris Trávníček
Peter Mihálik
|align=left|Team C4|colspan=3 |/

W 2-0|/

W 2-0|/

L 0-2|colspan=1|did not advance||}
Women

Wheelchair tennis

See 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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paralympic Competition Schedule. 16 June 2019. tokyo2020.org.
  2. News: Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021. BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. 30 March 2020.
  3. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
  4. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
  5. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee. 12 June 2020.
  6. Web site: Športovci Tokio 2020 | Stránka 2 z 2.
  7. Web site: 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation. 19 July 2019. uci.org.
  8. Web site: Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking. 19 July 2019. uci.org.
  9. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
  10. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
  11. Web site: Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 24 April 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
  12. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
  13. Web site: 2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar. 16 March 2019. International Table Tennis Federation.