Croatia at the Paralympics

Croatia at the Paralympics
IPC code	CRO
NPC	Croatian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.hpo.hr
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 6 5 10 21
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter appearances
2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1972–1988)

Croatia, following its independence, 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 twenty-one Paralympic medals, of which six gold, five silver and ten bronze. Nineteen of these medals have been won at the Summer Games, in track and field, swimming or table tennis. And with the exception of Milinković's early bronze, all have been won from 2004 games onwards. At the Winter Games Croatia has won two medals, gold in alpine skiing and bronze in snowboarding.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Events	Athletes	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
2016 Rio de Janeiro		19	2	2	1	5	41
Total			5	5	9	19	62

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Events	Athletes	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	–
2018 Pyeongchang	7	3	1	0	1	2	18
Total			1	0	1	2	27

Medals by summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	4	4	5	13
Table tennis	1	1	0	2
Swimming	0	0	4	4
Total	5	5	9	19

Medals by winter sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Alpine skiing	1	0	0	1
Snowboarding	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	1	2

List of medalists

Summer sports

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
03 ! Bronze	Milinković, MilkaMilka Milinković	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's javelin throw THW5
03 ! Bronze	SzpanjaMihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S8
03 ! Bronze	SzpanjaMihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley SM8
03 ! Bronze	SzpanjaMihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle S8
03 ! Bronze	Vuković, JelenaJelena Vuković	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's discus throw F42–46
01 ! Gold	Balek, AntoniaAntonia Balek	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F33–34/52–53
01 ! Gold	Balek, AntoniaAntonia Balek	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's shot put F32–34/52–53
01 ! Gold	Kralj, DarkoDarko Kralj	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's shot put F42
02 ! Silver	Budetić, BranimirBranimir Budetić	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F11–12
02 ! Silver	Kralj, DarkoDarko Kralj	2012 London	Athletics	Men's shot put F42–44
02 ! Silver	Talić, ZoranZoran Talić	2012 London	Athletics	Men's long jump F20
03 ! Bronze	Budetić, BranimirBranimir Budetić	2012 London	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F12–13
03 ! Bronze	Ristoski, MikelaMikela Ristoski	2012 London	Athletics	Women's long jump F20
03 ! Bronze	SzpanjaMihovil Španja	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S7
01 ! Gold	Paović, SandraSandra Paović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Table tennis	Women's individual C6
01 ! Gold	Ristoski, MikelaMikela Ristoski	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's long jump F20
02 ! Silver	Talić, ZoranZoran Talić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's long jump F20
02 ! Silver	Mužinić, AnđelaAnđela Mužinić and Helena Dretar Karić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Table tennis	Women's team C1–3
03 ! Bronze	SzandorVelimir Šandor	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52

Winter sports

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Sokolović, DinoDino Sokolović	2018 Pyeongchang	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom siting
03 ! Bronze	Bošnjak, BrunoBruno Bošnjak	2018 Pyeongchang	Snowboarding	Men's banked slalom SB-LL2

List of flag bearers

No.	Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport
1	1992 Barcelona	Summer
2	1996 Atlanta	Summer
3	2000 Sydney	Summer
4	2002 Salt Lake City	Winter
5	2004 Athens	Summer	SzpanjaMihovil Španja	Swimming
6	2006 Turin	Winter	Pesjak, ZlatkoZlatko Pesjak	Alpine skiing
7	2008 Beijing	Summer	Iveković, MarijaMarija Iveković	Athletics
8	2010 Vancouver	Winter	Dadić, MarioMario Dadić	Alpine skiing
9	2012 London	Summer	Kralj, DarkoDarko Kralj	Athletics
10	2014 Sochi	Winter	Sokolović, DinoDino Sokolović	Alpine skiing
11	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Summer	Budetić, BranimirBranimir Budetić	Athletics
12	2018 Pyeongchang	Winter	Goluža, EvaEva Goluža	Alpine skiing

See also

• Croatia at the Olympics