Austria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Austria at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Austria at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AUT
NPC	Austrian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.oepc.at (in German)
in Tokyo
Competitors	25 in 8 sports
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 9
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Austria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Walter Ablinger	Cycling	Men's road time trial H4	31 August
Silver	Pepo Puch	Equestrian		26 August
Silver	Florian Brungraber	Paratriathlon	Men's PTWC	29 August
Silver	Pepo Puch	Equestrian		30 August
Silver	Thomas Frühwirth	Cycling	Men's road time trial H4	31 August
Silver	Thomas Frühwirth	Cycling	Men's road race H4	1 September
Bronze	Alexander Gritsch	Cycling	Men's road time trial H4	31 August
Bronze	Alexander Gritsch	Cycling	Men's road race H4	1 September
Bronze	Walter Ablinger	Cycling	Men's road race H4	1 September

Competitors[]

Source:^[4]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	4	2	6
Equestrian	2	2	4
Swimming	2	1	3
Table Tennis	1	0	1
Triathlon	2	0	2
Wheelchair Tennis	4	0	4
Total	18	7	25

Athletics[]

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Thomas Geierspichler	400m T52	1:04.22	5 q	1:02.68	6
Thomas Geierspichler	1500m T52	N/A		3:54.77	4

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Bil Marinkovic	Discus throw F11	33.45	5

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Natalija Eder	Javelin throw F13	37.92	4
Natalija Eder	Shot put F12	11.45	7

Cycling[]

Walter Ablinger, , , Alexander Gritsch, Yvonne Marzinke have all qualified to compete.^[5]^[6]

Road[]

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time
Walter Ablinger	Road race H3	2:35:06
Walter Ablinger	Time trial H3	43:39.17
	Road race H1–2	Did not start
	Time trial H1	Did not finish
Thomas Frühwirth	Road race H4	2:20:56
Thomas Frühwirth	Time trial H4	38:30.61
Alexander Gritsch	Road race H4	2:22:38
Alexander Gritsch	Time trial H4	39:58.93

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Road race H1–4	Did not finish
	Time trial H1–3	46:02.84	10
Yvonne Marzinke	Road race C1–3	1:25:42	14
Yvonne Marzinke	Time trial C1–3	30:35.19	13

Track[]

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Yvonne Marzinke	Individual pursuit C1–3	4:29.147	13	Did not advance
Yvonne Marzinke	Time trial C1–3	N/A	42.023	8

Equestrian[]

Austria sent four riders after qualified including: , Pepo Puch, and Valentina Strobl.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
	Bellagio 4		66.903	11
Pepo Puch	Sailor's Blue		73.441
Pepo Puch	Sailor's Blue		81.007
	Sciancalepore	Individual championship test grade I	70.571	7
Valentina Strobl	Bequina Simba		64.381	13
Pepo Puch Valentina Strobl	See above		213.502	9

Paracanoeing[]

Markus Swoboda has qualified to compete.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Markus Swoboda	Men's KL2	49.465	7	42.697	2 FA	43.090	5
Markus Swoboda	Men's VL3	DSQ		Did not advance

Paratriathlon[]

Florian Brungraber and former sprinter Günther Matzinger have qualified to compete.

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total Time	Rank
Florian Brungraber	Men's PTWC	13:35	1:23	41:59	0:54	12:04	59:55
Günther Matzinger	Men's PTS5	12:21	1:08	21:05	0:48	17:31	1:02:53	9

Swimming[]

, Janina Falk, Andreas Onea have qualified to compete.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	50m freestyle S4	45.10	15	Did not advance
	100m freestyle S4	1:38.49	11	Did not advance
	200m freestyle S4	3:39.44	14	Did not advance
	50m backstroke S4	50.18	12	Did not advance
	50m breaststroke SB3	54.18	7 Q	55.00	8
	150m individual medley SM4	2:51.58	10	Did not advance
Andreas Onea	100m breaststroke SB8	1:13.90	10	Did not advance
	100m butterfly S8	1:09.52	15	Did not advance
	200m individual medley SM8	2:31.03	9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Janina Falk	200m freestyle S14	2:20.39	10	Did not advance
	100m backstroke S14	1:19.44	14	Did not advance
	100m breaststroke SB14	1:28.68	14	Did not advance
	100m butterfly S14	1:13.62	14	Did not advance
	200m individual medley SM14	2:37.51	9	Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Austria entered one athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Krisztian Gardos qualified via World Ranking allocation.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Krisztian Gardos		(RSA) W 11-5, 11-9, 11-7	Bohéas (FRA) L 13-11, 11-13, 4-11, 3-11	(BRA) W 6-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9	2 Q	(MNE) L 8-11, 8-11, 14-12, 8-11	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis[]

Austria qualified four player entries for wheelchair tennis. Three players qualified through the world rankings, and the other qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's singles	(RSA) L 2-6, 0-6	Did not advance
		(BEL) L 4-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Martin Legner		(CHN) L 1-6, 0-6	Did not advance
		(NED) L 0-6, 0-6	Did not advance

References[]

^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Paralympic Team Austria confirmed (in German)". Austrian Paralympic Committee. 19 July 2021.
^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/npc-entries-austria.htm
^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

[1] "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.

[2] "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[3] "Paralympic Team Austria confirmed (in German)". Austrian Paralympic Committee. 19 July 2021.

[4] ttps://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/npc-entries-austria.htm

[5] "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.

[6] "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.

[7] "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.

[8] "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

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