Czechoslovakia at the Paralympics

Czechoslovakia at the Paralympics
IPC code	TCH
Medals	Gold 7 Silver 10 Bronze 10 Total 27
Summer appearances
1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Winter appearances
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Other related appearances
Czech Republic (1994–)  Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, where it was one of just four Eastern Bloc nations competing (the other three being Hungary, Poland and Romania). Czechoslovakia sent a delegation of nineteen athletes, who all competed in track and field, and won a single bronze medal in the shot put.^[1][2]

The country's participation in the Summer Paralympics was sporadic. It missed the 1976 Games, sent a delegation of seven athletes to the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, missed the 1984 Games, then competed in 1988 and 1992, before its dissolution in 1993. At the Winter Paralympics, however, Czechoslovakia took part in the inaugural Games in Örnsköldsvik in 1976 (with a delegation of five athletes), and participated in every edition of the Games until its dissolution. Since 1994, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have competed separately.^[3]

During their nine participations in the Paralympics, Czechoslovakians won a total of 27 medals - seven gold, ten silver and ten bronze. Thus the country ranks fifty-fourth on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table (behind both of its successor states).^[4]

Only four Czechoslovakians have won gold medals at the Paralympic Games. is the country's most successful Paralympian, having won three gold medals in women's alpine skiing in 1976, as well as a silver in 1980. won two gold medals in track events in 1992, as well as a bronze, and a bronze and a silver in cross-country skiing that same year. won a gold in the discus in 1992, and is Czechoslovakia's only male Paralympic champion, having won the pentathlon in 1992.^[5]

Medallists[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold		1976 Örnsköldsvik	Alpine skiing
Gold	Eva Lemezová	1976 Örnsköldsvik	Alpine skiing
Gold	Eva Lemezová	1976 Örnsköldsvik	Alpine skiing
Gold		1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Gold		1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Gold	Pavla Valníčková	1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Gold		1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Silver		1980 Arnhem	Swimming
Silver	Eva Lemezová	1980 Geilo	Alpine skiing
Silver		1988 Seoul	Cycling
Silver		1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Silver	Anton Sluka	1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Silver		1992 Barcelona	Cycling
Silver		1992 Tignes-Albertville	Alpine skiing
Silver		1992 Tignes-Albertville	Alpine skiing
Silver	Kateřina Teplá	1992 Tignes-Albertville	Alpine skiing
Silver	Pavla Valníčková	1992 Tignes-Albertville	Cross-country skiing
Bronze	Dana Véleová-Chmelová	1972 Heidelberg	Athletics
Bronze	Roman Gronský	1980 Arnhem	Swimming
Bronze		1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Bronze	František Gödri	1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Bronze		1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Bronze	Pavla Valníčková	1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Bronze		1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Bronze	team	1992 Barcelona	Volleyball
Bronze	Marcela Mišunová	1992 Tignes-Albertville	Alpine skiing
Bronze	Pavla Valníčková	1992 Tignes-Albertville	Cross-country skiing

See also[]

• Czechoslovakia at the Olympics

References[]