Lithuania at the Paralympics

Lithuania at the Paralympics
IPC code	LTU
NPC	Lithuanian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.lpok.lt
Medals	Gold 6 Silver 12 Bronze 18 Total 36
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1994 1998–2018
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)

Lithuania, following its independence from the Soviet Union, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, with a delegation of four athletes in track and field. This first delegation was notably successful, with all four athletes winning at least one medal, and female runner sweeping up four medals (three silver and a bronze). Kriaučiūnienė was also part of Lithuania's two person delegation for its first participation in the Winter Paralympics, in 1994. Lithuania has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has not returned to the Winter Games since 1994.^[1]

Medal tallies[]

Lithuanians have won a total of thirty Paralympic medals (of which four gold, eleven silver and fifteen bronze), making it the most successful of the Baltic states. All these medals have been won at the Summer Games. Most of them have been won in track and field, but Lithuanians have also had some success in other sports. has twice won bronze in judo (in 1996 and 2004), while won a silver medal in swimming in 2004, and the Lithuanian men's goalball team won silver in both 2000 and 2008.^[2]

Summer Paralympics[]

Winter Paralympics[]

Medals by sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	5	9	13	27
Goalball	1	2	0	3
Swimming	1	1	1	3
Judo	0	0	3	3
Totals (4 sports)	7	12	17	36

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's pentathlon B1
Silver		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 800m B1
Silver		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 1500m B1
Silver		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 3000m B1
Bronze		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 400m B1
Bronze		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 800m B2
Bronze		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's pentathlon PW3-4
Gold	Aldona Grigaliūnienė	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's long jump F34-37
Gold		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's discus throw F41
Gold		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's shot put F41
Silver	Kęstutis Bartkėnas	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 5000m T11
Silver		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F10
Bronze		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 1500m T11
Bronze	Kęstutis Bartkėnas	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 10000m T11
Bronze		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's shot put F12
Bronze		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 800m T10-11
Bronze		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 1500m T10-11
Bronze		1996 Atlanta	Judo	Men's -78 kg
Silver	Rolandas Urbonas	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's discus throw F12
Silver	Genrik Pavliukianec Marius Zibolis	2000 Sydney	Goalball	Men's team
Bronze	Kęstutis Bartkėnas	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 5000m T13
Gold	Aldona Grigaliūnienė	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's shot put F37/38
Silver		2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S4
Bronze	Kęstutis Bartkėnas	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 10000m T13
Bronze	Linas Balsys	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's marathon T13
Bronze	Rolandas Urbonas	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw F12
Bronze	Algirdas Tatulis	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw F42
Bronze		2004 Athens	Judo	Men's -90 kg
Silver	Aldona Grigaliūnienė	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's shot put F37/38
Silver	Nerijus Montvydas Genrik Pavliukianec Marius Zibolis	2008 Beijing	Goalball	Men's team
Gold	Mindaugas Bilius	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's shot put F37
Gold	Mantas Brazauskis Nerijus Montvydas Genrik Pavliukianec Justas Pazarauskas	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Goalball	Men's team
Silver	Mindaugas Bilius	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's discus throw F37

See also[]

• Lithuania at the Olympics

References[]

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