Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Slovakia at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Slovakia at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	SVK
NPC
Website	www.spv.sk
in Tokyo
Competitors	27 in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Veronika Vadovičová; Samuel Andrejčík
Medals	Gold 5 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 11
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
Other related appearances
	Czechoslovakia (1972–1992)

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

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jozef Metelka	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C4	27 August
Gold	Patrik Kuril	Cycling	Men's road time trial C4	31 August
Gold	Samuel Andrejčík	Boccia	Mixed individual BC4	1 September
Gold	Samuel Andrejčík Michaela Balcová	Boccia	Mixed pairs BC4	4 September
Gold	Veronika Vadovičová	Shooting		5 September
Silver	Alena Kánová	Table Tennis	Women's individual C3	29 August
Silver	Jozef Metelka	Cycling	Men's road time trial C4	31 August
Bronze	Jozef Metelka	Cycling	Men's 1000 m time trial C4-5	26 August
Bronze	Boris Trávníček	Table Tennis		1 September
Bronze	Martin Ludrovský Ján Riapoš	Table tennis		1 September
Bronze	Marián Kuřeja	Athletics	Men's club throw F51	1 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Boccia	2	0	0	2
Cycling	2	1	1	4
Shooting	1	0	0	1
Table tennis	0	1	2	3
Total	5	2	4	11

Competitors[]

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	3	0	3
Boccia	5	2	7
Cycling	3	1	4
Shooting	1	2	3
Swimming	0	1	1
Table tennis	4	1	5
Wheelchair tennis	1	0	1
Total	20	7	27

Archery[]

Slovakia has entered two archer at Men's Individual Compound Open, and one archer in Men's Individual recurve. ^[3]

Men[]


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
^[4]	Men's individual recurve	609	14	(CHN) W 6-2	(ROC) L 0-4	Did not advanced
	Men's individual compound	686	14	Stubbs (GBR) W 138-138	(IND) L 137-140	Did not advanced
	Men's individual compound	696	5	(ITA) W 142-139	Stutzman (USA) W 143-137	Forsberg (FIN) W 144-141	(CHN) L 146-148	(CHN) L 142-144	4

Athletics[]

Two Slovakian athletes (Marián Kuřeja & Adrián Matušík) successfully to break through the qualifications for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit.^[5]

Men's field[]

Athlete	Events	Mark (m)	Rank
	Discus throw F56	41.37	5
	Javelin throw F54	29.03	5
Marián Kuřeja	Club throw F51	30.66

Boccia[]

Four athletes get a ticket for Slovakia in BC1/BC2 & BC4 events.^[6] The team is composed of Samuel Andrejčík, Michaela Balcová, , , , and .^[4]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Individual BC1	(JPN) W 5-2	(POR) L 0-11	(BRA) L 2-4	3	Did not advanced
	Individual BC2	(HKG) L 1-7	(POR) W 7-2	(JPN) L 3-4	3	Did not advanced
	Individual BC2	(BEL) W 10-1	(GBR) W 6-3	Saengampa (THA) L 4-10	2 Q	Sugimura (JPN) L 8-1	Did not advanced
	Individual BC4	(CAN) L 3-4	(CRO) L 2-5	(HKG) L 1-8	4	Did not advanced
Samuel Andrejčík	Individual BC4	(GBR) W 7-3	(THA) W 8-0	Larpyen (THA) L 1-4	2 Q	(HKG) W 4-1	Yuansen (CHN) W 5-2	Larpyen (THA) W 4-0
Michaela Balcová	Individual BC4	(GER) W 6-1	(COL) W 10-2	(COL) W 7-4	1 Q	Leung (HKG) L 0-8	Did not advanced

Pairs and teams

Athlete	Event	Pool matches					Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Samuel Andrejčík Michaela Balcová	Mixed pairs BC4	Brazil (BRA) W 7-3	Portugal (POR) W 10-1	Great Britain (GBR) W 8-0	Canada (CAN) W 4-3	1 Q	N/A	RPC (RPC) W 5-2	Hong Kong (HKG) W 3-2
	Team BC1/BC2	Japan (JPN) L 2-8	South Korea (KOR) L 3-3*	Brazil (BRA) L 4-5	Portugal (POR) W 6-3	4	N/A	Did not advanced

Cycling[]

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[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Patrik Kuril	Men's road race C4-5	2:22:35	7
Patrik Kuril	Men's time trial C4	45:47.10
Jozef Metelka	Men's road race C4-5	DNF
Jozef Metelka	Men's time trial C4	46:05.05
	Men's road race C4-5	2:20:07	12
	Men's time trial C5	48:07.86	8
	Women's road race H1-4	59:48	8
	Women's time trial H1-3	35:36.37	4

Track[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Jozef Metelka	Men's 1000 m time trial C4-5	N/A		1:04.786
Jozef Metelka	Men's 4000 m individual pursuit C4	4:22.772 WR	1 Q	OVL

Shooting[]

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 , Veronika Vadovičová and .^[10]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
		632.9	15	Did not advanced
		617.1	19	Did not advanced
		618.5	3 Q	181.4	5
		1156-39x	7 Q	401.3	7
		629.1	29	Did not advanced
		609.3	35	Did not advanced
Veronika Vadovičová	Women's R2 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1	624.9	3 Q	206.0	4
		1163-59x	5 Q	412.0	6
		634.6	5 Q	167.7	6
		620.3	4 Q	248,9 PR

Swimming[]

One Slovakian swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.^[11]^[12]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	50 m freestyle S11	34.88	13	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S11	1:17.14	11	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S11	5:49.16	9	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S11	1:34.66	12	Did not advance
		1:36.52	9	Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Slovakia entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. All of them qualified via World Ranking allocation.^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Martin Ludrovský	Individual C2	Chueawong (THA) W 3-1	(CHI) L 2-3	2 Q	Molliens (FRA)} W 3-1	(KOR) L 2-3	Did not advance
Ján Riapoš	Individual C2	Cha (KOR) L 0-3	(JPN) W 3-0	2 Q	Suchánek (CZE) L 2-3	Did not advance
Boris Trávníček	Individual C4	(THA) W 3-2	Guo (CHN) W 3-2	1 Q	(KOR) W 3-1	Turan (TUR) L 0-3	Did not advance
	Individual C4	(KOR) L 2-3	(ESP) L 1-3	3	Did not advance
Martin Ludrovský Ján Riapoš		N/A				Borgato (ITA)/ Falco (ITA) W 2-0	Lamirault (FRA)/ Molliens (FRA) L 0-2	Did not advance
Boris Trávníček		N/A			(EGY)/ (EGY) W 2-0	Ozturk (TUR)/ Turan (TUR) W 2-0	Cao (CHN)/ Guo (CHN) L 0-2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alena Kánová	Individual C3	Yoon (KOR) L 0-3	(BRA) W 3-0	2 Q	(CRO) W 3-1	Ahlquist (SWE) W 3-0	Lee (KOR) W 3-1	Juan (CHN) L 0-3

Wheelchair tennis[]

Slovakia qualified one player entry for wheelchair tennis. 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	(GRE) W 7-6, 3-6, 6-0	(JPN) L 0-6, 1-6	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.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b https://paralympic.sk/kategoria-sportovci/sportovci-tokio-2020/page/2/
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "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.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 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] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[spv-4] ttps://paralympic.sk/kategoria-sportovci/sportovci-tokio-2020/page/2/

[5] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[6] "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[7] "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.

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

[9] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[10] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

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

[12] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[13] "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

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