Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Slovakia at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSVK
NPCSlovak Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.spv.sk
in Tokyo
Competitors27 in 8 sports
Flag bearers Veronika Vadovičová
Samuel Andrejčík
Medals
Gold
5
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
11
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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

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Further information: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
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
Martin Strehársky		 Boccia Mixed pairs BC4 4 September
 Gold Veronika Vadovičová Shooting Mixed R6 50 metre rifle prone SH1 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
Peter Mihálik		 Table Tennis Men's team – Class 4–5 1 September
 Bronze Martin Ludrovský
Ján Riapoš		 Table tennis Men's team – Class 1–2 1 September
 Bronze Marián Kuřeja Athletics Men's club throw F51 1 September
Medals by sport
Sport 1 2 3 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

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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

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Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Men

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Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Dávid Ivan[4] Men's individual recurve 609 14  Wang (CHN)
W 6-2 		 Smirnov (ROC)
L 0-4 		did not advance
Marián Marečák Men's individual compound 686 14  Stubbs (GBR)
W 138-138 		 Kumar (IND)
L 137-140 		did not advance
Marcel Pavlík Men's individual compound 696 5  Cancelli (ITA)
W 142-139 		 Stutzman (USA)
W 143-137 		 Forsberg (FIN)
W 144-141 		 He (CHN)
L 146-148 		 Ai (CHN)
L 142-144 		4

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

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Athlete Events Mark (m) Rank
Dušan Laczkó Discus throw F56 41.37 5
Ladislav Čuchran Javelin throw F54 29.03 5
Marián Kuřeja Club throw F51 30.66 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Boccia

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Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Four athletes get a ticket for Slovakia in BC1/BC2 & BC4 events.[6] The team is composed of Samuel Andrejčík, Michaela Balcová, Tomáš Kráľ, Kristína Kudláčová, Rastislav Kurilák, Róbert Mezík and Martin Strehársky.[4]

Individual
Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Tomáš Kráľ Individual BC1  Fujii (JPN)
W 5-2 		 Ramos (POR)
L 0-11 		 de Oliveira (BRA)
L 2-4 		3 did not advance
Rastislav Kurilák Individual BC2  Yeung (HKG)
L 1-7 		 Valente (POR)
W 7-2 		 Hirose (JPN)
L 3-4 		3 did not advance
Róbert Mezík Individual BC2  Rombouts (BEL)
W 10-1 		 Hipwell (GBR)
W 6-3 		 Saengampa (THA)
L 4-10 		2 Q  Sugimura (JPN)
L 8-1 		did not advance
Martin Strehársky Individual BC4  Levine (CAN)
L 3-4 		 Komar (CRO)
L 2-5 		 Lau (HKG)
L 1-8 		4 did not advance
Samuel Andrejčík Individual BC4  Saunders (GBR)
W 7-3 		 Somsanuk (THA)
W 8-0 		 Larpyen (THA)
L 1-4 		2 Q  Lau (HKG)
W 4-1 		 Yuansen (CHN)
W 5-2 		 Larpyen (THA)
W 4-0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Michaela Balcová Individual BC4  Nicolai (GER)
W 6-1 		 Cely (COL)
W 10-2 		 Chica (COL)
W 7-4 		1 Q  Leung (HKG)
L 0-8 		did not advance
Pairs and teams
Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Martin Strehársky
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 —  RPC (RPC)
W 5-2 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
W 3-2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tomáš Kráľ
Kristína Kudláčová
Rastislav Kurilák
Róbert Mezík 		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 — did not advance

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Patrik Kuril Men's road race C4-5 2:22:35 7
Men's time trial C4 45:47.10 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jozef Metelka Men's road race C4-5 DNF
Men's time trial C4 46:05.05 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ondrej Strečko Men's road race C4-5 2:20:07 12
Men's time trial C5 48:07.86 8
Anna Oroszová Women's road race H1-4 59:48 8
Women's time trial H1-3 35:36.37 4

Track

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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Jozef Metelka Men's 1000 m time trial C4-5 N/A 1:04.786 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 4000 m individual pursuit C4 4:22.772 WR  1 Q OVL 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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 Radoslav Malenovský, Veronika Vadovičová and Kristína Funková.[10]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Kristína Funková Mixed R5 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 632.9 15 did not advance
Mixed R9 50m Rifle Prone SH2 617.1 19 did not advance
Radoslav Malenovský Men's R1 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 618.5 3 Q 181.4 5
Men's R7 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 1156-39x 7 Q 401.3 7
Mixed R3 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 629.1 29 did not advance
Mixed R6 50m Rifle Prone SH1 609.3 35 did not advance
Veronika Vadovičová Women's R2 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 624.9 3 Q 206.0 4
Women's R8 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 1163-59x 5 Q 412.0 6
Mixed R3 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 634.6 5 Q 167.7 6
Mixed R6 50m Rifle Prone SH1 620.3 4 Q 248,9 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Tatiana Blattnerová 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
100 m breaststroke S11 1:36.52 9 did not advance

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Martin Ludrovský Individual C2  Chueawong (THA)
W 3-1 		 Flores (CHI)
L 2-3 		2 Q  Molliens (FRA)}
W 3-1 		 Park (KOR)
L 2-3 		did not advance
Ján Riapoš Individual C2  Cha (KOR)
L 0-3 		 Minami (JPN)
W 3-0 		2 Q  Suchánek (CZE)
L 2-3 		did not advance
Boris Trávníček Individual C4  Chaiwut (THA)
W 3-2 		 Guo (CHN)
W 3-2 		1 Q  Kim (KOR)
W 3-1 		 Turan (TUR)
L 0-3 		did not advance
Peter Mihálik Individual C4  Kim (KOR)
L 2-3 		 Lopez (ESP)
L 1-3 		3 did not advance
Martin Ludrovský
Ján Riapoš 		Team C1-2 —  Borgato (ITA)/
 Falco (ITA)
W 2-0 		 Lamirault (FRA)/
 Molliens (FRA)
L 0-2 		did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Boris Trávníček
Peter Mihálik 		Team C4 —  Saleh (EGY)/
 Zenaty (EGY)
W 2-0 		 Ozturk (TUR)/
 Turan (TUR)
W 2-0 		 Cao (CHN)/
 Guo (CHN)
L 0-2 		did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Alena Kánová Individual C3  Yoon (KOR)
L 0-3 		 Santos (BRA)
W 3-0 		2 Q  Karić (CRO)
W 3-1 		 Ahlquist (SWE)
W 3-0 		 Lee (KOR)
W 3-1 		 Juan (CHN)
L 0-3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wheelchair tennis

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Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Slovakia qualified one player entry for wheelchair tennis. Marek Gergely qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Marek Gergely Men's singles  Diamantis (GRE)
W 7-6, 3-6, 6-0 		 Kuneida (JPN)
L 0-6, 1-6 		did not advance

See also

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References

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  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.
  4. ^ a b "Športovci Tokio 2020 | Stránka 2 z 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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