Slovakia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Veronika Vadovičová Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1 Veronika Vadovičová Shooting Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 Jozef Metelka Cycling Men's individual pursuit C4 Samuel AndrejčíkRóbert ĎurkovičMichaela Balcová Boccia Mixed Pairs BC4 Jozef Metelka Cycling Men's road time trial C4 Jozef Metelka Cycling Men's 1 km time trial C4–5 Veronika Vadovičová Shooting Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 Samuel Andrejčík Boccia Individual BC4 Patrik Kuril Cycling Men's road time trial C4 Marián Kuřeja Athletics Men's club throw – F51 Peter Kinik Archery Men's individual compound W1 Medals by sportSportTotalCycling2114Shooting2103Boccia1102Archery0011Athletics0011Total53311
Disability classifications
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.
Archery
Slovakia qualified one archer for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. Marcel Pavlik entered the competition seeded third, and only needed one match to book his place in Rio. He did this by defeating China's Chen Boping. He ended 5th in his Men's individual compound open event. Peter Kinik has also qualified for the Men's individual compound W1 event where he won the bronze medal on 16 September 2016
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalPointsSeedOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Peter Kinik Men's individual compound W1 638 3 N/A W 120-113 W 127-125 L 125-128 W 133-125 Marcel Pavlík Men's individual compound open 681 6 W 141-136 W 140-134 L 138-142 Did not advance
Track and field (athletics)
The Slovak track and field team consisted of 2 men. Adrián Matušík ended up 6th in his Discus throw F44 competition. Marián Kureja competed in the Men's club throw – F51 competition where he won the bronze medal on 16 September 2016
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Marián Kuřeja Men's club throw – F51 N/A 26.82 Adrián Matušík Discus throw F44 N/A 53.20 6
Boccia
Slovakia qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport at the Guilford hosted 2015 Boccia European Team And Pairs Championships, London in the BC4 Pair event. They claimed gold ahead of silver medalist Great Britain and bronze medalists Hungary. They won 4 - 3 against Great Britain in the gold medal match, after having lost 2 - 5 to in group play.
Cycling
With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Slovakia qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.
Equestrian Katarina Jobbagyova was given a Bipartite Commission Invitation slot to compete in Rio.
Shooting
The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Slovakia earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R2 – 10m Air Rifle standing women SH1 event as a result of Veronika Vadovicova winning a gold medal.
The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Radoslav Malenovsky earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event.
See also Slovakia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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