Croatia at the Paralympics

Template:Infobox Paralympics Croatia Croatia, following its independence from Yugoslavia, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, sending three competitors in swimming, two in shooting and one in track and field. The latter, Milka Milinković, won Croatia's first Paralympic medal, and its only medal of the 1992 Games - a bronze in the women's javelin (THW5 category).

Croatia has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It first participated in the Winter Paralympics in 2002, with two representatives in alpine skiing, and has entered every edition of the Winter Games since then.

Croatians have won a total of nineteen Paralympic medals, of which five gold, five silver and nine bronze. All of these medals have been won at the Summer Games, in track and field, swimming or table tennis. And with the exception of Milinković's early bronze, all have been won from 2004 games onwards.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Events	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1992 Barcelona	17	6	0	0	1	1	50
1996 Atlanta	13	5	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	29	15	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	27	17	0	0	4	4	70
2008 Beijing	39	25	3	1	0	4	37
2012 London	37	25	0	2	3	5	58
2016 Rio de Janeiro		19	2	2	1	5	41
Total			5	5	9	19	62

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Events	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2002 Salt Lake City	3	2	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	2	1	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	6	4	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	4	2	0	0	0	0	–
Total			0	0	0	0	–

Medals by summer sport

Athletics	4	4	5	13
Table tennis	1	1	0	2
Swimming	0	0	4	4
Total	5	5	9	19

List of medalists

Summer sports

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Milka Milinković	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's javelin throw THW5
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S8
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley SM8
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle S8
Bronze	Jelena Vuković	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's discus throw F42–46
Gold	Antonia Balek	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F33–34/52–53
Gold	Antonia Balek	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's shot put F32–34/52–53
Gold	Darko Kralj	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's shot put F42
Silver	Branimir Budetić	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F11–12
Silver	Darko Kralj	2012 London	Athletics	Men's shot put F42–44
Silver	Zoran Talić	2012 London	Athletics	Men's long jump F20
Bronze	Branimir Budetić	2012 London	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F12–13
Bronze	Mikela Ristoski	2012 London	Athletics	Women's long jump F20
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S7
Gold	Sandra Paović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Table tennis	Women's individual C6
Gold	Mikela Ristoski	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's long jump F20
Silver	Zoran Talić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's long jump F20
Silver	Anđela Mužinić and Helena Dretar Karić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Table tennis	Women's team C1–3
Bronze	Velimir Šandor	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52

List of flag bearers

No.	Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport
1	1992 Barcelona	Summer
2	1996 Atlanta	Summer
3	2000 Sydney	Summer
4	2002 Salt Lake City	Winter
5	2004 Athens	Summer	Mihovil Španja	Swimming
6	2006 Turin	Winter	Zlatko Pesjak	Alpine skiing
7	2008 Beijing	Summer	Marija Iveković	Athletics
8	2010 Vancouver	Winter	Mario Dadić	Alpine skiing
9	2012 London	Summer	Darko Kralj	Athletics
10	2014 Sochi	Winter	Dino Sokolović	Alpine skiing
11	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Summer	Branimir Budetić	Athletics

See also

• Croatia at the Olympics