Croatia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Croatia at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeCRO
NPCCroatian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.hpo.hr
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors22 in 6 sports
Flag bearers Anđela Mužinić
Dino Sinovčić
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1972–2000)

Croatia competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Anđela Mužinić Table tennis Women's individual C3 6 September
 Silver Deni Černi Athletics Men's shot put F33 7 September
 Bronze Luka Baković Athletics Men's shot put F46 4 September
 Bronze Dino Sinovčić Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S6 7 September

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 8 2 10
Boccia 1 2 3
Paratriathlon 1 0 1
Swimming 1 2 3
Table tennis 1 3 4
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Total 13 9 22

Athletics

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Croatian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).[1]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Miljenko Vučić Men's shot put F11 12.33 6
Deni Cerni Men's shot put F33 12.18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Matija Sloup Men's shot put F40 10.25 7
Erik Fabian Kaurin Men's shot put F46 14.94 7
Luka Baković Men's shot put F46 16.27 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Velimir Sandor Men's shot put F52 18.03 4
Marijan Presecan Men's shot put F53 7.05 7
Ivan Katanušić Men's discus throw F64 54.28 SB 5
Mikela Ristoski Women's long jump T20 5.18 10
Ivana Purkic Women's discus throw F38 28.67 10

Boccia

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Croatia entered one athletes into the Paralympics games, after nominated top two individual athletes in men's individual BC4 events, through the final world ranking.

Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Davor Komar Men's individual BC4  Strehársky (SVK)
W 10–1
 Agache (ESP)
W 18–0
 Chica (COL)
W 3*–3
1 Q  Larpyen (THA)
W 7–2
 McGuire (GBR)
L 3–5
 Kolinko (UKR)
L 3–4
4
Dora Basic Women's individual BC1  Aounallah (TUN)
W 19–0
 Zhang (CHN)
L 0–7
2 Q  Endo (JPN)
L 0–7
Did not advance 8
Anamaria Arambasic Women's individual BC4  Morfi Metzou (GRE)
L 4–5
 Chica (COL)
L 1–9
 Aller Mayo (ESP)
W 9–0
3 Did not advance 10
Davor Komar
Anamaria Arambasic
Pairs BC4  China
L 0–7
 Canada
L 4–6
3 Did not advance 11

Paratriathlon

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Athlete Class Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Time Rank
Antonio Franko Men's PTS4 10:51 1:19 33:02 0:35 18:44 1:04:31 7

Swimming

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Croatia secured two quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Dino Sinovcic Men's 100 m backstroke S6 1:16.68 2 Q 1:15.73 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Emma Mecic Women's 100 m freestyle S9 1:07.29 13 Did not advance
Women's 400 m freestyle S9 4:53.07 4 Q 4:50.45 7
Women's 100 m backstroke S9 1:15.68 10 Did not advance
Women's 200 m individual medley SM9 2:46.85 12 Did not advance
Paula Novina Women's 50 m freestyle S8 33.96 13 Did not advance
Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 1:30.21 13 Did not advance
Women's 200 metre individual medley SM8 2:55.74 10 Did not advance

Table tennis

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Croatian entered three athletes for the Paralympic games. Anđela Mužinić qualified for the games by virtue of her gold medal results at the 2023 European Para Championships held in Sheffield, Great Britain;[2][3] meanwhile, the other athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Borna Zohil Men's individual C8  Farinyole (NGR)
W 3–0
 Andersson (SWE)
L 2–3
Did not advance =16
Anđela Mužinić Women's individual C3  Patel (IND)
W 3–1
 Asayut (THA)
W 3–1
 Xue (CHN)
W 3–1
 Yoon (KOR)
W 3–2
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Helena Dretar Karić  Kánová (SVK)
W 3–1
 Ragazzini (ITA)
L 0–3
Did not advance =8
Mirjana Lucic Women's individual C9  Rauen (BRA)
L 0–3
Did not advance =16
Anđela Mužinić
Helena Dretar Karić
Women's double WD10  Jaion / Sringam (THA)
W 3–2
 Gu / Pan (CHN)
L 1–3
Did not advance =8
Borna Zohil
Mirjana Lucic
Mixed doubles XD17  Rau / Wolf (GER)
W 3–0
 Pellissier / Lina (AUS)
W 3–2
 Peng / Xiong (CHN)
L 0–3
Did not advance =8

Taekwondo

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Croatia entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Ivan Mikulić qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in men's above 80 kg class.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ivan Mikulić Men's +80 kg Bye  Ramazanov (NPA)
L 6–21
 Omirali (KAZ)
L 8–27
Did not advance

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ivan Katanušić četvrtim mjestom na SP-u osigurao kvotu za PI Pariz 2024" [Ivan Katanušić secured a quota for PI Paris 2024 with his fourth place at the WC.] (in French). Hrvatski atletski savez osoba s invaliditetom (HASOSI). 15 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Anđela Mužinić Vincetić zlatna na EP-u!" [Anđela Muzinić Vincetić won gold on the EP!] (in Croatian). HRT Sport. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ "21 men and women qualify for 2024 Paralympics with victories in European Para Table Tennis Championship". European Table Tennis Union. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.