Slovakia as such made its Paralympic Games début at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, following the break-up of Czechoslovakia, which had taken part in the Paralympics from 1972 to 1992. Slovakia has taken part in every edition of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then.Slovakia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Slovakia's most successful athletes are Henrieta Farkašová and guide Natália Šubrtová, who with four gold and one silver in , became the most successful athletes of the whole 2018 Pyeongchang, which they achieved as the first in their country's history. Their total medal count of nine gold, two silver and one bronze from 2010 Vancouver, 2014 Sochi and 2018 Pyeongchang makes them Slovakia's most successful Paralympians.

Among pioneers, Jozef Miština won four of the country's five medals at the 1994 Games: three silver and a bronze in alpine skiing. He won four medals again (two silver and two bronze) in 1998.Slovakia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

In 2010, Slovakia won its first Winter gold medals, with Henrieta Farkašová and Jakub Krako each winning three gold and a silver in visually impaired alpine skiing. This led to Slovakia's best result at the Paralympic Games: the country ranked fourth on the medal table.Slovakia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Medal tallies

Medals by Summer Paralympics GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 28 2 4 5 11 39 46 3 5 5 13 36 37 5 3 4 12 30 35 2 3 1 6 39 34 2 1 3 6 41 29 5 3 3 11 25 27 5 2 4 11 26 26 3 2 0 5 35 future event Total 27 23 25 75 44

Medals by Winter Paralympics GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 11 0 3 2 5 19 18 0 6 4 10 18 14 0 3 6 9 20 17 0 1 1 2 13 13 6 2 3 11 4 16 3 2 2 7 6 11 6 4 1 11 7 28 3 0 3 6 10 27 0 0 3 3 26 Future event Total 18 21 25 64 16

Medals by summer sport SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Table tennis 7 8 9 24 Shooting 5 3 1 9 Road cycling 4 4 3 11 Boccia 3 1 0 4 Track cycling 3 1 1 5 Swimming 2 4 3 9 Athletics 2 1 5 9 Archery 1 0 2 3 Volleyball 0 1 1 2Total 27 23 25 75

Medals by winter sport SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Alpine skiing 18 18 24 58 Biathlon 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1Total 18 21 25 64

List of medalists

Summer Paralympics Medal Name Games Sport Event Athletics Men's Marathon T12 Swimming Men's 50 m butterfly S3 Cycling Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly S7 Table tennis Men's Open 6–10 Volleyball Men's Standing volleyball team Athletics Men's Pentathlon P11 Swimming Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2 Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S7 Table tennis Men's Singles 9 Table tennis Men's Teams 9–10 Cycling Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle S14 Table tennis Women's Singles 3 Athletics Men's Marathon T13 Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly S7 Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM7 Table tennis Women's Singles 11 Table tennis Men's Teams 9 Archery Men's individual standing Athletics Men's Pentathlon P13 Cycling Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S14 Volleyball Men's Standing volleyball team Archery Men's individual standing Athletics Men's Shot put F40 Cycling Table tennis Men's Singles class 2 Table tennis Men's Singles class 10 Cycling Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S10 Table tennis Men's Teams class 1–2 Athletics Men's Shot put F57 Table tennis Men's Singles class 8 Table tennis Men's Teams class 8 Table tennis Women's Singles class 3 Shooting Table tennis Men's Teams class 1–2 Cycling Table tennis Men's Teams class 6–8 Table tennis Women's Individual - Class 3 Table tennis Men's Individual - Class 8 Table tennis Men's Individual – Class 2 Table tennis Men's Team – Class 2 Table tennis Men's Individual – Class 8 Cycling Shooting Table tennis Women's Individual - Class 3 Boccia Mixed Pairs BC4 Cycling Cycling Shooting Shooting Boccia Mixed Individual BC4 Cycling Shooting Archery Men's individual compound W1 Athletics Men's club throw – F51 Cycling Cycling Cycling Boccia Boccia Shooting Cycling Table tennis Women's Individual - Class 3 Cycling Table tennis Men's team – Class 4–5 Table tennis Men's team – Class 1–2 Athletics Men's club throw – F51 Cycling Table tennis Men's doubles MD4 Shooting Shooting Shooting

Winter Paralympics Medal Name Games Sport Event Alpine skiing Men's Downhill LW1/3 Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom LW1/3 Alpine skiing Men's slalom LW1/3 Alpine skiing Men's Super-G LW1/3 Alpine skiing Women's slalom LW6/8 Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom LW1,3,5/7 Guide: Renáta Karamanová Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom B2 Alpine skiing Men's slalom LW1,3,5/7 Guide: Renáta Karamanová Alpine skiing Men's slalom B2 Alpine skiing Men's slalom LW6/8 Biathlon Alpine skiing Men's Downhill LW1,3,5/7,9 Guide: Renáta Karamanová Alpine skiing Men's Downhill B2 Alpine skiing Men's Super-G LW1,3,5/7,9 Guide: Renáta Karamanová Alpine skiing Men's Super-G B2 Guide: Juraj Mikuláš Alpine skiing Men's slalom B1-2 Guide: Michal Jurco Biathlon Cross-country skiing Guide: Juraj Mikulas Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom B1-2 Guide: Branislav Mazgut Alpine skiing Men's slalom B1-2 Guide: Radoslav Grus Alpine skiing Men's slalom B3 Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom LW6/8 Alpine skiing Women's slalom LW6/8 Biathlon Guide: Maroš Hudík Alpine skiing Men's Super-G visually impaired Alpine skiing Women's Downhill standing Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's Super-G visually impaired Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom visually impaired Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's Super Combined visually impaired Guide: Juraj Medera Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom visually impaired Guide: Juraj Medera Alpine skiing Men's slalom visually impaired Guide: Juraj Medera Alpine skiing Men's Super Combined visually impaired Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's Downhill visually impaired Guide: Juraj Medera Alpine skiing Men's Super-G visually impaired Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom standing Guide: Martin Makovník Alpine skiing Men's Super-G visually impaired Guide: Martin Makovník Alpine skiing Men's Super Combined visually impaired Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's Downhill visually impaired Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom visually impaired Guide: Martin Motyka Alpine skiing Men's Super-G visually impaired Guide: Martin Motyka Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom visually impaired Guide: Maroš Hudík Alpine skiing Men's Downhill visually impaired Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's slalom visually impaired Alpine skiing Women's slalom standing Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's Downhill visually impaired Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's Super-G visually impaired Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's Combined visually impaired Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom visually impaired Guide: Branislav Brozman Alpine skiing Men's Super-G visually impaired Guide: Maroš Hudík Alpine skiing Men's Combined visually impaired Guide: Branislav Brozman Alpine skiing Men's Downhill visually impaired Guide: Branislav Brozman Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom visually impaired Guide: Branislav Brozman Alpine skiing Men's slalom visually impaired Guide: Natália Šubrtová Alpine skiing Women's slalom visually impaired Guide: Maroš Hudík Alpine skiing Men's Super-G visually impaired Guide: Martin Motyka Alpine skiing Women's Downhill visually impaired Guide: Michal Červeň Alpine skiing Women's Combined visually impaired Guide: Eva Trajčíková Alpine skiing Women's Super-G visually impaired Guide: Eva Trajčíková Alpine skiing Women's slalom visually impaired Guide: Maroš Hudík Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom visually impaired Guide: Maroš Hudík Alpine skiing Women's slalom visually impaired Guide: Sophia Polák Alpine skiing Women's downhill visually impairedGuide: Sophia Polák Alpine skiingWomen's Super-G visually impairedGuide: Sophia Polák Alpine skiingWomen's slalom visually impaired

Most successful Slovak competitors

NoAthleteSport Total1Henrieta Farkašová 11 21142Jakub Krako 5 50103Veronika Vadovičová 5 2184Ján Riapoš 5 1175Jozef Metelka 4 2176Samuel Andrejčík 3 1047Rastislav Revúcky 2 1038Michaela Balcová 2 0029Ladislav Gáspár 1 22510Alena Kánová 1 225

See also Slovakia at the European Games Slovakia at the European Youth Olympic Festival Slovakia at the Olympics Slovakia at the Universiade Slovakia at the World Games Slovakia at the Youth Olympics

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