Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

as such made its Paralympic Games

Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...

début at the 1994 Winter Paralympics

1994 Winter Paralympics

The 1994 Winter Paralympics, the sixth Winter Paralympics, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10–19 March 1994. These Games marked the first time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation...

 in Lillehammer

Lillehammer

is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...

, following the break-up of Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

, which had taken part in the Paralympics

Czechoslovakia at the Paralympics

Czechoslovakia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, where it was one of just four Eastern Bloc nations competing...

 from 1972 to 1992. Slovakia has taken part in every edition of both the Summer

Summer Paralympic Games

The Summer Paralympic Games or the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event, where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years,...

 and Winter Paralympics

Winter Paralympic Games

The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Winter Paralympic Games are held every four years directly following the Winter...

 since then.

Among Slovakia's most successful athletes, Jozef Mistina won four of the country's five medals at the 1994 Games: three silver and a bronze in alpine skiing

Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics

Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, in Lillehammer , consisted of 66 events, 46 for men and 20 for women.-Medal table:- Medal summary :The competition events were:*Downhill: men - women*Super-G: men - women...

. He won four medals again (two silver and two bronze) in 1998.

In 2010, Slovakia won its first Winter gold medals, with Henrieta Farkasova

Henrieta Farkašová

Henrieta Farkašová is an Slovak alpine skier and three time Paralympic Champion.She won three gold at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, at Whistler Creekside in the Women's giant slalom, Women's Super combined, Women's Super-G, visually impaired and a silver medal in Women's downhill, visually...

 and Jakub Krako

Jakub Krako

Jakub Krako is a visually impaired alpine skier who competed for Slovakia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. He won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.- References :...

 each winning three gold and a silver in visually impaired alpine skiing. This led to Slovakia's best ever result at the Paralympic Games: the country ranked fourth on the medal table.

At the Summer Games, Slovakia's Paralympic champions have been:

• Anton Sluka in the men's marathon (T12) in 1996
• Andrej Zatko in the men's 50m Butterfly (S3) in 1996
• Radovan Kaufman in the mixed 1km time trial in track cycling (LC3) in 2000
• Pavol Kolackovsky in the men's 200m Freestyle (S14) in 2000
• Alena Kanova in the women's singles (category 3) in table tennis in 2000
• Imrich Lyocsa in the men's individual standing event in archery in 2004
• Marek Margoc
  Marek Margoc
  Marek Margoc is a paralympic athlete from Slovakia competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.Marek has twice competed in the shot putt in the Paralympics. His first appearance came in 2004 Summer Paralympics where he won the gold medal, unfortunately he could not defend his title and...
  
   in the men's shot put (F40) in 2004
• Rastislav Turecek in the men's handcycle road race (HC Div A) in 2004
• Ladislav Gaspar in the men's singles (category 10) in table tennnis in 2004
• Jan Riapov in the men's singles (category 2) in table tennnis in 2004
• Veronika Vadovicova in the women's air rifle standing event (SH1) in 2008
• Rastislav Revucky and Jan Riapov in the men's teams event (categories 1-2) in 2008

Summer Paralympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1996 Summer Paralympics 1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, USA were held from 16 August to 25 August. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million....	2	4	5	11	39th
2000 Summer Paralympics 2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October. The eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, an estimated 3800 athletes took part in the Sydney programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000...	3	5	5	13	36th
2004 Summer Paralympics 2004 Summer Paralympics The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...	5	3	4	12	30th
2008 Summer Paralympics 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....	2	3	1	6	39th

Winter Paralympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1994 Winter Paralympics 1994 Winter Paralympics The 1994 Winter Paralympics, the sixth Winter Paralympics, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10–19 March 1994. These Games marked the first time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation...	0	3	2	9	13th
1998 Winter Paralympics 1998 Winter Paralympics The 1998 Winter Paralympics, the seventh Winter Paralympics, were held alongside the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from March 5 to March 14, 1998. They were the first Paralympic Winter Games to be held outside Europe.- Sports :...	0	6	4	10	18th
2002 Winter Paralympics 2002 Winter Paralympics The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Winter Paralympics, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to March 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated....	0	3	6	9	20th
2006 Winter Paralympics 2006 Winter Paralympics The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games, the ninth Winter Paralympics, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were also the first Paralympics to use the new paralympics logo....	0	1	1	2	13th
2010 Winter Paralympics 2010 Winter Paralympics The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially the X Paralympic Winter Games, or the 10th Winter Paralympics, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing Ceremony in Whistler...	6	2	3	11	4th