Sporting event delegation
Czechoslovakia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg , where it was one of just four Eastern Bloc nations competing (the other three being Hungary , Poland and Romania ). Czechoslovakia sent a delegation of nineteen athletes, who all competed in track and field , and won a single bronze medal in the shot put.[ 1] [ 2]
The country's participation in the Summer Paralympics was sporadic. It missed the 1976 Games, sent a delegation of seven athletes to the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem , missed the 1984 Games, then competed in 1988 and 1992, before its dissolution in 1993 . At the Winter Paralympics , however, Czechoslovakia took part in the inaugural Games in Örnsköldsvik in 1976 (with a delegation of five athletes), and participated in every edition of the Games until its dissolution. Since 1994, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have competed separately.[ 3]
During their nine participations in the Paralympics, Czechoslovaks won a total of 27 medals - seven gold, ten silver and ten bronze. Thus the country ranks fifty-fourth on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table (behind both of its successor states).[ 4]
Only four Czechoslovaks have won gold medals at the Paralympic Games. Eva Lemezová is the country's most successful Paralympian, having won three gold medals in women's alpine skiing in 1976 , as well as a silver in 1980. Pavla Valníčková won two gold medals in track events in 1992 , as well as a bronze, and a bronze and a silver in cross-country skiing that same year . Miloslava Běhalová won a gold in the discus in 1992, and Vojtěch Vašíček is Czechoslovakia's only male Paralympic champion, having won the pentathlon in 1992.[ 5]
Medallists
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