Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Switzerland
IPC code	SUI
NPC	Swiss Paralympic Committee
Website	www.swissparalympic.ch
in Tokyo, Japan August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors	20 in 9 sports
Medals	Gold 7 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 14
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Switzerland competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Marcel Hug	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres T54	28 August
Gold	Manuela Schär	Athletics	Women's 800 metres T54	29 August
Gold	Marcel Hug	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres T54	31 August
Gold	Catherine Debrunner	Athletics	Women's 400 metres T53	2 September
Gold	Manuela Schär	Athletics	Women's 400 metres T54	2 September
Gold	Marcel Hug	Athletics	Men's 800 metres T54	2 September
Gold	Marcel Hug	Athletics	Men's marathon T54	5 September
Silver	Manuela Schär	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres T54	28 August
Silver	Manuela Schär	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres T54	31 August
Silver	Heinz Frei	Cycling	Men's road race H3	1 September
Silver	Manuela Schär	Athletics	Women's marathon T54	5 September
Bronze	Catherine Debrunner	Athletics	Women's 800 metres T53	29 August
Bronze	Nora Meister	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle S6	2 September
Bronze	Elena Kratter	Athletics	Women's long jump T63	2 September

Marcel Hug, Manuela Schär and Catherine Debrunner are expected to compete for Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Beat Bösch	100m T52	—		18.08	5
	400m T52	1:05.10	4	Did not advance
Philipp Handler	100m T13	10.97	3 q	11.02	7
Marcel Hug	800m T54	1:34.88	1 Q	1:33.68
	1500m T54	2:54.63 PR	1 Q	2:49.55 WR
	5000m T54	9:53.26 PR	1 Q	10:29.90
	Marathon T54	—		1:24:02

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Catherine Debrunner	400m T53	55.21	1 Q	56.18
	800m T53	1:51.47	3 Q	1:47.90
Patricia Eachus	800m T54	1:58.64	5	Did not advance
	1500m T54	3:37.43	5	Did not advance
Sofia Gonzalez	100m T63	16.17	3 Q	16.38	7
Elena Kratter	100m T63	15.02	3 Q	15.07	5
Manuela Schär	400m T54	54.29	1 Q	53.59
	800m T54	1:51.09	1 Q	1:42.81 PR
	1500m T54	3:28.32	2 Q	3:28.01
	Marathon T54	—		1:38:12

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Sofia Gonzalez	Long jump T63	3.96	8
Elena Kratter		5.01

Cynthia Mathez and Karin Suter-Erath have both qualified to compete.

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karin Suter-Erath	Singles WH1	Rongen (GER) W (21–6, 21–7)	Knoblauch (GER) W (21–18, 21–15)	—	1 Q	Satomi (JPN) L (8–21, 9–21)	Did not advance
Cynthia Mathez		Pookkham (THA) L (12–21, 15–21)	Zhang (CHN) L (22–20, 23–25, 12–21)	Gorodetzky (ISR) W (21–15, 21–10)	3	Did not advance
Cynthia Mathez Karin Suter-Erath	Doubles WH1–WH2	Knoblauch / Rongen (GER) W (21–11, 21–11)	Yin / Liu (CHN) L (4–21, 9–21)	—	2 Q	—	Liu / Yin (CHN) L (10–21, 13–21)	Pookkham / Wetwithan (THA) L (17–21, 12–21)	4

Sandra Graf, Sandra Stöckl, Fabian Recher, Tobias Fankhauser and Heinz Frei have all qualified to compete.

Nicole Geiger has qualified to compete.

Nicole Häusler qualified to represent Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Two Swiss swimmers have successfully achieved Paralympic slots after breaking the MQS.^[2]

Men

• Switzerland at the Paralympics
• Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics

• 2020 Summer Paralympics website