# 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 (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.
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.
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).
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.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Eva Lemezová | 1976 Örnsköldsvik | Alpine skiing | Women's alpine combination III |
| Gold | Eva Lemezová | 1976 Örnsköldsvik | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom III |
| Gold | Eva Lemezová | 1976 Örnsköldsvik | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom III |
| Gold | Miloslava Běhalová | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's discus throw THW4 |
| Gold | Pavla Valníčková | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres B1 |
| Gold | Pavla Valníčková | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's 3000 metres B1 |
| Gold | Vojtěch Vašíček | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's pentathlon PW3-4 |
| Silver | Roman Gronský | 1980 Arnhem | Swimming | Men's 100 metre butterfly D |
| Silver | Eva Lemezová | 1980 Geilo | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom 3A |
| Silver | Josef Lachman | 1988 Seoul | Cycling | Men's 60 km LC3 |
| Silver | Věra Jirásková | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's discus throw THW5 |
| Silver | Anton Sluka | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's marathon B3 |
| Silver | Lubomír Šimovec | 1992 Barcelona | Cycling | Men's road race LC2 |
| Silver | Marcela Mišunová | 1992 Tignes-Albertville | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G LW5/7,6/8 |
| Silver | Kateřina Teplá | 1992 Tignes-Albertville | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom B1-3 |
| Silver | Kateřina Teplá | 1992 Tignes-Albertville | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G B1-3 |
| Silver | Pavla Valníčková | 1992 Tignes-Albertville | Cross-country skiing | Women's short distance 5 km B1 |
| Bronze | Dana Véleová-Chmelová | 1972 Heidelberg | Athletics | Women's shot put 1B |
| Bronze | Roman Gronský | 1980 Arnhem | Swimming | Men's 4x50 metre individual medley D |
| Bronze | Štefan Bogdan | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's javelin THW4 |
| Bronze | František Gödri | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B2 |
| Bronze | Dušan Leipert | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's discus THS4 |
| Bronze | Pavla Valníčková | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's 800 metres B1 |
| Bronze | Pavla Zemanová | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's long jump B3 |
| Bronze | team | 1992 Barcelona | Volleyball | Men's standing |
| Bronze | Marcela Mišunová | 1992 Tignes-Albertville | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom LW5/7,6/8 |
| Bronze | Pavla Valníčková | 1992 Tignes-Albertville | Cross-country skiing | Women's long distance 10 km B1 |