# Croatia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Croatia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Velimir Šandor | Athletics | Men's discus throw F52 | 29 August |
| Silver | Ivan Katanušić | Athletics | Men's discus throw F64 | 2 September |
| Silver | Ivan Mikulić | Taekwondo | Men's +75 kg | 4 September |
| Bronze | Anđela Mužinić Helena Dretar Karić | Table tennis | Women's team – Class 1–3 | 1 September |
| Bronze | Dino Sinovčić | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke S6 | 3 September |
| Bronze | Mikela Ristoski | Athletics | Women's long jump T20 | 3 September |
| Bronze | Deni Černi | Athletics | Men's shot put F33 | 4 September |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Boccia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 22 |

## Athletics

Three Croatian athletes (Ivan Katanušić, Miljenko Vučić, Matija Sloup and Mikela Ristoski) successfully qualified for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit. Zoran Talić, Deni Černi, Velimir Šandor, Marijan Presečan, Ana Gradečak and Vladimir Gašpar will also compete.

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Miljenko Vučić | Men's shot put F11 | 13.17 | 4 |
| Deni Černi | Men's shot put F33 | 11.25 | |
| Matija Sloup | Men's shot put F40 | 10.60 | 4 |
| Marijan Presečan | Men's shot put F53 | 7.53 | 6 |
| Velimir Šandor | Men's discus throw F52 | 19.98 | |
| Ivan Katanušić | Men's discus throw F64 | 55.06 | |
| Vladimir Gašpar | Men's javelin throw F41 | 36.54 | 7 |
| Zoran Talić | Men's long jump T20 | 6.82 | 5 |
| Ana Gradečak | Women's shot put F41 | 8.07 | 8 |
| Mikela Ristoski | Women's long jump T20 | 5.46 | |

## Boccia

Davor Komar get a ticker for Croatia in Individual BC4 events.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Davor Komar | Mixed individual BC4 | Lau (HKG) L 3–4 | Strehársky (SVK) W 5–2 | Levine (CAN) W 8–2 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Lucija Brešković received invitation from IBSA.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lucija Brešković | −70 kg | Uluçam (TUR) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Zabrodskaia (RPC) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |

## Paratriathlon

Antonio Franko qualified for PTS4 event as one of the top nine ranked athletes on the ITU Paralympic Qualification Ranking List.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (0.75 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (20 km) | Trans 2 | Run (5 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Antonio Franko | Men's PTS4 | 11:16 | 2:08 | 31:47 | 1:19 | 19:19 | 1:05:49 | 5 |

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Damir Bošnjak | P1 Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 544 - 6x | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Damir Bošnjak | P3 Mixed 25m air pistol SH1 | 554 - 12x | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Damir Bošnjak | P4 Mixed 50m air pistol SH1 | 497 - 5x | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Three Croatian swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS (Dino Sinovčić, Kristijan Vincetić, Tomi Brajša). In July 2021, Paula Novina received invitation from World Para Swimming for 100m breaststroke SB8 event.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Dino Sinovčić | Men's 100 m freestyle S6 | 1:13.26 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dino Sinovčić | Men's 100 m backstroke S6 | 1:16.74 | 3 Q | 1:15.74 | |
| Tomi Brajša | Men's 50 m freestyle S4 | 48.33 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tomi Brajša | Men's 200 m freestyle S4 | 3:32.14 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kristijan Vincetić | Men's 100 m butterfly S9 | 1:02.68 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paula Novina | Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 | 1:31.62 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Croatia entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Anđela Mužinić qualified via World Ranking allocation. In May 2021, after withdrawal of current European champion in M7, the Regional Slot has been reallocated to Pavao Jozić. In June 2021, Helena Dretar Karić received invitation from International Table Tennis Federation.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Pavao Jozić | Individual C7 | Shuo (CHN) L 0–3 | Salmin (BRA) L 2–3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Helena Dretar Karić | Individual C3 | Xue Juan (CHN) L 1–3 | Duman (TUR) W 3–1 | — | 2 | Kánová (SVK) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anđela Mužinić | Individual C3 | Sigala (MEX) W 3–0 | Brunelli (ITA) W 3–1 | Blanco (ARG) W 3–0 | 1 | Bye | Ji-yu (KOR) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Helena Dretar Karić Anđela Mužinić | Team C1–3 | — | — | — | — | — | Turkey (TUR) W 2–0 | South Korea (KOR) L 0–2 | Did not advance | |

## Taekwondo

Para taekwondo makes its debut appearance in the Paralympic programme, Ivan Mikulić qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via World Ranking.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ivan Mikulić | Men's +75 kg | Bye | Alaoui (MAR) W 28–11 | Medell (USA) W 28–9 | — | — | Aziziaghdam (IRI) L 10–12 | |