Croatia at the Paralympics

Croatia at the Paralympics
IPC code	CRO
NPC	Croatian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.hpo.hr
Medals	Gold 7 Silver 9 Bronze 16 Total 32
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1972–2000)

Croatia, following its independence, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, sending three competitors in swimming, two in shooting and one in track and field. The latter, Milka Milinković, won Croatia's first Paralympic medal, and its only medal of the 1992 Games - a bronze in the women's javelin (THW5 category).^[1]

Croatia has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It first participated in the Winter Paralympics in 2002, with two representatives in alpine skiing, and has entered every edition of the Winter Games since then.^[1]

Croatians have won a total of thirty-two Paralympic medals, of which seven gold, nine silver and sixteen bronze. Thirty of these medals have been won at the Summer Games, in track and field, swimming, table tennis and taekwondo. And with the exception of Milinković's early bronze, all have been won from 2004 games onwards.^[1] At the Winter Games Croatia has won two medals, gold in alpine skiing and bronze in snowboarding.