Jump to content

Austria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austria at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeAUT
NPCAustrian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.oepc.at (in German)
in Tokyo
Competitors25 in 8 sports
Medals
Gold
1
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
9
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Austria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. The Austrian delegation consisted of seven athletes, six men and one woman. The delegation won nine medals, one gold, five silver, and three bronze, placing 48th.

Background

[edit]

Originally scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were eventually played in Tokyo from 24 August through 5 September 2021.[1]

Delegation

[edit]

The Austrian delegation consisted of 25 athletes, 18 men and seven woman.[2][3]

Sport Men Women Total Ref.
Athletics 2 1 3 [3]
Canoeing 1 0 1
Cycling 4 2 6
Equestrian 2 2 4
Swimming 2 1 3
Table Tennis 1 0 1
Triathlon 2 0 2
Wheelchair Tennis 4 0 4
Total 18 7 25 [2]

Medalists

[edit]
Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

The Austrian delegation won nine medals, one gold, five silver, and three bronze, finishing in a joint 65th place in the medal table alongside the delegations of Kuwait, Namibia, and Slovenia.[4][5]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Walter Ablinger Cycling Men's road time trial H4 31 August
 Silver Pepo Puch Equestrian Individual championship test grade II 26 August
 Silver Florian Brungraber Paratriathlon Men's PTWC 29 August
 Silver Pepo Puch Equestrian Individual freestyle test grade II 30 August
 Silver Thomas Frühwirth Cycling Men's road time trial H4 31 August
 Silver Thomas Frühwirth Cycling Men's road race H4 1 September
 Bronze Alexander Gritsch Cycling Men's road time trial H4 31 August
 Bronze Alexander Gritsch Cycling Men's road race H4 1 September
 Bronze Walter Ablinger Cycling Men's road race H4 1 September

Athletics

[edit]
Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Men's track

Thomas Geierspichler participated in the men's track events. He has represented Austria at every paralympics since the 2000 games at Sydney. Geierspichler did not win a medal.[6]

Athlete Event Heats Final Ref.
Result Rank Result Rank
Thomas Geierspichler 400m T52 1:04.22 5 q 1:02.68 6 [7]
1500m T52 — 3:54.77 4
Men's field
Athlete Event Final Ref.
Result Rank
Bil Marinkovic Discus throw F11 33.45 5 [8]
Women's field
Athlete Event Final Ref.
Result Rank
Natalija Eder Javelin throw F13 37.92 4 [9]
Shot put F12 11.45 7

Cycling

[edit]
Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Walter Ablinger, Thomas Frühwirth, Ernst Bachmaier, Elisabeth Egger, Alexander Gritsch, Yvonne Marzinke all qualified to compete.[10][11]

Road

[edit]
Men's road
Athlete Event Time Rank Ref.
Walter Ablinger Road race H3 2:35:06 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [12]
Time trial H3 43:39.17 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ernst Bachmaier Road race H1–2 did not start [13]
Time trial H1 did not finish
Thomas Frühwirth Road race H4 2:20:56 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [14]
Time trial H4 38:30.61 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Alexander Gritsch Road race H4 2:22:38 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [15]
Time trial H4 39:58.93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's road
Athlete Event Time Rank Ref.
Elisabeth Egger Road race H1–4 did not finish [16]
Time trial H1–3 46:02.84 10
Yvonne Marzinke Road race C1–3 1:25:42 14 [17]
Time trial C1–3 30:35.19 13

Track

[edit]
Women's track
Athlete Event Qualification Final Ref.
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Yvonne Marzinke Individual pursuit C1–3 4:29.147 13 did not advance [17]
Time trial C1–3 — 42.023 8 [17]

Equestrian

[edit]
Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Score Rank Ref.
Bernd Brugger Individual championship test grade IV 66.903 11 [18]
Pepo Puch Individual championship test grade II 73.441 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [19]
Individual freestyle test grade II 81.007 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Julia Sciancalepore Individual championship test grade I 70.571 7 [20]
Valentina Strobl Individual championship test grade V 64.381 13 [21]
Bernd Brugger
Pepo Puch
Julia Sciancelapore 		Team 213.502 9 [22]

Paracanoeing

[edit]
Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Austria sent a single athlete, Markus Swoboda, to compete in Paracanoeing.[23]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final Ref.
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Markus Swoboda Men's KL2 49.465 7 42.697 2 FA 43.090 5 [23]
Men's VL3 DSQ Did not advance

Paratriathlon

[edit]
Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Florian Brungraber and former sprinter Günther Matzinger qualified to compete.

Athlete Event Swim Trans 1 Bike Trans 2 Run Total Time Rank
Florian Brungraber Men's PTWC 13:35 1:23 41:59 0:54 12:04 59:55 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Günther Matzinger Men's PTS5 12:21 1:08 21:05 0:48 17:31 1:02:53 9

Swimming

[edit]
Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Andreas Ernhofer, Janina Falk, Andreas Onea have qualified to compete.[24]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Andreas Ernhofer 50m freestyle S4 45.10 15 did not advance
100m freestyle S4 1:38.49 11 did not advance
200m freestyle S4 3:39.44 14 did not advance
50m backstroke S4 50.18 12 did not advance
50m breaststroke SB3 54.18 7 Q 55.00 8
150m individual medley SM4 2:51.58 10 did not advance
Andreas Onea 100m breaststroke SB8 1:13.90 10 did not advance
100m butterfly S8 1:09.52 15 did not advance
200m individual medley SM8 2:31.03 9 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Janina Falk 200m freestyle S14 2:20.39 10 did not advance
100m backstroke S14 1:19.44 14 did not advance
100m breaststroke SB14 1:28.68 14 did not advance
100m butterfly S14 1:13.62 14 did not advance
200m individual medley SM14 2:37.51 9 did not advance

Table tennis

[edit]
Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Austria entered one athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Krisztian Gardos qualified via World Ranking allocation.[25]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Krisztian Gardos Individual C10  Cogill (RSA)
W 11–5, 11–9, 11-7 		 Bohéas (FRA)
L 13–11, 11–13, 4–11, 3-11 		 Carbinatti Junior (BRA)
W 6–11, 11–9, 11–5, 11-9 		2 Q  Radovic (MNE)
L 8–11, 8–11, 14–12, 8-11 		did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

[edit]
Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

The Austrian delegation sent four male athletes, none of whom made it past the first round.[26]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Ref.
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Thomas Flax Men's singles  Maripa (RSA)
L 2–6, 0-6 		ss [26]
Nico Langmann  Vandorpe (BEL)
L 4–6, 1-6 		did not advance
Martin Legner  Ji (CHN)
L 1–6, 0-6 		did not advance
Josef Riegler  Spaargaren (NED)
L 0–6, 0-6 		did not advance

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 - ParticipantNumbers". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b "NPC Entries - Team Austria | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Medal Table - Complete Medal Tally". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  5. ^ "Austria". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  6. ^ "Thomas Geierspichler - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  7. ^ "Thomas Geierspichler - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  8. ^ "Bil Marinkovic - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  9. ^ "Natalija Eder - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  10. ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Walter Ablinger - Cycling | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  13. ^ "Ernst Bachmaier - Cycling | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  14. ^ "Thomas Fruhwirth - Cycling | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  15. ^ "Alexander Gritsch - Cycling | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  16. ^ "Elisabeth Egger - Cycling, Alpine Skiing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  17. ^ a b c "Yvonne Marzinke - Cycling | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  18. ^ "Tokyo 2020 - equestrian - dressage-championship-grade-iv". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  19. ^ "Pepo Puch - Equestrian | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  20. ^ "Julia Sciancalepore - Equestrian | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  21. ^ "Valentina Strobl - Equestrian | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  22. ^ "Tokyo 2020 - equestrian - dressage-team-grade-i-v". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  23. ^ a b "Markus Swoboda - Canoe | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  24. ^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  25. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
  26. ^ a b "Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Wheelchair Tennis - Men S Singles". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austria_at_the_2020_Summer_Paralympics&oldid=1285348313"