Hungary at the Paralympics
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Hungary made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, with a delegation of four athletes in track and field. The country was then absent in 1976 and 1980, making a permanent return to the Paralympics in 1984. Hungary first took part in the Winter Paralympics in 2002, and continuously attended the Winter Games through 2010. Hungary was absent from the 2014 Winter Games.[1]
Hungarians have won a total of 107 Paralympic medals (27 gold, 34 silver, 46 bronze), placing the country 32nd on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table. All of these medals have been won at the Summer Games.[2]
Arguably Hungary's most successful Paralympian is Attila Jeszenszky, who won four gold medals in swimming at the 1984 Summer Games.[2] Hungary also boasts the only athlete in the world to have won medals at both the Paralympics and the Olympics. Fencer Pál Szekeres won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, before being disabled in a bus accident and beginning a Paralympic career in wheelchair fencing, which brought him six Paralympic medals - of which three gold.[3][4][5]
Medal tallies
Summer Paralympics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
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| 1972 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30th |
| 1984 Summer Paralympics | 12 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 18th |
| 1988 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 40th |
| 1992 Summer Paralympics | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 25th |
| 1996 Summer Paralympics | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 29th |
| 2000 Summer Paralympics | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 32nd |
| 2004 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 46th |
| 2008 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 49th |
| 2012 Summer Paralympics | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 38th |
| 2016 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 47th |
Winter Paralympics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
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| 2002 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2006 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Winter Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
See also
References
- ↑ Hungary at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- 1 2 Hungary at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ↑ "Pal Szekeres : médaillé olympique et paralympique !", Radio Canada, September 23, 2004
- ↑ "Hungarian Paralympic athlete Pal Szekeres's goal is to win gold", Xinhua, September 3, 2008
- ↑ "Mr. Pal Szekeres", International Paralympic Committee