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 has continuously attended the Winter Games since then.[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 |
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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
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