Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
, following its
independence from the Soviet Union, made its
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
début at the
1992 Summer Paralympics
)( es, Deporte Sin Límites)
, nations = 82 (BCN)75 (MAD)
, athletes = 3,020 (BCN)1,600 (MAD)
, opened_by = Queen Sofía
, opening = 3 September (BCN)15 September (MAD)
, closing = 14 September (BCN)22 September (MAD)
, even ...
in
Barcelona, with a delegation of four athletes in
track and field. This first delegation was notably successful, with all four athletes winning at least one medal, and female runner
Sigita Kriaučiūnienė
Sigita is a Lithuanian and Latvian feminine given name. The associated name day
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the ...
sweeping up four medals (three silver and a bronze). Kriaučiūnienė was also part of Lithuania's two person delegation for its first participation in the
Winter Paralympics
The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event includes athletes with mobility impairments, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. Th ...
, in 1994. Lithuania has taken part in every subsequent edition of the
Summer Paralympics
The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...
, but has not returned to the Winter Games since 1994.
Medal tallies
Lithuanians have won a total of thirty Paralympic medals (of which four gold, eleven silver and fifteen bronze), making it the most successful of the
Baltic states
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. All these medals have been won at the Summer Games. Most of them have been won in track and field, but Lithuanians have also had some success in other sports.
Jonas Stoškus
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has twice won bronze in judo (in 1996 and 2004), while
Kęstutis Skučas
Kęstutis Skučas (born 27 August 1967) is a Lithuanian Paralympic athlete who competes in international elite track and field competitions in wheelchair racing and occasionally discus throw and a former Paralympic swimmer. He is a European ch ...
won a silver medal in swimming in 2004, and the Lithuanian men's
goalball team won silver in both 2000 and 2008.
Lithuania at the Paralympics
International Paralympic Committee
Summer Paralympics
Winter Paralympics
Medals by sport
Medalists
See also
* Lithuania at the Olympics
Lithuania, after declaring restoration of independence in 1918, sent its athletes to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris for the first time. At first it was considered to send 33 athletes, but then it was decided to limit the delegation to 13 soc ...
References
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