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

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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

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, in 1994. Lithuania has taken part in every subsequent edition of the

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, 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

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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.

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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
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Medal tallies

Summer Paralympics

Winter Paralympics

Medals by sport

Medalists

See also

References