Michaela Balcová (born 30 May 1995) is a
Slovak Paralympic
boccia player who competes in the
BC4
BC4 is a Paralympic boccia classification.
Definition
In 2008, ''BBC Sport'' defined this classification was "BC4: For players with other severe physical disabilities — not necessarily cerebral palsy. Players are not eligible for assistance ...
category. In the
2016 Summer Paralympics
)
, nations = 159
, athletes = 4,342
, opening = 7 September
, closing = 18 September
, opened_by = President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva
, events = 528 in 22 sports
, stadium = Maracanã
, sum ...
she won the gold medal in
mixed pairs
Mixed is the past tense of ''mix''.
Mixed may refer to:
* Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category), an ethnicity category that has been used by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics since the 1991 Census
* ''Mixed'' (album), a co ...
with Robert Durkovic and
Samuel Andrejčík
Samuel Andrejčík (born 10 September 1996) is a Slovak people, Slovak Paralympic boccia player who competes in the BC4 category. In the 2016 Summer Paralympics he won the gold medal in pairs with Róbert Ďurkovič and Michaela Balcová and si ...
. Balcová and Andrejčík also won the gold medal at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...
alongside Martin Streharsky.
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1995 births
Living people
Slovak boccia players
Paralympic boccia players for Slovakia
Paralympic gold medalists for Slovakia
Paralympic medalists in boccia
Boccia players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Boccia players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Sportspeople from Poprad