Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
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
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...
in
Beijing
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, following its split with
Montenegro
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. It had previously competed as part of
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
in 2004; and as part of
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
before that.
Serbia made
its Winter Paralympics début at the
2010 Winter Paralympics
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in
Vancouver
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.
List of Serbia's athletes
official website of the 2010 Paralympics
Serbian athletes have won a total of 16 Paralympic medals, of which five gold, seven silver and four bronze medals.
Medal Tables
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by Winter Games
Medals per sport
Medalists
Multiple medal winners
This is a list of people who have won two or more Olympic medals, who represented Serbia as an independent country at least once.
Flagbearers
Old countries
See also
* Serbia at the Olympics
Serbia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1912 as the Kingdom of Serbia. The country returned to the Olympics as an independent team after ninety-six years at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
History
Despite not participating at the first Olym ...
References
{{National sports teams of Serbia