Slovakia as such made its

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début at the

1994 Winter Paralympics The 1994 Winter Paralympics ( no, Paralympiske vinterleker 1994; nn, Paralympiske vinterleikane 1994), the sixth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10 to 19 March 1994. These Games marked the second time the Paraly ...

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, following the break-up of Czechoslovakia, which had taken part in the Paralympics from 1972 to 1992. Slovakia has taken part in every edition of both the

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and

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since then. Slovakia's most successful athletes are

Henrieta Farkašová Henrieta Farkašová (born 3 May 1986) is a retired Slovak alpine skier, eleven-time Paralympic champion and seventeen-time world champion in the B3 (classification) category. Biography Farkašová's motto is: "Impossible is nothing". Fark ...

and guide

Natália Šubrtová Natália Šubrtová (born 1 May 1989 in Kežmarok) is a retired Slovak alpine skier, sighted guide and eleven-time Paralympic Champion. As the sighted guide for Henrieta Farkašová, she has won three gold at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, at ...

, who with four gold and one silver in , became the most successful athletes of the whole 2018 Pyeongchang, which they achieved as the first in their country's history. Their total medal count of nine gold, two silver and one bronze from 2010 Vancouver,

2014 Sochi The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

and 2018 Pyeongchang makes them Slovakia's most successful Paralympians. Among pioneers, Jozef Miština won four of the country's five medals at the 1994 Games: three silver and a bronze in

alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

. He won four medals again (two silver and two bronze) in 1998. In 2010, Slovakia won its first Winter gold medals, with

and

Jakub Krako Jakub Krako (born July 7, 1990) is a visually impaired alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telema ...

each winning three gold and a silver in visually impaired alpine skiing. This led to Slovakia's best result at the Paralympic Games: the country ranked fourth on the medal table.Slovakia at the Paralympics
International Paralympic Committee

Medal tallies

Medals by Summer Paralympics

Medals by Winter Paralympics

Medals by summer sport

Medals by winter sport

List of medalists

Summer Paralympics

Winter Paralympics

Most successful Slovak competitors

See also

References