Slovenia has been competing as an
independent country
Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...
at the
Summer Paralympic Games
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 ...
since the
1992 Games in
Barcelona. Slovenian athletes have won a total of four gold, ten silver and ten bronze medals.
Since 2008, Slovenian medal winners at the Paralympics receive a financial reward equal to that received by Olympic medal winners.
"Thanks to Paralympic athletes, Slovenia will rank among the best, says Prime Minister Janez Janša"
Slovenian government website, 26 August 2008
Medalists
See also
* Slovenia at the Olympics
References
{{National sports teams of Slovenia