Hungary at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Hungary at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Hungary at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	HUN
NPC	Hungarian Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	37 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Gyöngyi Dani
Flag bearer (closing)	Luca Ekler
Medals	Gold 7 Silver 5 Bronze 4 Total 16
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Hungary competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, between 24 August and 5 September 2021. This was Hungary's twelfth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.^[1]

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Amarilla Veres	Wheelchair fencing	Women's épée A	26 August
Gold	Péter Pálos	Table tennis	Men's individual – Class 11	29 August
Gold	Fanni Illés	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke SB4	29 August
Gold	Luca Ekler	Athletics	Women's long jump T38	31 August
Gold	Zsófia Konkoly	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly S9	2 September
Gold	Bianka Pap	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke S10	2 September
Gold	Péter Pál Kiss	Paracanoeing	Men's KL1	3 September
Silver	Zsófia Konkoly	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle S9	25 August
Silver	Richárd Osváth	Wheelchair fencing	Men's foil A	28 August
Silver	Bianka Pap	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle S10	1 September
Silver	Zsófia Konkoly	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual SM9	1 September
Silver	Bianka Pap	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM10	3 September
Bronze	Alexa Szvitacs	Table tennis	Women's individual class 9	28 August
Bronze	Zsuzsanna Krajnyák Éva Andrea Hajmási Gyöngyi Dani	Wheelchair fencing	Women's foil team	29 August
Bronze	Krisztina Dávid	Shooting	Women's P2 10 metre air pistol SH1	31 August
Bronze	Katalin Varga	Paracanoeing	Women's KL2	4 September

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	1	3	4
Cycling	2	0	2
Paracanoeing	4	2	6
Powerlifting	1	0	1
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	1	6	7
Table Tennis	4	2	6
Triathlon	0	1	1
Wheelchair Fencing	2	5	7
Total	17	20	37

Archery edit

Tamás Gáspár qualified to compete.

Athletics edit

Hungary allocated five quotas in athletics.

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bernadett Biacsi	Women's 1500m T20
Ilona Biacsi	Women's 1500m T20
Luca Ekler	Women's 100m T38

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Points	Rank
István Szőllősi	Men's shot put F20
Luca Ekler	Women's long jump T38

Cycling edit

Zsombor Wermeser and Róbert Ocelka with pilot Gergely Nagy qualified to compete.

Paratriathlon edit

Petra Lévay qualified to compete.

Paracanoe edit

Tamás Juhász, Erik Kiss, Péter Pál Kiss, Erika Pulai, András Rozbora and Katalin Varga qualified to compete.

Powerlifting edit

Sedric Roussel qualified to compete.

Shooting edit

Hungary entered two athletes into the Paralympic competition. Krisztina Dávid will contest in her second Paralympics while Gyula Gurisatti will be at his debut Games.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Krisztina Dávid	Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1
Gyula Gurisatti	Mixed P4 – 50m pistol SH1

Swimming edit

Seven Hungarian swimmers qualified to compete at the Summer Paralympics after participating at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships where four medals were won and their MQS swimming times were achieved.^[2]^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bence Iván
Tamás Tóth

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zsanett Adámi
Fanni Illés
Zsofia Konkoly
Bianka Pap
Evelin Száraz

Table tennis edit

Hungary entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Alexa Szvitacs qualified from the 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and other three athletes qualified via World Ranking allocation.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Endre Major	Individual C1
András Csonka	Individual C8
Péter Pálos	Individual C11

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zsófia Arlóy	Individual C8
Alexa Szvitacs	Individual C9

Wheelchair fencing edit

Gyöngyi Dani, Éva Hajmási, Zsuzsanna Krajnyák, Boglárka Mező, Richárd Osváth, István Tarjányi and Amarilla Veres were all qualified to compete.

References edit

^ "Paralimpiai Csapat (in Hungarian)". Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottsag. 28 July 2020.
^ "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.
^ "Negy erem es ket biztos paralimpiai kvota a magyar uszocsapat eredmenye a londoni parauszo vilagbajnoksagon (in Hungarian)". Magyar Uszo Szovetseg. 16 September 2019.
^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

[1] "Paralimpiai Csapat (in Hungarian)". Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottsag. 28 July 2020.

[2] "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.

[3] "Negy erem es ket biztos paralimpiai kvota a magyar uszocsapat eredmenye a londoni parauszo vilagbajnoksagon (in Hungarian)". Magyar Uszo Szovetseg. 16 September 2019.

[4] "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

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