The 2020 Invictus Games was an adaptive multi-sport event for wounded, injured and ill veteran and active defence personnel, that took place in The Hague, Netherlands in April 2022, after having been postponed twice. It was the fifth edition of the Invictus Games.[1][2]

Invictus Games – The Hague 2020
Host cityThe Hague, Netherlands
Nations17
Debuting countries2
Athletes~500
Opening16 April 2022 (2022-04-16)
Closing22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Opened byPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Main venueSportcampus Zuiderpark
Websiteinvictusgames2020.com
Hague skyline

Development and preparation edit

The games were to be held on 9–16 May 2020 at the Zuiderpark,[3] but were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were then postponed again to the spring of 2022.[4] The opening ceremony on 16 April 2022 was attended by the event's founding patron Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.[5] Also in attendance were Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, who is the Honorary Chair of the committee of recommendation of the 2020 Invictus Games and who christened the official Invictus Games Tulip in June 2021, and her son Prince Pieter-Christiaan.[6][7] Representatives of participating nations were also present.[6] King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands attended the closing ceremony on 22 April 2022.[8]

The Royal Dutch Mint was announced as the sponsor and designer of the medals and other special sporty issues for the games.[9]

The Games edit

Participating countries edit

The 18 participating countries of the 2018 Invictus Games were invited back, along with new invitations to Belgium and South Korea.[10]

Due to COVID measures, Jordan, Afghanistan and New Zealand could not attend.[11] The 17 participating countries were:

Another team titled "Unconquered" also participated in certain events consisting of competitors from multiple nations.

Sports edit

There are 9 adaptive sports contested at the Games as well as the Land Rover Driving Challenge.[12]

Medalists edit

Land Rover driving challenge edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team   France
Christophe Collot
Franck Poirot
  Romania
Mihai Ion Toma
Iulian Constantin Capatina
  Georgia
Murtazi Osepaishvili
Onise Jugeli

Archery edit

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Men's recurve Novice Stéphane Pretot
  France
Stuart Padley
  United Kingdom
Jean-François Lavergne
  Canada
Open Kim Kang-hun
  South Korea
Emil Florin Cojocaru
  Romania
Andrzej Skrajny
  Poland
Women's recurve Novice Sherry Louise McBain
  United Kingdom
Rose-Marie Maya
  France
Anna-Sofia Puzanova
  Ukraine
Team recurve Novice   Denmark
Uffe Christensen
Bubby Jacobsen
Jesper Smollerup
  Poland
Krzysztof Gozdzik
Rafal Lis
Waldemar Skoneczny
  Canada
Jean-François Lavergne
Christopher Moores
Wade Stach
Open   Romania
Iulian Constantin Capatina
Emil Florin Cojocaru
Eduard Vlad Romila
  Ukraine
Dmytro Afanasiev
Serhii Kalytiuk
Vasyl Stuzhenko
  United Kingdom
Anthony Booth
Chaze Melluish
Daniel O'Connor
Men's compound Open Marcel Neagu
  Romania
Brett Campfield
  United States
Douglas Godfrey, Jr.
  United States
Women's compound Open Tiffany Hudgins
  United States
Michelle Sanchez
  United States
Kristel van Dinter
  Netherlands
Team compound Open   United States
Brett Campfield
Richard Devericks
Douglas Godfrey, Jr.
  Romania
Florin Bolovan
Marcel Neagu
Mihai Ion Toma
  Italy
Massimo Addio
Giuseppe Erriquez
Andrea Preite

Athletics edit

Men
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
100 m IT1 Kionte Storey
  United States
Aleksi Beruashvili
  Georgia
Ross Alewine
  United States
200 m Aleksi Beruashvili
  Georgia
Kionte Storey
  United States
Wolf Wolput
  Belgium
400 m Carlo Calcagni
  Italy
Sébastien Peyen
  France
Ross Alewine
  United States
1500 m Aleksi Beruashvili
  Georgia
Wolf Wolput
  Belgium
Oleksii Bobchynets
  Ukraine
100 m IT2 Marco Pisani
  Italy
not awarded not awarded
100 m IT3 David Malenfant
  Canada
Mattia Dal Pastro
  Italy
Seo Won-bae
  South Korea
200 m David Malenfant
  Canada
not awarded not awarded
400 m David Malenfant
  Canada
Garrett Powers
  Canada
not awarded
1500 m Mattia Dal Pastro
  Italy
David Malenfant
  Canada
Roberto Como
  Italy
100 m IT4 Patrick Levis
  Canada
Garrett Kuwada
  United States
Akhmed Safarov
  Georgia
200 m Patrick Levis
  Canada
Garrett Kuwada
  United States
Jai Cheon
  United States
400 m Patrick Levis
  Canada
Jai Cheon
  United States
Garrett Kuwada
  United States
1500 m Patrick Levis
  Canada
Garrett Kuwada
  United States
Jai Cheon
  United States
100 m IT5 Micheal Nicholson
  United States
Joel Rodriguez
  United States
not awarded
200 m Micheal Nicholson
  United States
Joel Rodriguez
  United States
not awarded
400 m Micheal Nicholson
  United States
Joel Rodriguez
  United States
not awarded
100 m IT6 Jacob Cox
  United States
Michael Murphy
  United States
not awarded
200 m Jacob Cox
  United States
Michael Murphy
  United States
not awarded
400 m Jacob Cox
  United States
Michael Murphy
  United States
not awarded
1500 m Michael Murphy
  United States
Jacob Cox
  United States
not awarded
100 m IT7 Andrew Holliday
  United States
Rafael Morfinenciso
  United States
Matthew Cable
  United States
200 m Andrew Holliday
  United States
Rafael Morfinenciso
  United States
Matthew Cable
  United States
400 m Fred Lewis
  United States
Rafael Morfinenciso
  United States
Jacob Anthony
  United States
1500 m Gérald Monnier
  France
Andrew Wilkinson
  Australia
Rafal Rutkowski
  Poland
100 m IT8 Mark Clougherty
  United Kingdom
Daniel Phillips
  United Kingdom
Joshua Smith
  United States
200 m Mark Clougherty
  United Kingdom
Joshua Smith
  United States
Daniel Phillips
  United Kingdom
400 m Mark Clougherty
  United Kingdom
Joshua Smith
  United States
Daniel Phillips
  United Kingdom
1500 m Joshua Smith
  United States
Daniel Phillips
  United Kingdom
Mark Clougherty
  United Kingdom
Long jump IJ5 Rafael Morfinenciso
  United States
Artem Lukashuk
  Ukraine
Ivan Heretsun
  Ukraine
Shot put IF1 Ross Alewine
  United States
Dandy Wilson
  United States
Imad al-Shuwaili
  Iraq
Discus throw Alexander Ulrich
  Germany
Nathan King
  Australia
Frederik De Keyzer
  Belgium
Shot put IF2 Rodion Sitdikov
  Ukraine
Yaseen Mahdi
  Iraq
Garrett Powers
  Canada
Discus throw Rene Hinrikus
  Estonia
Luca Locci
  Italy
not awarded
Shot put IF3 Jacob Cox
  United States
not awarded not awarded
Discus throw Hameed Hasan
  Iraq
not awarded not awarded
Shot put IF4 Robert Dominguez
  United States
Gabriel Ramon
  Australia
Matthew Cable
  United States
Discus throw Shane Bramley
  Australia
Dariusz Cegiełka
  Poland
Rafael Morfinenciso
  United States
Shot put IF5 Serhii Priadka
  Ukraine
Saif Lami
  Iraq
Kang Cha-soo
  South Korea
Discus throw Steven James
  Australia
Thomas Laronce
  France
Carlos Jimenez
  United States
Shot put IF6 Giuseppe Campoccio
  Italy
Rustum Rosul
  Ukraine
Wessam al-Kadhemy
  Iraq
Shot put IF7 Viktor Lehkodukh
  Ukraine
Austin Parker
  United States
Joel Rodriguez
  United States
Discus throw George Vera
  United States
not awarded not awarded
Shot put IF8 Shane Rossall
  United Kingdom
Valentin Ciolan Uță
  Romania
Charlie Dye
  United Kingdom
Discus throw Carnell Martin
  United States
Stephen French
  Australia
Joshua Smith
  United States
Women
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
100 m IT7 Emma Murfet
  Australia
Chunte Gonzalez
  United States
Heidi Dalhuisen
  Netherlands
200 m Lisa McCranie
  United States
Emma Murfet
  Australia
Chunte Gonzalez
  United States
400 m Jessica Garneau
  Canada
Lisa McCranie
  United States
Sally Renard
  United Kingdom
1500 m Sally Renard
  United Kingdom
Jessica Garneau
  Canada
Joanne Bradley
  Canada
Long jump IJ5 Vanessa Broughill
  Australia
Emma Murfet
  Australia
Angela Euson
  United States
Shot put IF1 Lisa Johnston
  United Kingdom
Sabreen al-Dawahi
  Iraq
not awarded
Discus throw IF2 Rachel Williamson
  United Kingdom
not awarded not awarded
Shot put IF4 Emma Murfet
  Australia
Angela Euson
  United States
Victoria Wales
  United Kingdom
Discus throw Chunte Gonzalez
  United States
Joyce van den Waardenburg
  Netherlands
Vanessa Broughill
  Australia
Shot put IF5 Beth Grauer
  United States
Hyoshin Cha
  United States
not awarded
Discus throw Beth King
  United States
not awarded not awarded
Discus throw IF 8 Lucy Holt
  United Kingdom
Kristen Morris
  United States
not awarded
Mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 100 m relay   United States
Kionte Storey
Andrew Holliday
Ross Alewine
Matthew Cable
  Canada
Rock Ferland
Garrett Powers
Jessica Garneau
David Malenfant
  Belgium
Patrice Lombet
Wolf Wolput
Thierry Dutrieux
Peter Caubergh

Indoor rowing edit

Men
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint IR1 Micheal Nicholson
  United States
not awarded not awarded
Endurance Micheal Nicholson
  United States
not awarded not awarded
Sprint IR2 Nicolas Marfil
  France
Brent Garlic
  United States
Lenny Redrose
  Australia
Endurance Nicolas Marfil
  France
Viktor Lehkodukh
  Ukraine
Austin Parker
  United States
Sprint IR3 KC Higer
  United States
Franck Poirot
  France
Ihor Halushka
  Ukraine
Endurance Ihor Halushka
  Ukraine
KC Higer
  United States
Franck Poirot
  France
Sprint IR4 Peter Brown
  Australia
Shane Rossall
  United Kingdom
Patrick Levis
  Canada
Endurance James Saville
  Australia
Patrick Levis
  Canada
Peter Brown
  Australia
Sprint IR5 Ross Alewine
  United States
Peter Brown
  Australia
Dandy Alexander Wilson
  United States
Gregory Quarles
  United States
Ihor Bezkaravainyi
  Ukraine
Endurance Ross Alewine
  United States
Peter Brown
  Australia
Gregory Quarles
  United States
Sprint IR6 Matthew Model
  Australia
Matthew Cable
  United States
Phillip Fong, Jr.
  United States
Przemysław Kowalski
  Poland
Endurance Matthew Model
  Australia
Kasper Holm Henriksen
  Denmark
Matthew Cable
  United States
Women
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint IR3 Rachel Williamson
  United Kingdom
not awarded not awarded
Endurance Kerrie Tessier
  Australia
not awarded not awarded
Sprint IR5 Lucy Holt
  United Kingdom
Emilea Mysko
  Australia
Kelly Leonard
  United Kingdom
Endurance Lucy Holt
  United Kingdom
Emilea Mysko
  Australia
Beth King
  United States
Sprint IR6 Sarah Petchell
  Australia
Lisa McCranie
  United States
Victoria Ross
  United Kingdom
Endurance Victoria Ross
  United Kingdom
Katrin Tukkia
  Estonia
Sally Renard
  United Kingdom
Lisa McCranie
  United States

Powerlifting edit

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Men's lightweight IP4 Jacob Cox
  United States
James Stride
  United Kingdom
Antonio Auricchio
  Italy
Men's middleweight IP5 Jonathan Platt
  United Kingdom
Ameer al-Graishi
  Iraq
Falih al-Delfi
  Iraq
Men's heavyweight IP6 Gregory van Olm
  Canada
Gabriel Ramon
  Australia
Matthew Cable
  United States
Women's lightweight IP1 Taryn Barbara
  Australia
Hyoshin Cha
  United States
Emilea Mysko
  Australia
Women's middleweight IP2 Lisa McCranie
  United States
Angela Euson
  United States
Émilie Poulin
  Canada
Women's heavyweight IP3 Sarah Petchell
  Australia
Chunte Gonzalez
  United States
Joyce van den Waardenburg
  Netherlands

Road cycling edit

Men
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Time trial IHB1 Austin Parker
  United States
Kim Jong-suk
  South Korea
Lenny Redrose
  Australia
Road race Lenny Redrose
  Australia
Austin Parker
  United States
Kim Jong-suk
  South Korea
Time trial IHB2 Janno Lepik
  Estonia
Kim Young-min
  South Korea
James Saville
  Australia
Road race Janno Lepik
  Estonia
Kim Young-min
  South Korea
James Saville
  Australia
Time trial IReB1 Carlo Calcagni
  Italy
Gregory Quarles
  United States
Joshua Smith
  United States
Road race Carlo Calcagni
  Italy
Gregory Quarles
  United States
Garrett Kuwada
  United States
Time trial IRB1 Na Hyeong-yoon
  South Korea
Raphaël Legros
  Belgium
Eric Estievenart
  Belgium
Road race Raphaël Legros
  Belgium
Na Hyeong-yoon
  South Korea
not awarded
Time trial IRB2 Francesco Mottola
  Italy
Peter Caubergh
  Belgium
Nicolas Melen
  France
Road race Nicolas Melen
  France
Peter Caubergh
  Belgium
Francesco Mottola
  Italy
Time trial IRB3 Gérald Monnier
  France
Kasper Holm Henriksen
  Denmark
James Rogers
  United Kingdom
Road race Gérald Monnier
  France
Ashley Muir
  Australia
Kasper Holm Henriksen
  Denmark
Time trial ITB1 Michael Murphy
  United States
Jacob Cox
  United States
not awarded
Road race Michael Murphy
  United States
Jacob Cox
  United States
not awarded
Women
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Time trial IHB2 Tisha Knickerbocker
  United States
Hyoshin Cha
  United States
not awarded
Road race Tisha Knickerbocker
  United States
Hyoshin Cha
  United States
not awarded
Time trial IReB1 Kerrie Tessier
  Australia
Beth King
  United States
Victoria Wales
  United Kingdom
Road race Kerrie Tessier
  Australia
Beth King
  United States
Victoria Wales
  United Kingdom
Time trial IRB2 Kristen Morris
  United States
Emilea Mysko
  United States
not awarded
Road race Kristen Morris
  United States
Emilea Mysko
  United States
not awarded
Time trial IRB3 Casey Turner
  United States
Vanessa Broughill
  Australia
Colleen Swifte
  Australia
Road race Casey Turner
  United States
Colleen Swifte
  Australia
Lisa McCranie
  United States

Swimming edit

Men
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle ISA Micheal Nicholson
  United States
Austin Parker
  United States
not awarded
50 m backstroke Austin Parker
  United States
Micheal Nicholson
  United States
Rafal Konopka
  Poland
50 m breaststroke Micheal Nicholson
  United States
not awarded not awarded
50 m freestyle ISB Garrett Kuwada
  United States
Antonio Auricchio
  Italy
Ivan Lepekha
  Ukraine
100 m freestyle Garrett Kuwada
  United States
Antonio Auricchio
  Italy
Giuseppe Spatola
  Italy
50 m backstroke Andrii Badarak
  Ukraine
Benito Versluijs
  Netherlands
Garrett Kuwada
  United States
50 m breaststroke Ronald van Dort
  Netherlands
Garrett Kuwada
  United States
Andrii Badarak
  Ukraine
50 m freestyle ISC Isaiah Staley
  United States
Richard Gray
  United Kingdom
Roberto Como
  Italy
100 m freestyle Isaiah Staley
  United States
KC Higer
  United States
not awarded
50 m backstroke Isaiah Staley
  United States
not awarded not awarded
50 m breaststroke Isaiah Staley
  United States
A. al-Zahri
  Iraq
KC Higer
  United States
50 m freestyle ISD James Saville
  Australia
Peter Brown
  Australia
August O'Niell
  United States
100 m freestyle James Saville
  Australia
Peter Brown
  Australia
Andrew Blackburn
  United States
50 m backstroke Andrew Blackburn
  United States
August O'Niell
  United States
Nathan King
  Australia
50 m breaststroke August O'Niell
  United States
Michael Murphy
  United States
Andrew Blackburn
  United States
50 m freestyle ISE Gert van 't Oever
  Netherlands
Christopher O'Brien
  Australia
Sean Walsh
  United States
100 m freestyle Gert van 't Oever
  Netherlands
Christopher O'Brien
  Australia
Andrew Wilkinson
  Australia
50 m backstroke Christopher O'Brien
  Australia
Gert van 't Oever
  Netherlands
Benjamin McComb
  United Kingdom
50 m breaststroke Christopher O'Brien
  Australia
Gert van 't Oever
  Netherlands
Rafal Rutkowski
  Poland
Women
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle ISC Rachel Williamson
  United Kingdom
Kerrie Tessier
  Australia
not awarded
50 m backstroke Rachel Williamson
  United Kingdom
Kerrie Tessier
  Australia
not awarded
50 m breaststroke Rachel Williamson
  United Kingdom
Kerrie Tessier
  Australia
not awarded
50 m freestyle ISD Kristen Morris
  United States
Kelly Leonard
  United Kingdom
Lisa Johnston
  United Kingdom
100 m freestyle Kristen Morris
  United States
Rachel Williamson
  United Kingdom
Lisa Johnston
  United Kingdom
50 m backstroke Kristen Morris
  United States
Kelly Leonard
  United Kingdom
Lisa Johnston
  United Kingdom
50 m breaststroke Kristen Morris
  United States
Kelly Leonard
  United Kingdom
Lisa Johnston
  United Kingdom
50 m freestyle ISE Taryn Barbara
  Australia
Casey Turner
  United States
Angela Euson
  United States
100 m freestyle Taryn Barbara
  Australia
Casey Turner
  United States
Angela Euson
  United States
50 m backstroke Angela Euson
  United States
Taryn Barbara
  Australia
Casey Turner
  United States
50 m breaststroke Taryn Barbara
  Australia
Sally Renard
  United Kingdom
Emma Murfet
  Australia
Mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 50 m freestyle relay   Australia
Andrew Wilkinson
James Saville
Peter Brown
Christopher O'Brien
  United States
Sean Walsh
Robert Dominguez
August O'Niell
Ross Alewine
  United States
Brett Campfield
Daniel Clarke
Andrew Blackburn
Garrett Kuwada

Team sports edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sitting volleyball   Poland   Georgia   United States
Wheelchair basketball   United States   Netherlands   United Kingdom
Wheelchair rugby   United States   United Kingdom   Australia

Media and broadcast edit

The games were documented in a Netflix documentary called Heart of Invictus.[13] Alex Jones and JJ Chalmers covered the event in a 6 episode nightly recap programme on BBC One from 17 to 22 April 2022.[14] On 8 April 2022, the British embassy in The Netherlands announced the podcast series Invictus Voices, which features interviews with the competitors.[15]

References edit

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