Austria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. The Austrian delegation consisted of seven athletes, six men and one woman. The delegation won nine medals, one gold, five silver, and three bronze, placing 48th.
Background Originally scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were eventually played in Tokyo from 24 August through 5 September 2021.
Delegation The Austrian delegation consisted of 25 athletes, 18 men and seven woman. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 2 1 3Canoeing 1 0 1Cycling 4 2 6Equestrian 2 2 4Swimming 2 1 3Table Tennis 1 0 1Triathlon 2 0 2Wheelchair Tennis 4 0 4 Total 18 7 25
Medalists The Austrian delegation won nine medals, one gold, five silver, and three bronze, finishing in a joint 65th place in the medal table alongside the delegations of Kuwait, Namibia, and Slovenia. Medal Name Sport Event Date Cycling Men's road time trial H4 31 August Equestrian Individual championship test grade II 26 August Paratriathlon Men's PTWC 29 August Equestrian Individual freestyle test grade II 30 August Cycling Men's road time trial H4 31 August Cycling Men's road race H4 1 September Cycling Men's road time trial H4 31 August Cycling Men's road race H4 1 September Cycling Men's road race H4 1 September
Athletics
Men's track Thomas Geierspichler participated in the men's track events. He has represented Austria at every paralympics since the 2000 games at Sydney. Geierspichler did not win a medal. AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankThomas Geierspichler400m T521:04.22 5 q1:02.6861500m T52colspan=2 3:54.77 4
Men's field AthleteEventFinalResultRankBil MarinkovicDiscus throw F1133.455
Women's field AthleteEventFinalResultRankNatalija EderJavelin throw F1337.92 4Shot put F1211.457
Cycling
Walter Ablinger, Thomas Frühwirth, Ernst Bachmaier, Elisabeth Egger, Alexander Gritsch, Yvonne Marzinke all qualified to compete.
Road
Men's road AthleteEventTimeRankWalter AblingerRoad race H32:35:06Time trial H343:39.17Ernst BachmaierRoad race H1–2did not startTime trial H1did not finishThomas FrühwirthRoad race H42:20:56Time trial H438:30.61Alexander GritschRoad race H42:22:38Time trial H439:58.93
Women's road AthleteEventTimeRankElisabeth EggerRoad race H1–4did not finishTime trial H1–346:02.84 10Yvonne MarzinkeRoad race C1–31:25:4214Time trial C1–330:35.1913
Track
Women's track AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeRankYvonne MarzinkeIndividual pursuit C1–34:29.14713did not advanceTime trial C1–3colspan=242.0238
Equestrian
AthleteEventScoreRankBernd BruggerIndividual championship test grade IV66.90311Pepo PuchIndividual championship test grade II73.441Individual freestyle test grade II81.007Julia SciancaleporeIndividual championship test grade I70.5717Valentina StroblIndividual championship test grade V64.38113Bernd BruggerPepo PuchJulia SciancelaporeTeam213.5029
Paracanoeing
Austria sent a single athlete, Markus Swoboda, to compete in Paracanoeing.
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMarkus SwobodaMen's KL249.4657 42.697 2 FA43.0905Men's VL3 Did not advance
Paratriathlon
Florian Brungraber and former sprinter Günther Matzinger qualified to compete.
AthleteEventSwim Trans 1Bike Trans 2RunTotal TimeRankFlorian BrungraberMen's PTWC13:351:2341:590:5412:0459:55Günther MatzingerMen's PTS512:211:0821:050:4817:311:02:539
Swimming
Andreas Ernhofer, Janina Falk, Andreas Onea have qualified to compete.
Men AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankAndreas Ernhofer50m freestyle S445.1015did not advance100m freestyle S41:38.4911did not advance200m freestyle S43:39.4414did not advance50m backstroke S450.1812did not advance50m breaststroke SB354.187 Q55.008150m individual medley SM42:51.5810did not advanceAndreas Onea100m breaststroke SB81:13.9010did not advance100m butterfly S81:09.5215did not advance200m individual medley SM82:31.039did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankJanina Falk200m freestyle S142:20.3910did not advance100m backstroke S141:19.4414did not advance100m breaststroke SB141:28.6814did not advance100m butterfly S141:13.6214did not advance200m individual medley SM142:37.519did not advance
Table tennis
Austria entered one athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Krisztian Gardos qualified via World Ranking allocation.
Men AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKrisztian GardosIndividual C10W 11–5, 11–9, 11-7L 13–11, 11–13, 4–11, 3-11W 6–11, 11–9, 11–5, 11-92 QL 8–11, 8–11, 14–12, 8-11did not advance
Wheelchair tennis
The Austrian delegation sent four male athletes, none of whom made it past the first round.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankThomas FlaxMen's singlesL 2–6, 0-6ssNico LangmannL 4–6, 1-6did not advanceMartin LegnerL 1–6, 0-6did not advanceJosef RieglerL 0–6, 0-6did not advance
See also Austria at the Paralympics Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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