Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Slovenia competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by thirty athletes competing in seven sports. The delegation was Slovenia's largest in its history as an independent country.[1]

Slovenia at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSLO
NPCSports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia
Websitewww.zsis.si
in Beijing
Competitors30 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1972–2000)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Silver Jože Flere Athletics Men's discus throw F32/51
  Bronze Mateja Pintar Table tennis Women's individual Class 3
  Bronze Franc Pinter Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1

Sports

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Athletics

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Men's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Jože Flere F32/51 Club throw 21.37 888 9
Discus throw 10.99 1119  
Henrik Plank F33-34/52 Discus throw 14.47 775 9
Javelin throw 14.49 828 10
Shot put 8.06 883 13

Women's

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Tanja Cerkvenik F54-56 Javelin throw 18.69 1053 5
Tatjana Majcen Ljubič F54-56 Discus throw 14.78 876 7
Javelin throw 12.78 873 12
Shot put 6.27 1010 5

Cycling

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Men's road

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Athlete Event Time Rank
David Kuster Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4 2:01:50 27
Men's road time trial LC2 42:53.77 11

Men's track

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Athlete Event Qualification 1st round Final
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Time
Rank
David Kuster Men's individual pursuit LC2 5:50.39 10 did not advance
Men's time trial LC2 1:19.76 11

Goalball

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The men's goalball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams.

Players

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Tournament

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Quarterfinals
5th-8th classification
7/8th classification

Shooting

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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Damjan Pavlin Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 599 4 105.0 704.0 5
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 596 12 did not advance
Franc Pinter Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 590 6 Q 103.2 693.2  
Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 1148 4 Q 95.6 1243.6 4
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 596 22 did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 579 29 did not advance

Swimming

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Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Dejan Fabčič S7 50m freestyle 33.80 9 did not advance
100m freestyle 1:11.85 12 did not advance
SM7 200m individual medley 3:05.24 11 did not advance

Table tennis

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Slovenian competitors, including Mateja Pintar, took part in table tennis events who won the gold medal in her category in 2004 Summer Paralympics.[2]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ivan Lisac Men's singles C3   Kim Y G (KOR)
L 2–3
  Zhao P (CHN)
L 0–3
3 did not advance
Bojan Lukežič   Merrien (FRA)
L 0–3
  Jeyoung (KOR)
L 2–3
3 did not advance
Ivan Lisac
Bojan Lukežič
Men's team C3   France (FRA)
L 0–3
did not advance

Women

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Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jolanda Belavič Women's singles C9   Lei L (CHN)
L 0–3
  Kavas (TUR)
L 0–3
  Maldonado (BRA)
L 1–3
4 did not advance
Andreja Dolinar Women's singles C4   Perić (SRB)
L 0–3
  Al-Azzam (JOR)
L 0–3
  Rozmiej (POL)
W 3–2
3 did not advance
Mateja Pintar Women's singles C3   Mader (AUT)
W 3–2
  Bertrand (FRA)
W 3–2
  Cudia (ITA)
W 3–0
1 Q   Li Q (CHN)
L 1–3
  Brunelli (ITA)
W 3–0
 
Andreja Dolinar
Mateja Pintar
Women's team C4-5   Hong Kong (HKG)
W 3–1
  Germany (GER)
L 1–3
did not advance

Volleyball

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Women's tournament

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The women's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by the Netherlands in the bronze medal match.

Players
Group A matches
8 September 2008
9:00
  Japan (JPN) 1–3   Slovenia (SLO) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(19–25, 25–21, 19–19, 9–25)
 

9 September 2008
16:00
  Slovenia (SLO) 3–1   Ukraine (UKR) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(11–25, 25–18, 25–17, 25–22)
 

10 September 2008
16:00
  Netherlands (NED) 3–2   Slovenia (SLO) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(23–25, 25–17, 25–16, 22–25, 15–11)
 
Semifinals
11 September 2008
19:00
  Slovenia (SLO) 0–3   China (CHN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(21–25, 12–25, 19–25)
 
Bronze medal match
14 September 2008
14:00
  Netherlands (NED) 3–0   Slovenia (SLO) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(25–17, 25–16, 25–24)
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Paralympics Team Departs for Beijing"[permanent dead link], Slovenian government website, August 29, 2008
  2. ^ "9 Nations preparing for the Paralympics in Lasko", official website of the International Paralympic Table Tennis Federation