This is the first Croatian medal at the Athens Paralympics, and the second medal since Croatia gained independence. The first medal, also a bronze one, was won by Milka Milinkovic in the shot put at the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona.
ATHENS PARALYMPICSATHENS, Sept 22 (Hina) - Croatian swimmer Mihovil Spanja has won thebronze medal in the S8 category 100-metre backstroke at theParalympics in Athens.
ATHENS, Sept 22 (Hina) - Croatian swimmer Mihovil Spanja has won the
bronze medal in the S8 category 100-metre backstroke at the Paralympics in
Athens.