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22 Croatians will be competing in Tokyo Paralympic Games

Author: Marija Šestan

ZAGREB, 19  Aug (Hina) - A total of 22 Croatian athletes will compete in eight sports in the Paralympic Games that are taking place in Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September, and the first group of the Croatian competitors has already arrived in the Japanese capital city.

Thus, table tennis players Anđela Mužinić, Helena Karić and Pavao Jozić and their coaches were among those who arrived in the Tokyo Olympic Village on Thursday.

Croatia's Paralympic medal tally: 5 golds. 5 silvers, 9 bronze

To date, Croatia's participants in Paralympic games have bagged 19 medals: five golds, five silvers and nine bronze.

Javelin thrower Milka Milinković, who won a bronze in Barcelona in 1992, was the first Croatian Paralympic athlete to win a medal.

The first gold for Croatia at Paralympic games was won by Darko Kralj in Beijing 2008 in the shot put event.

Swimmer Mihovil Španja is the Croatian sportsman with the highest number of Paralympic medals, he won four bronze medals: three in Athens in 2004 and the last one in London in 2012.

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