Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Switzerland at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Flag of Switzerland
IPC codeSUI
NPCSwiss Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.swissparalympic.ch
in Tokyo, Japan
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors20 in 9 sports
Medals
Gold
7
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
14
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Switzerland competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1]

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Marcel Hug Athletics Men's 5000 metres T54 28 August
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Manuela Schär Athletics Women's 800 metres T54 29 August
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Marcel Hug Athletics Men's 1500 metres T54 31 August
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Catherine Debrunner Athletics Women's 400 metres T53 2 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Manuela Schär Athletics Women's 400 metres T54 2 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Marcel Hug Athletics Men's 800 metres T54 2 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold Marcel Hug Athletics Men's marathon T54 5 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Manuela Schär Athletics Women's 5000 metres T54 28 August
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Manuela Schär Athletics Women's 1500 metres T54 31 August
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Heinz Frei Cycling Men's road race H3 1 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Manuela Schär Athletics Women's marathon T54 5 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Catherine Debrunner Athletics Women's 800 metres T53 29 August
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nora Meister Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle S6 2 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Elena Kratter Athletics Women's long jump T63 2 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Marcel Hug, Manuela Schär and Catherine Debrunner are expected to compete for Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Beat Bösch 100m T52 — 18.08 5
400m T52 1:05.10 4 Did not advance
Philipp Handler 100m T13 10.97 3 q 11.02 7
Marcel Hug 800m T54 1:34.88 1 Q 1:33.68 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500m T54 2:54.63 PR 1 Q 2:49.55 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
5000m T54 9:53.26 PR 1 Q 10:29.90 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Marathon T54 — 1:24:02 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Catherine Debrunner 400m T53 55.21 1 Q 56.18 1st place, gold medalist(s)
800m T53 1:51.47 3 Q 1:47.90 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Patricia Eachus 800m T54 1:58.64 5 Did not advance
1500m T54 3:37.43 5 Did not advance
Sofia Gonzalez 100m T63 16.17 3 Q 16.38 7
Elena Kratter 100m T63 15.02 3 Q 15.07 5
Manuela Schär 400m T54 54.29 1 Q 53.59 1st place, gold medalist(s)
800m T54 1:51.09 1 Q 1:42.81 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500m T54 3:28.32 2 Q 3:28.01 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Marathon T54 — 1:38:12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Sofia Gonzalez Long jump T63 3.96 8
Elena Kratter 5.01 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Cynthia Mathez and Karin Suter-Erath have both qualified to compete.

Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Karin Suter-Erath Singles WH1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Rongen (GER)
W (21–6, 21–7) 		File:Flag of Germany.svg Knoblauch (GER)
W (21–18, 21–15) 		— 1 Q File:Flag of Japan.svg Satomi (JPN)
L (8–21, 9–21) 		Did not advance
Cynthia Mathez File:Flag of Thailand.svg Pookkham (THA)
L (12–21, 15–21) 		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang (CHN)
L (22–20, 23–25, 12–21) 		File:Flag of Israel.svg Gorodetzky (ISR)
W (21–15, 21–10) 		3 Did not advance
Cynthia Mathez
Karin Suter-Erath 		Doubles WH1–WH2 File:Flag of Germany.svg Knoblauch /
Rongen (GER)
W (21–11, 21–11) 		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin /
Liu (CHN)
L (4–21, 9–21) 		— 2 Q — File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu /
Yin (CHN)
L (10–21, 13–21) 		File:Flag of Thailand.svg Pookkham /
Wetwithan (THA)
L (17–21, 12–21) 		4

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sandra Graf, Sandra Stöckl, Fabian Recher, Tobias Fankhauser and Heinz Frei have all qualified to compete.

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Nicole Geiger has qualified to compete.

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Nicole Häusler qualified to represent Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Two Swiss swimmers have successfully achieved Paralympic slots after breaking the MQS.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Leo McCrea
Nora Meister

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Nalani Buob Women's singles —

See also

References

  1. ↑ "One team, one spirit and now comes the tingling sensation (in German)". Swiss Paralympic Committee. 12 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.

External links

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