stringtranslate.com

South Korea at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Medalists

Competitors

Source:[3]

Archery

South Korea has qualified three archers in Women's Individual W1, Women's Individual Recurve, and Mixed Team Recurve.[4]

Athletics

Yoo Byung-hoon qualified in Men's 400m, 800m T53 events, while Jeon Min-jae qualified in Women's 200m T36.

Badminton

South Korea has qualified a total of nine para badminton players for each of the following events into the Paralympic tournament based on the Para Badminton World Rankings.[5]

Men
Women

Boccia

Six South Korean athletes qualified in Individual BC1, BC2, and BC3 events.[6]

Cycling

South Korea sent one male & one female cyclist after successfully receiving a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation Asian quota.[7][8][9]

Powerlifting

Rowing

South Korea qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the games by winning the B-final at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria and securing the last of the seven available places.[10]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

Fourteen South Korean shooters have qualified.

Swimming

Five South Korean swimmers have successfully qualified for the Paralympic slot after passing the MQS.[11][12]

Table tennis

South Korea entered sixteen athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Five athletes qualified from the 2019 ITTF Asian Para Championships which was held in Taichung, Taiwan and eleven athletes from the World Ranking allocation.[13]

Men
Women

Taekwondo

South Korea qualified one athlete. Joo Jeong-hun qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.

Wheelchair basketball

South Korea's men's wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after finishing in top three at the 2019 IWBF Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Pattaya, Thailand.

Roster

The following is the Republic of Korea roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[14][15]

Group A
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
9th–10th classification match

Wheelchair tennis

South Korea qualified four player entries for wheelchair tennis. Two of them qualified through the world rankings, while two others qualified under bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "NPC Entries - Team Republic of Korea | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2021-08-23.
  4. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Paralympics Badminton Ranking" (PDF). Para Badminton World Federation. 26 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  9. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  10. ^ "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  12. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  13. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Republic of Korea men's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  15. ^ "2021년 휠체어농구 남자 국가대표 선수단 공지" (in Korean). Korea Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-09-02.