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Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Switzerland at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
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

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

Athletics

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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

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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  Rongen (GER)
W (21–6, 21–7)
 Knoblauch (GER)
W (21–18, 21–15)
1 Q  Satomi (JPN)
L (8–21, 9–21)
Did not advance
Cynthia Mathez  Pookkham (THA)
L (12–21, 15–21)
 Zhang (CHN)
L (22–20, 23–25, 12–21)
 Gorodetzky (ISR)
W (21–15, 21–10)
3 Did not advance
Cynthia Mathez
Karin Suter-Erath
Doubles WH1–WH2  Knoblauch /
Rongen (GER)
W (21–11, 21–11)
 Yin /
Liu (CHN)
L (4–21, 9–21)
2 Q  Liu /
Yin (CHN)
L (10–21, 13–21)
 Pookkham /
Wetwithan (THA)
L (17–21, 12–21)
4

Cycling

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

Equestrian

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Nicole Geiger has qualified to compete.

Shooting

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

Swimming

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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

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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

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References

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  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.
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