Austria at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Austria at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Austria
IPC code	AUT
NPC	Austrian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.oepc.at (in German)
in Paris, France 28 August 2024 (2024-08-28) – 8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	24 (17 men and 7 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Henriett Koósz Pepo Puch
Medals Ranked 69th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Austria competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

The following Austrian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Multiple medallists
Name	Sport				Total
Thomas Frühwirth	Cycling	0	2	0	2

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	2	1	3
Badminton	0	1	1
Cycling	4	2	6
Equestrian	2	1	3
Paracanoeing	1	0	1
Paratriathlon	1	0	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	2	1	3
Table tennis	1	0	1
Wheelchair tennis	2	0	2
Total	17	6	23

For the first time in Paralympics Games, Austria secured a quota place in the men's compound, event by virtue of the nations result at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Michael Meier	Men's individual compound	691	13	Charao (BRA) W 142-135	Tremblay (CAN) L 139-140	Did not advance

Austrian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Georg Schober	Men's shot put F63	12.56	8
Bil Marinkovic	Men's discus throw F11	38.14	6
Natalija Eder	Women's javelin throw F13	37.22

Austria has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Henriett Koósz	Women's singles WH1	To (BEL) L 0-2	Kwon (KOR) L 0-2	—	3	Did not advance

Austria entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Thomas Frühwirth	Men's road race H4	1:29:46
	Men's time trial H4	41:31.22
Alexander Gritsch	Men's road race H4	1:42:38	6
	Men's time trial H4	45:11.96	8
Franz-Josef Lässer	Men's road race C4-5	2:32:35	13
	Men's time trial C5	37:16.60	5
Wolfgang Steinbichler	Men's road race T1-2	1:17:15	5
	Men's time trial T1-2	24:59.86	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Svetlana Moshkovich	Women's road race H1-2-3-4	56:57	7
	Women's time trial H4-5	27:15.05	8
Cornelia Wibmer	Women's road race H1-2-3-4	1:00:12	11
	Women's time trial H4-5	34:31.97	13

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Franz-Josef Lässer	Men's 1000 m C4-5	1:06.463	12	Did not advance
	Men's pursuit C5	4:21.084	4 QB	Final bronze medal  Gordon (USA) L4:25.009-4:18.880	4

Austria entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, as one of the top two teams, not yet qualified, through final world para dressage rankings.

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Pepo Puch	Sailor's Blue	Individual championship test grade II	72.793	5
		Individual freestyle test grade II	74.127	5
Julia Sciancalepore	Heinrich IV	Individual championship test grade I	68.917	10
		Individual freestyle test grade I	Did not advance
Thomas Haller	Espalion	Individual championship test grade III	63.733	11
		Individual freestyle test grade III	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
			TT	Score	Rank
Pepo Puch	See above	Team	74.100	209.125	9
Julia Sciancalepore			71.458
Thomas Haller			63.567

Austria earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Markus Swoboda	Men's KL2	43.87	2 SF	43.41	1 FA	42.63	4
	Men's VL3	53.49	6 SF	50.79	2 FA

Austria have qualified one quota for the paratriathlon via world rankings.

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total time	Rank
Florian Brungraber	Men's PTWC	14:15	1:14	31:49	0:51	11:16	59:25

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Josef Pacher	R5 Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2	631.8	23	Did not advance
	R9 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH2	615.5	20	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andreas Onea	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB8	1:13.71	12	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m individual medley SM8	2:31.29	9	Did not advance
Andreas Ernhofer	Men's 50 m freestyle S4	42.44	10	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle S4	3:30.89	12	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m backstroke S4	48.35	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Janina Falk	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB14	1:23.65	11	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m butterfly S14	1:11.67	13	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m individual medley SM14	2:37.70	10	Did not advance

Austria entered one athletes for the Paralympic games. Krisztian Gardos qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Krisztian Gardos	Men's individual C10	Massad (BRA) L 1-3	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Josef Riegler	Men's singles	Dharmasena (SRI) L 1-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Nico Langmann		Hang (KOR) W 6-2, 0-6, 6-2	Scheffers (NED) L 4-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Josef Riegler Nico Langmann	Men's doubles	—	Bye	Hang / Im (KOR) L 2-6, 0-6	Did not advance

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