South Korea at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

South Korea at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeKOR
NPCKorea Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.koreanpc.kr (in Korean)
in Tokyo
Competitors57 in 8 sports
Summer Paralympics appearances

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea has qualified three archer at Women's Individual W1, Women's Individual Recurve & Mixed Team Recurve.[3]

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Boccia
Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Six South Korean athlete get a ticket in Individual BC3, BC1 & BC2 events.[4]

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea sent one male & one female cyclist after successfully getting a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation quota for the Asian.[5][6][7]

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Fourteen South Korean shooters has qualified.

  • Park Chul (Mixed 25m Pistol SH1)
  • Moon Aee-kyung (Mixed 50m Pistol SH1)
  • Park Jin-hoo & Lee Seung-chul (Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1)
  • Sim Jae-yong & Lee Jang-ho (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1)
  • Lee Ji-seok (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2)
  • Ju Sung-chul (Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1)
  • Shim Young-jip (Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position)
  • Lee Yun-ri & Kang Myung-soon (Women's 50m Rifle Three Position)

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Five South Korean swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.[8][9]

Table Tennis

Sixteen South Korean athlete has qualified.

Wheelchair basketball
Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korean'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.

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. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  4. "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  6. "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  7. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  8. "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  9. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
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