Slovakia at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Slovakia at the
2026 Winter Paralympics
Slovakia at the; 2026 Winter Paralympics
	Flag of Slovakia
IPC code	SVK
in Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; 6 March 2026 – 15 March 2026
Flag bearer	Miroslav Haraus
Medals; Ranked 26th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 3
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026;
Other related appearances
	Czechoslovakia (1976–1992)

Slovakia was represented at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which took place between 6–15 March 2026.

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Alexandra Rexová Guide: Sophia Polak	Para alpine skiing	Women's downhill, visually impaired	7 March
Bronze	Alexandra Rexová Guide: Sophia Polak	Para alpine skiing	Women's super-G, visually impaired	9 March
Bronze	Alexandra Rexová Guide: Matúš Ďuriš	Para alpine skiing	Women's slalom, visually impaired	14 March

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Para alpine skiing	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	3	3

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Female	0	0	3	3
Male	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	3	3

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	7 March	0	0	1	1
Day 2	8 March	0	0	0	0
Day 3	9 March	0	0	1	1
Day 4	10 March	0	0	0	0
Day 5	11 March	0	0	0	0
Day 6	12 March	0	0	0	0
Day 7	13 March	0	0	0	0
Day 8	14 March	0	0	1	1
Total		0	0	3	3

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Para alpine skiing	3	2	5
Para biathlon	1	0	1
Para cross-country skiing	1	0	1
Para ice hockey	14	1	15
Para snowboard	1	0	1
Wheelchair curling	4	1	5
Total	23	4	27

Alpine skiing

Slovakia is competing in alpine skiing.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miroslav Haraus Guide: Maroš Hudík	Downhill, visually impaired	N/a				DNF
	Super-G, visually impaired	N/a				DNF
	Combined, visually impaired	1:18.83	6	52.54	11	2:11.37	8
	Giant slalom, visually impaired	DNF
	Slalom, visually impaired	DNF
Marek Kubačka Guide: Mária Zaťovičová	Super-G, visually impaired	N/a				DNF
	Combined, visually impaired	DNS
	Giant slalom, visually impaired	1:12.23	9	1:11.41	8	2:23.64	8
	Slalom, visually impaired	55.69	11	51.12	11	1:46.81	11
Martin Čupka	Downhill, standing	N/a				DNF
	Super-G, standing	N/a				1:22.21	24
	Combined, standing	1:22.82	15	55.20	15	2:18.02	15
	Giant slalom, standing	1:18.04	25	1:18.43	24	2:36.47	24
	Slalom, standing	1:01.88	24	58.19	21	2:00.07	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final/Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Alexandra Rexová Guide: Sophia Polák	Downhill, visually impaired	N/a				1:27.45	+4.90
	Super-G, visually impaired	N/a				1:19.69	+4.85
	Combined, visually impaired	1:22.27	4	46.98	3	2:09.25	+7.50	4
Alexandra Rexová Guide: Matúš Ďuriš	Giant slalom, visually impaired	1:14.59	5	1:15.88	4	2:30.47	+11.84	4
Alexandra Rexová Guide: Matúš Ďuriš	Slalom, visually impaired	45.98	4	45.99	3	1:31.97	+9.24
Viktória Balážová Guide: Alica Jakubeková	Giant slalom, visually impaired	DNF
Viktória Balážová Guide: Alica Jakubeková	Slalom, visually impaired	DNF

Para biathlon

Men
Individual

Athlete	Event	Classification	Factor	Time	Misses	Factored time	Rank
Alex Lajtman Guide: Marko Havran	Individual, visually impaired	NS3	100%	39:47.2	6	45:47.2	13

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Classification	Factor	Time	Misses	Factored time	Rank
Alex Lajtman Guide: Marko Havran	Sprint, visually impaired	NS3	100%	25:53.1	5 (3+2)	25:53.1	17

Para cross-country skiing

Para ice hockey

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Semifinal / Cl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Slovakia	Mixed tournament	Canada L 0–8	Czech Republic L 1–8	Japan W 5–1	3	Germany L 3–4 (OT)	Japan W 1–0	7

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	26	1	+25	9	Semifinals
2	Czechia	3	2	1	12	7	+5	6	Semifinals
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	6	17	−11	3	5–8th place semifinals
4	Japan	3	0	3	3	22	−19	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: Milano Cortina 2026

7 March 2026
20:35

Canada

8–0
(4–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

PalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 4,438

Game reference

Corbin Watson

Goalies

Eduard Lepáček

Referee:
Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Pavel Blažek
Tony Rundström

Dunn (Cozzolino, Boily) – 06:46	1–0
Halbert – 09:20	2–0
McGregor (Hickey, Jacobs-Webb) – 10:11	3–0
Boily (Lavin) – 11:42	4–0
Hickey (McGregor) – 20:29	5–0
Dunn – 35:06	6–0
Boily (Armstrong, Dunn) – 38:55	7–0
Cozzolino (Hickey) (PP) – 42:31	8–0

2 min

Penalties

4 min

51

Shots

2

9 March 2026
13:35

Czechia

8–1
(2–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Slovakia

PalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,285

Game reference

Martin Kudela

Goalies

Eduard Lepáček

Referee:
Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Marius Hermansen Oswold
Andreas Lunden

Veselý – 04:50	1–0
Žižlavský (Ohar) – 12:40	2–0
Žižlavský (Doležal, Zelinka) – 16:10	3–0
Veselý (Hečko, Žižlavský) – 20:05	4–0
Zelinka (Hečko, Veselý) – 23:15	5–0
Doležal (Veselý) – 26:39	6–0
	6–1	32:43 – Korman (Joppa, Ferenčík)
Zelinka (Pátek) – 35:59	7–1
Geier – 36:10	8–1

4 min

Penalties

4 min

30

Shots

9

10 March 2026
20:35

Slovakia

5–1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Japan

PalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,223

Game reference

Eduard Lepáček

Goalies

Wataru Horie

Referee:
Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Tibor Fazekas
Lari Niittylä

	0–1	05:21 – Ito (Niitsu, Ukai)
Joppa (Ligda) – 24:04	1–1
Korman (Joppa, Ferenčík) – 29:19	2–1
Joppa (Korman) – 40:45	3–1
Hlinka (Joppa, Korman) – 41:19	4–1
Večerek (Turic) – 44:41	5–1

2 min

Penalties

0 min

29

Shots

10

5–8th place semifinal

12 March 2026
14:35

Slovakia

3–4 OT
(1–2, 2–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)

Germany

PalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,376

Game reference

Eduard Lepáček

Goalies

Veit Mühlhans

Referee:
Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
Alexander Wiest

	0–1	01:20 – Schrader (Stumpe)
	0–2	08:07 – Schrader
Ferenčík (Joppa, Ligda) – 12:02	1–2
Večerek – 15:38	2–2
Joppa (Korman, Ligda) – 28:56	3–2
	3–3	41:11 – Schrader (Brelage, Disveld)
	3–4	51:04 – Schrader

0 min

Penalties

18 min

25

Shots

14

Seventh place game

14 March 2026
12:05

Slovakia

1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Japan

PalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,916

Game reference

Eduard Lepáček

Goalies

Wataru Horie

Referee:
Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Pavel Blažek
Lari Niittylä

Joppa – 43:29

1–0

6 min

Penalties

6 min

19

Shots

8

Para snowboard

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Adam Krupa	Men's snowboard cross, SB-UL	54.08	53.81	53.81	10 Q	2 Q	4 SF	DNF	7

Wheelchair curling

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Zaťko Radoslav Ďuriš Adrian Ďurček Monika Kunkelová Karol Sandl	Mixed team	GBR W 9–2	LAT L 0–9	NOR W 6–4	ITA L 0–10	KOR L 5–7	USA W 8–3	SWE L 4–5	CAN L 6–9	CHN L 4–7	8	Did not advance

Mixed tournament

Final Round Robin Standings
Team	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Mark Ideson	9	9	0	–	71	36	36	26	2	19	68.2%	84.488	Playoffs
China	Wang Haitao	9	8	1	–	76	42	38	26	1	15	68.3%	83.350
Sweden	Viljo Petersson-Dahl	9	5	4	1–0	47	48	31	31	6	13	62.8%	98.125
South Korea	Yang Hui-tae	9	5	4	0–1	55	48	36	32	1	17	64.6%	90.525
Norway	Jostein Stordahl	9	4	5	1–0	41	55	28	31	2	12	58.3%	130.863
Italy	Egidio Marchese	9	4	5	0–1	52	53	32	27	0	15	60.6%	107.831
Latvia	Ojārs Briedis	9	3	6	2–0	45	67	27	33	0	12	50.2%	113.381
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	9	3	6	1–1	42	56	26	37	1	13	51.9%	117.688
United States	Sean O'Neill	9	3	6	0–2	54	52	34	32	0	14	58.3%	72.156
Great Britain	Hugh Nibloe	9	1	8	–	40	66	26	39	0	7	55.7%	129.675

Source: Official website

Round robin
Slovakia had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11.^[1]

Draw 1
Saturday, March 7, 9:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Nibloe)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	2
Slovakia (Ďuriš) 🔨	1	1	0	1	4	1	1	X	9

Draw 2
Saturday, March 7, 18:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	2	1	1	1	2	2	X	X	9
Slovakia (Ďuriš) 🔨	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Draw 3
Sunday, March 8, 9:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6
Norway (Stordahl) 🔨	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	4

Draw 5
Monday, March 9, 9:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0
Italy (Marchese) 🔨	2	2	2	1	2	1	X	X	10

Draw 6
Monday, March 9, 18:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Yang) 🔨	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	7
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5

Draw 8
Tuesday, March 10, 18:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš) 🔨	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	X	8
United States (O'Neill)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3

Draw 9
Wednesday, March 11, 9:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5
Slovakia (Ďuriš) 🔨	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4

Draw 10
Wednesday, March 11, 20:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	6
Canada (Ideson) 🔨	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	9

Draw 12
Thursday, March 12, 18:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	X	7
Slovakia (Ďuriš) 🔨	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	X	4

References

^ "Results". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 March 2026.

[1] "Results". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 March 2026.

[1]

Nations at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile El Salvador Haiti Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Asia	China Japan Kazakhstan Mongolia South Korea Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Iceland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Withdrawn	Iran

Medalists

Competitors

Alpine skiing

Para biathlon

Para cross-country skiing

Para ice hockey

Para snowboard

Wheelchair curling

Mixed tournament

See also

References