Hungary at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Hungary participated with 33 athletes at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the wheelchair fencer Judit Palfi. The biggest success of the float Tamas Sors with one gold and two bronze medals.

Participants by sport

Boccia

  • Dezso Beres
  • Jozsef Gyurkota

Judo

Women

  • Nikolett Szabo
  • Gábor Papp
  • Gábor Vincze

Powerlifting ( bench press )

  • Csaba Szávai

Wheelchair fencing

Women

  • Gyöngyi Dani
  • Veronika Juhász
  • Zsuzsanna Krajnyák
  • Judit Palfi
  • Gábor Horváth
  • Gyula Mato
  • Pal Szekeres, 1x ( foil, class B)

Wheelchair Tennis

  • Laszlo Farkas
  • Csaba Prohaszka

Rowing

  • Tibor Serenyi
  • Gyula Gurisatti

Swimming

Women

  • Dorottya Baka
  • Katalin Engelhardt
  • Fanni Illes
  • Gitta Raczko, 1x ( 100m breaststroke, class SB5 )
  • Diana Zambo
  • Janos Becsey
  • Zoltan Bencsura
  • Ferenc Csuri
  • Ervin Kovacs
  • Tamas Sors, 1x (100 meters butterfly, class S9 ), 2x (100 meters 400 meters freestyle S9 Class )
  • Zsolt Vereczkei, 1x (50 meters backstroke, class S5)

Sailing

  • Zoltan Pegan

Table tennis

  • Dezso Berecki
  • Gyula Zborai
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