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2020 Invictus Games

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Invictus Games – The Hague 2020
Host cityThe Hague, Netherlands
Nations17
Debuting countries2
Athletes~500
Opening16 April 2022 (2022-04-16)
Closing22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Opened byPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Main venueSportcampus Zuiderpark
Websiteinvictusgames2020.com
Hague skyline

The 2020 Invictus Games was an adaptive multi-sport event for wounded, injured and ill veteran and active defence personnel, that took place in The Hague, Netherlands in April 2022, after having been postponed twice. It was the fifth edition of the Invictus Games.[1][2]

Development and preparation

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The games were to be held on 9–16 May 2020 at the Zuiderpark,[3] but were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were then postponed again to the spring of 2022.[4] The opening ceremony on 16 April 2022 was attended by the event's founding patron Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.[5] Also in attendance were Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, who is the Honorary Chair of the committee of recommendation of the 2020 Invictus Games and who christened the official Invictus Games Tulip in June 2021, and her son Prince Pieter-Christiaan.[6][7] Representatives of participating nations were also present.[6] King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands attended the closing ceremony on 22 April 2022.[8]

The Royal Dutch Mint was announced as the sponsor and designer of the medals and other special sporty issues for the games.[9]

The Games

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Participating countries

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The 18 participating countries of the 2018 Invictus Games were invited back, along with new invitations to Belgium and South Korea.[10]

Due to COVID measures, Jordan, Afghanistan and New Zealand could not attend.[11] The 17 participating countries were:

Another team titled "Unconquered" also participated in certain events consisting of competitors from multiple nations.

Sports

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There are 9 adaptive sports contested at the Games as well as the Land Rover Driving Challenge.[12]

Medalists

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Land Rover driving challenge

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team  France
Christophe Collot
Franck Poirot
 Romania
Mihai Ion Toma
Iulian Constantin Capatina
 Georgia
Murtazi Osepaishvili
Onise Jugeli

Archery

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Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Men's recurve Novice Stéphane Pretot
 France
Stuart Padley
 United Kingdom
Jean-François Lavergne
 Canada
Open Kim Kang-hun
 South Korea
Emil Florin Cojocaru
 Romania
Andrzej Skrajny
 Poland
Women's recurve Novice Sherry Louise McBain
 United Kingdom
Rose-Marie Maya
 France
Anna-Sofia Puzanova
 Ukraine
Team recurve Novice  Denmark
Uffe Christensen
Bubby Jacobsen
Jesper Smollerup
 Poland
Krzysztof Gozdzik
Rafal Lis
Waldemar Skoneczny
 Canada
Jean-François Lavergne
Christopher Moores
Wade Stach
Open  Romania
Iulian Constantin Capatina
Emil Florin Cojocaru
Eduard Vlad Romila
 Ukraine
Dmytro Afanasiev
Serhii Kalytiuk
Vasyl Stuzhenko
 United Kingdom
Anthony Booth
Chaze Melluish
Daniel O'Connor
Men's compound Open Marcel Neagu
 Romania
Brett Campfield
 United States
Douglas Godfrey, Jr.
 United States
Women's compound Open Tiffany Hudgins
 United States
Michelle Sanchez
 United States
Kristel van Dinter
 Netherlands
Team compound Open  United States
Brett Campfield
Richard Devericks
Douglas Godfrey, Jr.
 Romania
Florin Bolovan
Marcel Neagu
Mihai Ion Toma
 Italy
Massimo Addio
Giuseppe Erriquez
Andrea Preite

Athletics

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Men
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
100 m IT1 Kionte Storey
 United States
Aleksi Beruashvili
 Georgia
Ross Alewine
 United States
200 m Aleksi Beruashvili
 Georgia
Kionte Storey
 United States
Wolf Wolput
 Belgium
400 m Carlo Calcagni
 Italy
Sébastien Peyen
 France
Ross Alewine
 United States
1500 m Aleksi Beruashvili
 Georgia
Wolf Wolput
 Belgium
Oleksii Bobchynets
 Ukraine
100 m IT2 Marco Pisani
 Italy
not awarded not awarded
100 m IT3 David Malenfant
 Canada
Mattia Dal Pastro
 Italy
Seo Won-bae
 South Korea
200 m David Malenfant
 Canada
not awarded not awarded
400 m David Malenfant
 Canada
Garrett Powers
 Canada
not awarded
1500 m Mattia Dal Pastro
 Italy
David Malenfant
 Canada
Roberto Como
 Italy
100 m IT4 Patrick Levis
 Canada
Garrett Kuwada
 United States
Akhmed Safarov
 Georgia
200 m Patrick Levis
 Canada
Garrett Kuwada
 United States
Jai Cheon
 United States
400 m Patrick Levis
 Canada
Jai Cheon
 United States
Garrett Kuwada
 United States
1500 m Patrick Levis
 Canada
Garrett Kuwada
 United States
Jai Cheon
 United States
100 m IT5 Micheal Nicholson
 United States
Joel Rodriguez
 United States
not awarded
200 m Micheal Nicholson
 United States
Joel Rodriguez
 United States
not awarded
400 m Micheal Nicholson
 United States
Joel Rodriguez
 United States
not awarded
100 m IT6 Jacob Cox
 United States
Michael Murphy
 United States
not awarded
200 m Jacob Cox
 United States
Michael Murphy
 United States
not awarded
400 m Jacob Cox
 United States
Michael Murphy
 United States
not awarded
1500 m Michael Murphy
 United States
Jacob Cox
 United States
not awarded
100 m IT7 Andrew Holliday
 United States
Rafael Morfinenciso
 United States
Matthew Cable
 United States
200 m Andrew Holliday
 United States
Rafael Morfinenciso
 United States
Matthew Cable
 United States
400 m Fred Lewis
 United States
Rafael Morfinenciso
 United States
Jacob Anthony
 United States
1500 m Gérald Monnier
 France
Andrew Wilkinson
 Australia
Rafal Rutkowski
 Poland
100 m IT8 Mark Clougherty
 United Kingdom
Daniel Phillips
 United Kingdom
Joshua Smith
 United States
200 m Mark Clougherty
 United Kingdom
Joshua Smith
 United States
Daniel Phillips
 United Kingdom
400 m Mark Clougherty
 United Kingdom
Joshua Smith
 United States
Daniel Phillips
 United Kingdom
1500 m Joshua Smith
 United States
Daniel Phillips
 United Kingdom
Mark Clougherty
 United Kingdom
Long jump IJ5 Rafael Morfinenciso
 United States
Artem Lukashuk
 Ukraine
Ivan Heretsun
 Ukraine
Shot put IF1 Ross Alewine
 United States
Dandy Wilson
 United States
Imad al-Shuwaili
 Iraq
Discus throw Alexander Ulrich
 Germany
Nathan King
 Australia
Frederik De Keyzer
 Belgium
Shot put IF2 Rodion Sitdikov
 Ukraine
Yaseen Mahdi
 Iraq
Garrett Powers
 Canada
Discus throw Rene Hinrikus
 Estonia
Luca Locci
 Italy
not awarded
Shot put IF3 Jacob Cox
 United States
not awarded not awarded
Discus throw Hameed Hasan
 Iraq
not awarded not awarded
Shot put IF4 Robert Dominguez
 United States
Gabriel Ramon
 Australia
Matthew Cable
 United States
Discus throw Shane Bramley
 Australia
Dariusz Cegiełka
 Poland
Rafael Morfinenciso
 United States
Shot put IF5 Serhii Priadka
 Ukraine
Saif Lami
 Iraq
Kang Cha-soo
 South Korea
Discus throw Steven James
 Australia
Thomas Laronce
 France
Carlos Jimenez
 United States
Shot put IF6 Giuseppe Campoccio
 Italy
Rustum Rosul
 Ukraine
Wessam al-Kadhemy
 Iraq
Shot put IF7 Viktor Lehkodukh
 Ukraine
Austin Parker
 United States
Joel Rodriguez
 United States
Discus throw George Vera
 United States
not awarded not awarded
Shot put IF8 Shane Rossall
 United Kingdom
Valentin Ciolan Uță
 Romania
Charlie Dye
 United Kingdom
Discus throw Carnell Martin
 United States
Stephen French
 Australia
Joshua Smith
 United States
Women
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
100 m IT7 Emma Murfet
 Australia
Chunte Gonzalez
 United States
Heidi Dalhuisen
 Netherlands
200 m Lisa McCranie
 United States
Emma Murfet
 Australia
Chunte Gonzalez
 United States
400 m Jessica Garneau
 Canada
Lisa McCranie
 United States
Sally Renard
 United Kingdom
1500 m Sally Renard
 United Kingdom
Jessica Garneau
 Canada
Joanne Bradley
 Canada
Long jump IJ5 Vanessa Broughill
 Australia
Emma Murfet
 Australia
Angela Euson
 United States
Shot put IF1 Lisa Johnston
 United Kingdom
Sabreen al-Dawahi
 Iraq
not awarded
Discus throw IF2 Rachel Williamson
 United Kingdom
not awarded not awarded
Shot put IF4 Emma Murfet
 Australia
Angela Euson
 United States
Victoria Wales
 United Kingdom
Discus throw Chunte Gonzalez
 United States
Joyce van den Waardenburg
 Netherlands
Vanessa Broughill
 Australia
Shot put IF5 Beth Grauer
 United States
Hyoshin Cha
 United States
not awarded
Discus throw Beth King
 United States
not awarded not awarded
Discus throw IF 8 Lucy Holt
 United Kingdom
Kristen Morris
 United States
not awarded
Mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 100 m relay  United States
Kionte Storey
Andrew Holliday
Ross Alewine
Matthew Cable
 Canada
Rock Ferland
Garrett Powers
Jessica Garneau
David Malenfant
 Belgium
Patrice Lombet
Wolf Wolput
Thierry Dutrieux
Peter Caubergh

Indoor rowing

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Men
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint IR1 Micheal Nicholson
 United States
not awarded not awarded
Endurance Micheal Nicholson
 United States
not awarded not awarded
Sprint IR2 Nicolas Marfil
 France
Brent Garlic
 United States
Lenny Redrose
 Australia
Endurance Nicolas Marfil
 France
Viktor Lehkodukh
 Ukraine
Austin Parker
 United States
Sprint IR3 KC Higer
 United States
Franck Poirot
 France
Ihor Halushka
 Ukraine
Endurance Ihor Halushka
 Ukraine
KC Higer
 United States
Franck Poirot
 France
Sprint IR4 Peter Brown
 Australia
Shane Rossall
 United Kingdom
Patrick Levis
 Canada
Endurance James Saville
 Australia
Patrick Levis
 Canada
Peter Brown
 Australia
Sprint IR5 Ross Alewine
 United States
Peter Brown
 Australia
Dandy Alexander Wilson
 United States
Gregory Quarles
 United States
Ihor Bezkaravainyi
 Ukraine
Endurance Ross Alewine
 United States
Peter Brown
 Australia
Gregory Quarles
 United States
Sprint IR6 Matthew Model
 Australia
Matthew Cable
 United States
Phillip Fong, Jr.
 United States
Przemysław Kowalski
 Poland
Endurance Matthew Model
 Australia
Kasper Holm Henriksen
 Denmark
Matthew Cable
 United States
Women
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint IR3 Rachel Williamson
 United Kingdom
not awarded not awarded
Endurance Kerrie Tessier
 Australia
not awarded not awarded
Sprint IR5 Lucy Holt
 United Kingdom
Emilea Mysko
 Australia
Kelly Leonard
 United Kingdom
Endurance Lucy Holt
 United Kingdom
Emilea Mysko
 Australia
Beth King
 United States
Sprint IR6 Sarah Petchell
 Australia
Lisa McCranie
 United States
Victoria Ross
 United Kingdom
Endurance Victoria Ross
 United Kingdom
Katrin Tukkia
 Estonia
Sally Renard
 United Kingdom
Lisa McCranie
 United States

Powerlifting

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Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Men's lightweight IP4 Jacob Cox
 United States
James Stride
 United Kingdom
Antonio Auricchio
 Italy
Men's middleweight IP5 Jonathan Platt
 United Kingdom
Ameer al-Graishi
 Iraq
Falih al-Delfi
 Iraq
Men's heavyweight IP6 Gregory van Olm
 Canada
Gabriel Ramon
 Australia
Matthew Cable
 United States
Women's lightweight IP1 Taryn Barbara
 Australia
Hyoshin Cha
 United States
Emilea Mysko
 Australia
Women's middleweight IP2 Lisa McCranie
 United States
Angela Euson
 United States
Émilie Poulin
 Canada
Women's heavyweight IP3 Sarah Petchell
 Australia
Chunte Gonzalez
 United States
Joyce van den Waardenburg
 Netherlands

Road cycling

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Men
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Time trial IHB1 Austin Parker
 United States
Kim Jong-suk
 South Korea
Lenny Redrose
 Australia
Road race Lenny Redrose
 Australia
Austin Parker
 United States
Kim Jong-suk
 South Korea
Time trial IHB2 Janno Lepik
 Estonia
Kim Young-min
 South Korea
James Saville
 Australia
Road race Janno Lepik
 Estonia
Kim Young-min
 South Korea
James Saville
 Australia
Time trial IReB1 Carlo Calcagni
 Italy
Gregory Quarles
 United States
Joshua Smith
 United States
Road race Carlo Calcagni
 Italy
Gregory Quarles
 United States
Garrett Kuwada
 United States
Time trial IRB1 Na Hyeong-yoon
 South Korea
Raphaël Legros
 Belgium
Eric Estievenart
 Belgium
Road race Raphaël Legros
 Belgium
Na Hyeong-yoon
 South Korea
not awarded
Time trial IRB2 Francesco Mottola
 Italy
Peter Caubergh
 Belgium
Nicolas Melen
 France
Road race Nicolas Melen
 France
Peter Caubergh
 Belgium
Francesco Mottola
 Italy
Time trial IRB3 Gérald Monnier
 France
Kasper Holm Henriksen
 Denmark
James Rogers
 United Kingdom
Road race Gérald Monnier
 France
Ashley Muir
 Australia
Kasper Holm Henriksen
 Denmark
Time trial ITB1 Michael Murphy
 United States
Jacob Cox
 United States
not awarded
Road race Michael Murphy
 United States
Jacob Cox
 United States
not awarded
Women
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Time trial IHB2 Tisha Knickerbocker
 United States
Hyoshin Cha
 United States
not awarded
Road race Tisha Knickerbocker
 United States
Hyoshin Cha
 United States
not awarded
Time trial IReB1 Kerrie Tessier
 Australia
Beth King
 United States
Victoria Wales
 United Kingdom
Road race Kerrie Tessier
 Australia
Beth King
 United States
Victoria Wales
 United Kingdom
Time trial IRB2 Kristen Morris
 United States
Emilea Mysko
 United States
not awarded
Road race Kristen Morris
 United States
Emilea Mysko
 United States
not awarded
Time trial IRB3 Casey Turner
 United States
Vanessa Broughill
 Australia
Colleen Swifte
 Australia
Road race Casey Turner
 United States
Colleen Swifte
 Australia
Lisa McCranie
 United States

Swimming

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Men
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle ISA Micheal Nicholson
 United States
Austin Parker
 United States
not awarded
50 m backstroke Austin Parker
 United States
Micheal Nicholson
 United States
Rafal Konopka
 Poland
50 m breaststroke Micheal Nicholson
 United States
not awarded not awarded
50 m freestyle ISB Garrett Kuwada
 United States
Antonio Auricchio
 Italy
Ivan Lepekha
 Ukraine
100 m freestyle Garrett Kuwada
 United States
Antonio Auricchio
 Italy
Giuseppe Spatola
 Italy
50 m backstroke Andrii Badarak
 Ukraine
Benito Versluijs
 Netherlands
Garrett Kuwada
 United States
50 m breaststroke Ronald van Dort
 Netherlands
Garrett Kuwada
 United States
Andrii Badarak
 Ukraine
50 m freestyle ISC Isaiah Staley
 United States
Richard Gray
 United Kingdom
Roberto Como
 Italy
100 m freestyle Isaiah Staley
 United States
KC Higer
 United States
not awarded
50 m backstroke Isaiah Staley
 United States
not awarded not awarded
50 m breaststroke Isaiah Staley
 United States
A. al-Zahri
 Iraq
KC Higer
 United States
50 m freestyle ISD James Saville
 Australia
Peter Brown
 Australia
August O'Niell
 United States
100 m freestyle James Saville
 Australia
Peter Brown
 Australia
Andrew Blackburn
 United States
50 m backstroke Andrew Blackburn
 United States
August O'Niell
 United States
Nathan King
 Australia
50 m breaststroke August O'Niell
 United States
Michael Murphy
 United States
Andrew Blackburn
 United States
50 m freestyle ISE Gert van 't Oever
 Netherlands
Christopher O'Brien
 Australia
Sean Walsh
 United States
100 m freestyle Gert van 't Oever
 Netherlands
Christopher O'Brien
 Australia
Andrew Wilkinson
 Australia
50 m backstroke Christopher O'Brien
 Australia
Gert van 't Oever
 Netherlands
Benjamin McComb
 United Kingdom
50 m breaststroke Christopher O'Brien
 Australia
Gert van 't Oever
 Netherlands
Rafal Rutkowski
 Poland
Women
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle ISC Rachel Williamson
 United Kingdom
Kerrie Tessier
 Australia
not awarded
50 m backstroke Rachel Williamson
 United Kingdom
Kerrie Tessier
 Australia
not awarded
50 m breaststroke Rachel Williamson
 United Kingdom
Kerrie Tessier
 Australia
not awarded
50 m freestyle ISD Kristen Morris
 United States
Kelly Leonard
 United Kingdom
Lisa Johnston
 United Kingdom
100 m freestyle Kristen Morris
 United States
Rachel Williamson
 United Kingdom
Lisa Johnston
 United Kingdom
50 m backstroke Kristen Morris
 United States
Kelly Leonard
 United Kingdom
Lisa Johnston
 United Kingdom
50 m breaststroke Kristen Morris
 United States
Kelly Leonard
 United Kingdom
Lisa Johnston
 United Kingdom
50 m freestyle ISE Taryn Barbara
 Australia
Casey Turner
 United States
Angela Euson
 United States
100 m freestyle Taryn Barbara
 Australia
Casey Turner
 United States
Angela Euson
 United States
50 m backstroke Angela Euson
 United States
Taryn Barbara
 Australia
Casey Turner
 United States
50 m breaststroke Taryn Barbara
 Australia
Sally Renard
 United Kingdom
Emma Murfet
 Australia
Mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 50 m freestyle relay  Australia
Andrew Wilkinson
James Saville
Peter Brown
Christopher O'Brien
 United States
Sean Walsh
Robert Dominguez
August O'Niell
Ross Alewine
 United States
Brett Campfield
Daniel Clarke
Andrew Blackburn
Garrett Kuwada

Team sports

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sitting volleyball  Poland  Georgia  United States
Wheelchair basketball  United States  Netherlands  United Kingdom
Wheelchair rugby  United States  United Kingdom  Australia

Media and broadcast

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The games were documented in a Netflix documentary called Heart of Invictus.[13] Alex Jones and JJ Chalmers covered the event in a 6 episode nightly recap programme on BBC One from 17 to 22 April 2022.[14] On 8 April 2022, the British embassy in The Netherlands announced the podcast series Invictus Voices, which features interviews with the competitors.[15]

References

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