The Unified Team

Unified Team

The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée...

at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

1992 Summer Paralympics

The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Sports :The games consisted of 487 events spread over fifteen sports. Powerlifting and weightlifting were considered to be a single sport...

in Barcelona, Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 republics. It competed under the IOC country code EUN (from the French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 Equipe Unifiée).

Members

Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

Unlike the Olympic team, Georgia did not compete in the Paralympics whatsoever. Estonia

Estonia at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Estonia participated in the IX. Summer Paralympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Estonian flag bearer at the opening ceremony was Nadežda Maksimova.Estonia entered 6 athletes in the following sports:*Athletics: 2 female and 1 male*Swimming: 2 female and 1 male...

, Latvia

Latvia at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Latvia participated in the IX Summer Paralympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.-External links:**...

, and Lithuania

Lithuania at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Lithuania competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain.- Medalists :...

 competed separately.

Archery

The Unified Team entered four of it's sixty two competitors, three men and one woman. The woman, Tatiana Grishko, won the gold medal in the Women's Individual Open. She came fourth in the qualification round with 1073 points. In the semi-final she beat Birthe Morgenson 78 points to 71. In the final she beat Siv Thulin 87 points to 77.