2020 Invictus Games

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
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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

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

Participating countries

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

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

  • Archery
  • Athletics
  • Indoor rowing
  • Powerlifting
  • Road cycling
  • Sitting volleyball
  • Swimming
  • Wheelchair basketball
  • Wheelchair rugby
  • Land Rover Driving Challenge

Medalists

Land Rover driving challenge

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

Archery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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