Lithuania, following its independence from the Soviet Union, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, with a delegation of four athletes in track and field. This first delegation was notably successful, with all four athletes winning at least one medal, and female runner Sigita KriauÃÂià «nienàsweeping up four medals (three silver and a bronze). KriauÃÂià «nienàwas also part of Lithuania's two person delegation for its first participation in the Winter Paralympics, in 1994. Lithuania has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but had not returned to the Winter Games after 1994 until 2026.
Lithuanians have won a total of thirty-seven Paralympic medals (of which six gold, twelve silver and nineteen bronze), making it the most successful of the Baltic states. All these medals have been won at the Summer Games. Most of them have been won in track and field, but Lithuanians have also had some success in other sports. Jonas Stoà ¡kus has twice won bronze in judo (in 1996 and 2004), while KÃÂstutis SkuÃÂas won a silver medal in swimming in 2004, and the Lithuanian men's goalball team won silver in both 2000 and 2008.