Sporting event delegation
Ukraine competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing , China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.[2] [3] [4] [5] competing under the Ukrainian flag at the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan.[6]
On 24 February 2022, on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine , the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons described transporting the Ukrainian team to Beijing as being an enormous challenge.[2] [7] [4] [5]
Ukrainian athletes won a total of seven medals (including three gold) on the first day of competition, momentarily grabbing the first place in the medal standings.[8]
Medalists
The following Ukrainian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded .
Medal
Name
Sport
Event
Date
Dmytro Suiarko Guide : Oleksandr NikonovychGrygorii Vovchynskyi Vasyl Kravchuk Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide : Oleksandr MukshynCross-country skiing Open 4 × 2.5 kilometre relay 13 March
Oleksandra Kononova Cross-country skiing Women's 10km, standing 12 March
Oksana Shyshkova Guide : Andriy MarchenkoBiathlon Women's 12.5 kilometers, visually impaired 11 March
Oleksandr Kazik Guide : Serhii KucheriavyiBiathlon Men's 12.5 kilometers, visually impaired 11 March
Liudmyla Liashenko Biathlon Women's 12.5 kilometers, standing 11 March
Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide : Borys BabarBiathlon Men's 10 kilometres, visually impaired 8 March
Iryna Bui Biathlon Women's 10 kilometres, standing 8 March
Oksana Shyshkova Guide : Andriy MarchenkoCross-country skiing Women's 15 kilometre classical, visually impaired 7 March
Oksana Shyshkova Guide : Andriy MarchenkoBiathlon Women's 6 kilometres, visually impaired 5 March
Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide : Borys BabarBiathlon Men's 6 kilometres, visually impaired 5 March
Grygorii Vovchynskyi Biathlon Men's 6 kilometres, standing 5 March
Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide : Borys BabarBiathlon Men's 12.5 kilometers, visually impaired 11 March
Taras Rad Biathlon Men's 12.5 kilometers, sitting 11 March
Oksana Shyshkova Guide : Andriy MarchenkoCross-country skiing Women's sprint, visually impaired 9 March
Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide : Oleksandr MukshynBiathlon Men's 10 kilometres, visually impaired 8 March
Oksana Shyshkova Guide : Andriy MarchenkoBiathlon Women's 10 kilometres, visually impaired 8 March
Grygorii Vovchynskyi Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres, standing 8 March
Oleksandra Kononova Biathlon Women's 10 kilometres, standing 8 March
Liudmyla Liashenko Biathlon Women's 6 kilometres, standing 5 March
Oleksandr Kazik Guide : Serhii KucheriavyiBiathlon Men's 6 kilometres, visually impaired 5 March
Taras Rad Biathlon Men's 6 kilometres, sitting 5 March
Iryna Bui Cross-country skiing Women's 10km, standing 12 March
Dmytro Suiarko Guide : Oleksandr NikonovychCross-country skiing Men's 12.5km, visually impaired 12 March
Grygorii Vovchynskyi Biathlon Men's 12.5 kilometers, standing 11 March
Grygorii Vovchynskyi Cross-country skiing Men's sprint, standing 9 March
Dmytro Suiarko Guide : Oleksandr NikonovychBiathlon Men's 10 kilometres, visually impaired 8 March
Liudmyla Liashenko Biathlon Women's 10 kilometres, standing 8 March
Taras Rad Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres, sitting 8 March
Dmytro Suiarko Guide : Oleksandr NikonovychBiathlon Men's 6 kilometres, visually impaired 5 March
Medals by gender
Gender
Total
Male
4
6
1
16
Female
6
4
2
12
Mixed
1
0
0
1
Total
11
10
8
29
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Biathlon
Ukraine competed in biathlon.[9]
Anastasiia Laletina did not compete in the middle-distance race after her father was captured by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10]
Cross-country skiing
Ukraine competed in cross-country skiing.[11]
Soviet Union (1988)
Unified Team (1992)
