Ukraine at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Ukraine at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Ukraine
IPC code	UKR
NPC	National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine
Website	www.paralympic.org.ua
in Beijing, China 4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) – 13 March 2022 (2022-03-13)
Competitors	20 (and 9 sighted guides) (12 men and 8 women) in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Maksym Yarovyi
Flag bearer (closing)	Vitaliy Lukyanenko[1]
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 11 Silver 10 Bronze 8 Total 29
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Ukraine competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.^[2][3] In total, 20 athletes competed in two sports.^[4][5] Ukraine finished in second place in the medal table which was their best result at the Winter Paralympics since 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] On 2 March 2022, Parsons confirmed that travel plans were made and that the team would compete at the Games.^[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]

The following Ukrainian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Dmytro Suiarko Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych Grygorii Vovchynskyi Vasyl Kravchuk Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn Cross-country skiing Open 4 × 2.5 kilometre relay 13 March  Gold Oleksandra Kononova Cross-country skiing Women's 10km, standing 12 March  Gold Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Andriy Marchenko Biathlon Women's 12.5 kilometers, visually impaired 11 March  Gold Oleksandr Kazik Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi Biathlon Men's 12.5 kilometers, visually impaired 11 March  Gold Liudmyla Liashenko Biathlon Women's 12.5 kilometers, standing 11 March  Gold Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Borys Babar Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres, visually impaired 8 March  Gold Iryna Bui Biathlon Women's 10 kilometres, standing 8 March  Gold Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Andriy Marchenko Cross-country skiing Women's 15 kilometre classical, visually impaired 7 March  Gold Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Andriy Marchenko Biathlon Women's 6 kilometres, visually impaired 5 March  Gold Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Borys Babar Biathlon Men's 6 kilometres, visually impaired 5 March  Gold Grygorii Vovchynskyi Biathlon Men's 6 kilometres, standing 5 March  Silver Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Borys Babar Biathlon Men's 12.5 kilometers, visually impaired 11 March  Silver Taras Rad Biathlon Men's 12.5 kilometers, sitting 11 March  Silver Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Andriy Marchenko Cross-country skiing Women's sprint, visually impaired 9 March  Silver Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres, visually impaired 8 March  Silver Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Andriy Marchenko Biathlon Women's 10 kilometres, visually impaired 8 March  Silver Grygorii Vovchynskyi Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres, standing 8 March  Silver Oleksandra Kononova Biathlon Women's 10 kilometres, standing 8 March  Silver Liudmyla Liashenko Biathlon Women's 6 kilometres, standing 5 March  Silver Oleksandr Kazik Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi Biathlon Men's 6 kilometres, visually impaired 5 March  Silver Taras Rad Biathlon Men's 6 kilometres, sitting 5 March  Bronze Iryna Bui Cross-country skiing Women's 10km, standing 12 March  Bronze Dmytro Suiarko Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych Cross-country skiing Men's 12.5km, visually impaired 12 March  Bronze Grygorii Vovchynskyi Biathlon Men's 12.5 kilometers, standing 11 March  Bronze Grygorii Vovchynskyi Cross-country skiing Men's sprint, standing 9 March  Bronze Dmytro Suiarko Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres, visually impaired 8 March  Bronze Liudmyla Liashenko Biathlon Women's 10 kilometres, standing 8 March  Bronze Taras Rad Biathlon Men's 10 kilometres, sitting 8 March  Bronze Dmytro Suiarko Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych Biathlon Men's 6 kilometres, visually impaired 5 March

Medals by sport Sport Total Biathlon 8 9 5 22 Cross-country skiing 3 1 3 7 Total 11 10 8 29 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

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

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]

Ukraine competed in cross-country skiing.^[11]

• Ukraine at the Paralympics
• Ukraine at the 2022 Winter Olympics