Germany at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

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Germany will compete at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which will take place between 6–15 March 2026.

IPC codeGER
NPCNational Paralympic Committee Germany
Websitewww.dbs-npc.de
Competitors40 (29 men and 11 women) in 5 sports
Quick facts Germany at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, IPC code ...
Germany at the
2026 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Germany
IPC codeGER
NPCNational Paralympic Committee Germany
Websitewww.dbs-npc.de
in Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
6 March 2026 (2026-03-06) – 15 March 2026 (2026-03-15)
Competitors40 (29 men and 11 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Anna-Lena Forster & Jörg Wedde
Flag bearers (closing)Andrea Rothfuss & Christian Schmiedt
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
2
Silver
6
Bronze
9
Total
17
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Further information: 2026 Winter Paralympics medal table and List of 2026 Winter Paralympics medal winners

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

More information Medals by sport, Sport ...
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Para alpine skiing 2 1 0 3
Para cross-country skiing 0 4 1 5
Para biathlon 0 1 8 9
Total 2 6 9 17
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More information Medals by date, Day ...
Medals by date
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Day 1 7 March 1 0 3 4
Day 2 8 March 0 1 2 3
Day 3 9 March 0 0 0 0
Day 4 10 March 0 3 0 3
Day 5 11 March 0 0 1 1
Day 6 12 March 1 0 0 1
Day 7 13 March 0 0 3 3
Day 8 14 March 0 1 0 1
Day 9 15 March 0 1 0 1
Total 2 6 9 17
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More information Medals by gender, Gender ...
Medals by gender
Gender 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Female 2 4 6 12
Male 0 1 3 4
Mixed 0 1 0 1
Total 2 6 9 17
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More information Multiple medalists, Name ...
Multiple medalists
Name Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Anna-Lena Forster Para alpine skiing 2 1 0 3
Linn Kazmaier Para cross-country skiing 0 2 0 2
Sebastian Marburger Para cross-country skiing 0 2 0 2
Marco Maier Para biathlon 0 1 3 4
Para cross-country skiing
Anja Wicker Para biathlon 0 2 2 4
Para cross-country skiing
Leonie Walter Para biathlon 0 0 3 3
Para cross-country skiing
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More information Medal, Name ...
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldAnna-Lena ForsterPara alpine skiingWomen's downhill, sitting7 March
 GoldAnna-Lena ForsterPara alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom, sitting12 March
 SilverAnja WickerPara biathlonWomen's individual, sitting8 March
 SilverAnna-Lena ForsterPara alpine skiingWomen's super combined, sitting10 March
 SilverSebastian MarburgerPara cross-country skiingMen's sprint classical, standing10 March
 SilverLinn Kazmaier
Guide: Florian Baumann [de]		Para cross-country skiingWomen's sprint classical, visually impaired10 March
 SilverTheo Bold
Guide: Jakob Bold
Sebastian Marburger
Linn Kazmaier
Guide: Florian Baumann [de]
Marco Maier		Para cross-country skiingOpen 4 × 2.5 kilometre relay14 March
 SilverAnja WickerPara cross-country skiingWomen's 20 kilometre, sitting15 March
 BronzeAnja WickerPara biathlonWomen's sprint, sitting7 March
 BronzeMarco MaierPara biathlonMen's sprint, standing7 March
 BronzeLeonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman		Para biathlonWomen's sprint, visually impaired7 March
 BronzeMarco MaierPara biathlonMen's individual, standing8 March
 BronzeJohanna Recktenwald
Guide: Emily Weiss		Para biathlonWomen's individual, visually impaired8 March
 BronzeLeonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman		Para cross-country skiingWomen's 10 kilometre classical, visually impaired11 March
 BronzeAnja WickerPara biathlonWomen's sprint pursuit, sitting13 March
 BronzeMarco MaierPara biathlonMen's sprint pursuit, standing13 March
 BronzeLeonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman		Para biathlonWomen's sprint pursuit, visually impaired13 March
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Competitors

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

More information Sport, Men ...
Sport Men Women Total
Para alpine skiing 347
Para biathlon 8715
Para cross-country skiing
Para ice hockey 17017
Para snowboard 101
Total291140
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Para alpine skiing

Main article: Para alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Germany qualified 6 athletes, 3 men and 3 women, for the para alpine skiing events.[1]

Men
More information Athlete, Class ...
Athlete Class Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Leon Gensert LW12-1 Giant slalom, sitting DNF
Slalom, sitting 59.32 19 DNF
Christoph Glötzner LW2 Giant slalom, standing DNF
Slalom, standing 49.46 9 45.47 8 1:34.93 7
Super combined, standing DNF
Alexander Rauen
Guide: Jeremias Wilke		 AS4 Super-G, visually impaired N/a 1:23.41 11
Giant slalom, visually impaired 1:14.23 12 1:16.08 10 2:30.31 11
Slalom, visually impaired 54.28 9 50.57 9 1:44.85 9
Super combined, visually impaired 1:27.12 11 48.16 7 2:15.28 11
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Women
More information Athlete, Class ...
Athlete Class Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anna-Lena Forster LW12-1 Downhill, sitting N/a 1:25.79 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Super-G, sitting N/a DNF
Giant slalom, sitting 1:15.12 1 1:15.52 1 2:30.64 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Slalom, sitting 44.60 4 43.52 1 1:28.12 4
Super combined, sitting 1:24.70 2 46.98 2 2:11.68 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Maya Fügenschuh [de]
Guide: Johanna Holzmann [de]		 AS3 Giant slalom, visually impaired 1:27.26 11 1:27.82 9 2:55.08 9
Slalom, visually impaired 51.15 10 51.97 10 1:43.12 10
Anna-Maria Rieder LW9-1 Super-G, standing N/a 1:24.28 11
Giant slalom, standing 1:15.28 7 1:16.68 5 2:31.96 7
Slalom, standing 45.45 7 44.87 4 1:30.32 6
Super combined, standing 1:28.60 12 47.35 2 2:15.95 11
Andrea Rothfuss LW6/8-2 Super-G, standing N/a 1:18.95 4
Giant slalom, standing 1:13.69 4 1:14.04 3 2:27.73 4
Slalom, standing 45.87 9 46.37 7 1:32.24 7
Super combined, standing 1:23.24 8 49.07 5 2:12.31 6
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Para biathlon

Main article: Para biathlon at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Germany qualified 14 athletes, 7 men and 7 women, for the para biathlon and para cross-country skiing events.[2]

Men
More information Athlete, Class ...
Athlete Class Event Qualification Final
Missed shots Time Rank Missed shots Time Rank
Theo Bold
Guide: Jakob Bold		 NS3 Sprint, visually impaired N/a 2 (0+2) 20:56.0 11
Alexander Ehler LW4 Individual, standing N/a 1 (0+0+0+1) 33:25.5 11
Sprint, standing N/a 0 (0+0) 18:47.2 9
Steffen Lehmker [de] LW6 Individual, standing N/a 2 (0+0+1+1) 35:14.2 13
Sprint, standing N/a 1 (1+0) 19:52.3 13
Sprint pursuit, standing 7 (2+5) 12:46.0 18 Q DNS
Marco Maier LW8 Individual, standing N/a 1 (0+0+1+0) 31:07.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sprint, standing N/a 0 (0+0) 17:42.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sprint pursuit, standing 0 (0+0) 9:53.5 1 Q 3 (2+1) 11:08.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nico Messinger
Guide: Robin Wunderle		 NS2 Individual, visually impaired N/a 5 (0+0+3+2) 37:54.8 8
Sprint, visually impaired N/a 4 (0+4) 21:51.9 13
Sprint pursuit, visually impaired 5 (1+4) 12:30.4 11 Q DNS
Lennart Volkert
Guide: Nils Kolb		 NS2 Individual, visually impaired N/a 7 (2+2+1+2) 39:46.6 10
Sprint, visually impaired N/a 1 (1+0) 20:23.5 8
Sprint pursuit, visually impaired 1 (0+1) 10:53.7 6 Q 1 (0+1) 12:51.5 4
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Women
More information Athlete, Class ...
Athlete Class Event Qualification Final
Missed shots Time Rank Missed shots Time Rank
Andrea Eskau LW11 Individual, sitting N/a DSQ
Sprint, sitting N/a 0 (0+0) 23:50.7 8
Sprint pursuit, sitting 1 (1+0) 10:45.3 4 Q 2 (2+0) 14:26.6 7
Linn Kazmaier
Guide: Florian Baumann [de] 		NS3 Individual, visually impaired N/a 1 (0+0+1+0) 41:36.2 6
Sprint, visually impaired N/a 0 (0+0) 22:58.3 7
Sprint pursuit, visually impaired 0 (0+0) 12:37.2 5 Q 1 (0+1) 14:56.4 6
Johanna Recktenwald
Guide: Emily Weiss		 NS2 Individual, visually impaired N/a 0 (0+0+0+0) 37:05.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sprint, visually impaired N/a 0 (0+0) 21:17.8 5
Sprint pursuit, visually impaired 1 (0+1) 12:40.8 6 Q 1 (0+1) 14:44.0 5
Leonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman		 NS2 Individual, visually impaired N/a 2 (0+0+1+1) 38:55.4 5
Sprint, visually impaired N/a 0 (0+0) 20:32.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sprint pursuit, visually impaired 1 (0+1) 12:18.8 3 Q 1 (0+1) 13:59.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Anja Wicker LW10 Individual, sitting N/a 1 (1+0+0+0) 38:12.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sprint, sitting N/a 2 (1+1) 22:32.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sprint pursuit, sitting 4 (4+0) 10:45.3 4 Q 0 (0+0) 12:39.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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Para cross-country skiing

Main article: Para cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
Men
More information Athlete, Class ...
Athlete Class Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Theo Bold
Guide: Jakob Bold (sprint)
Guide: Adrian Schuler (10 km classical)		 NS3 Sprint classical, visually impaired 2:31.15 5 Q 2:30.2 3 Did not advance
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a 31:41.6 8
Alexander Ehler LW4 Sprint classical, standing 2:44.84 17 Did not advance
Marco Maier LW8 20 km freestyle, standing N/a 44:28.6 7
Sebastian Marburger LW2 Sprint classical, standing 2:18.78 1 Q 2:50.7 2 Q 2:38.1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
10 km classical, standing N/a DNF
Lennart Volkert
Guide: Nils Kolb		 NS2 20 km freestyle, visually impaired N/a 43:30.1 4
Maximilian Weidner LW8 Sprint classical, standing 2:53.82 25 Did not advance
10 km classical, standing N/a 33:14.4 11
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Women
More information Athlete, Class ...
Athlete Class Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrea Eskau LW11 Sprint, sitting 2:45.47 7 Q 3:15.4 3 Q 3:19.8 4
10 km, sitting N/a 29:46.3 10
Linn Kazmaier
Guide: Florian Baumann [de] 		NS3 Sprint classical, visually impaired 3:03.79 3 Q 3:29.4 2 Q 3:25.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a 37:53.7 5
20 km freestyle, visually impaired N/a 54:12.2 5
Kathrin Marchand LW9 Sprint classical, standing 2:54.93 3 Q 3:44.2 2 Q 3:42.1 4
10 km classical, standing N/a DNF
20 km freestyle, standing N/a 57:32.8 10
Merle Menje LW11 Sprint, sitting 2:55.83 15 Did not advance
Leonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman		 NS2 Sprint classical, visually impaired 3:06.15 4 Q 3:21.2 1 Q RAL 4
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a 35:30.8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Anja Wicker LW10 Sprint, sitting 2:37.91 4 Q 3:12.5 2 Q 3:24.7 6
10 km, sitting N/a 27:29.1 4
20 km, sitting N/a 59:17.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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Relay
More information Athletes, Event ...
Athletes Event Time Rank
Nico Messinger
Guide: Robin Wunderle
Anja Wicker
Leonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman
Lennart Volkert
Guide: Nils Kolb		 4 × 2.5km mixed relay 24:10.4 4
Theo Bold
Guide: Jakob Bold
Sebastian Marburger
Linn Kazmaier
Guide: Florian Baumann
Marco Maier		 4 × 2.5km open relay 21:59.8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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Para ice hockey

Main article: Para ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Germany qualified a para ice hockey team by virtue of finishing in the top 5 of the 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Buffalo, United States.[3]

Summary

Key:

More information Team, Event ...
Team Event Group stage Semifinal / Cl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Germany Mixed tournament  China
L 0–12		  United States
L 0–13		  Italy
L 1–2		 4  Slovakia
W 4–3 (OT)		  Italy
L 2–5		 6
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Roster

Head coach: Peter Willmann

  • Steven Betz [de]
  • Malte Brelage [de]
  • Jano Bußmann [de]
  • Sebastian Disveld
  • Bernhard Hering
  • Christian Jaster
  • Ingo Kuhli-Lauenstein
  • Simon Kunst
  • Marcel Malchin
  • Veit Mühlhans
  • Christian Pilz
  • Hugo Rädler
  • Leopold Reimann [de]
  • Frank Rennhack [de]
  • Felix Schrader [de]
  • Sven Stumpe
  • Jörg Wedde
Group play
More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 34 2 +32 9 Semifinals
2  China 3 2 0 0 1 24 8 +16 6
3  Italy (H) 3 1 0 0 2 4 26 −22 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Germany 3 0 0 0 3 1 27 −26 0
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Source: Milano Cortina 2026
(H) Host
7 March 2026
13:35		China 12–0
(5–0, 3–0, 4–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,787
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Ji YanzhaoGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Canada Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
United States Brendan Lewis
Italy Alexander Wiest
Wang Z. (Shen, Zhu) – 06:161–0
Wang Z. (Shen, Lyu) – 08:442–0
Qiu (Wang Z., Zhu) (PP) – 12:423–0
Tian (Wang J.) – 12:544–0
Tian (Li, Lyu) – 14:325–0
Qiu (Shen, Wang Z.) – 20:346–0
Qiu (PP) – 28:347–0
Chen (Lyu, Wang J.) – 29:398–0
Tian (Song) – 32:569–0
Liu (Shen, Zhu) – 33:3010–0
Liu (Zhu, Li) – 34:4611–0
Li (Song, Lyu) – 35:4012–0
6 minPenalties6 min
36Shots5
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9 March 2026
17:05		Germany 0–13
(0–6, 0–5, 0–2)		 United StatesPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 1,284
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Veit MühlhansGoaliesGriffin LaMarreReferee:
Canada Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Sweden Tony Rundström
Italy Alexander Wiest
0–100:58 – Farmer (Roybal)
0–202:52 – Farmer (Jones, Grove)
0–306:31 – Farmer (Pauls, Grove)
0–407:02 – Eustace (Dodson, Wallace)
0–509:44 – Eustace (Wallace, Utkhe) (PP)
0–614:32 – Beasley (Jones, Nichols)
0–718:10 – Bolton (Farmer, Wallace)
0–818:29 – Wallace (Farmer, Utkhe)
0–919:21 – Eustace
0–1021:20 – Farmer (Roybal, Bolton)
0–1121:42 – Bolton (Farmer, Wallace)
0–1232:44 – Beasley (Nichols)
0–1338:10 – Wallace
2 minPenalties2 min
1Shots41
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10 March 2026
10:05		Italy 2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 4,873
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Julian KasslatterGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Italy Alexander Wiest
0–102:40 – Bußmann (Kuhli-Lauenstein, Stumpe)
Larch (Rosa, Landeros) (PP) – 11:551–1
Landeros (Kalegaris, Macri) – 18:312–1
4 minPenalties8 min
24Shots12
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5–8th place semifinal
12 March 2026
14:35		Slovakia 3–4 OT
(1–2, 2–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,376
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Eduard LepáčekGoaliesVeit MühlhansReferee:
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
United States Brendan Lewis
Italy Alexander Wiest
0–101:20 – Schrader (Stumpe)
0–208:07 – Schrader
Ferenčík (Joppa, Ligda) – 12:021–2
Večerek – 15:382–2
Joppa (Korman, Ligda) – 28:563–2
3–341:11 – Schrader (Brelage, Disveld)
3–451:04 – Schrader
0 minPenalties18 min
25Shots14
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Fifth place game
14 March 2026
16:05		Italy 5–2
(0–1, 2–1, 3–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 6,495
More information Game reference ...
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Santino StillitanoGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Canada Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekas
Norway Marius Hermansen Oswold
0–109:09 – Hering (Schrader, Rädler) (PP)
Landeros (Enderle, Rosa) – 17:541–1
1–221:08 – Hering
Depaoli (Rosa) (PP) – 26:562–2
Landeros (Depaoli, Rosa) – 37:053–2
Rosa (Macri, Kalegaris) – 38:054–2
Rosa (Larch, Macri) – 42:535–2
18 minPenalties24 min
25Shots11
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Para snowboard

Main article: Para snowboard at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Germany qualified one male athlete for the para snowboard events.[4]

Banked slalom
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Christian Schmiedt Men's banked slalom, SB-LL1 1:07.43 1:07.79 1:07.43 10
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Snowboard cross
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Rank
Christian Schmiedt Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL1 56.15 9 3 Did not advance
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