Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Sporting event delegation
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 18 March 2018. They were known by the shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes.
| Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | GBR |
| NPC | British Paralympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9-18 March 2018 | |
| Competitors | 17 in 5 sports |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Medallists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Menna Fitzpatrick Guide: Jennifer Kehoe |
Alpine skiing | Women's slalom, vision impaired | 17 March |
 Silver |
Millie Knight Guide: Brett Wild |
Alpine skiing | Women's downhill, vision impaired | 10 March |
| Silver |
Millie Knight Guide: Brett Wild |
Alpine skiing | Women's super-G, vision impaired | 11 March |
| Silver |
Menna Fitzpatrick Guide: Jennifer Kehoe |
Alpine skiing | Women's super combined, vision impaired | 13 March |
| Silver |
Menna Fitzpatrick Guide: Jennifer Kehoe |
Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom, vision impaired | 14 March |
 Bronze |
Menna Fitzpatrick Guide: Jennifer Kehoe |
Alpine skiing | Women's super-G, vision impaired | 11 March |
| Bronze |
Millie Knight Guide: Brett Wild |
Alpine skiing | Women's slalom, vision impaired | 17 March |
Medal and performance targets
Competitors
Great Britain sent a total of 17 athletes to the games. This was the most sent by the British team since 2006.[2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Biathlon | 1* | 0 | 1* |
| Cross-country skiing | 1* | 0 | 1* |
| Snowboarding | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Wheelchair curling | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 17 |
- Scott Meenagh was selected to compete in both the biathlon and cross-country skiing competitions.
Alpine skiing
- Women
| Athlete | Classification | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final/Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | |||
| Kelly Gallagher Guide: Gary Smith |
Visually impaired | Giant slalom | 1:17.33 | +6.50 | 5 | 1:15.46 | +3.29 | 4 | 2:32.79 | +9.79 | 5 |
| Slalom | 57.35 | +3.77 | 6 | 1:01.22 | +2.89 | 6 | 1:58.57 | +6.77 | 6 | ||
| Super-G | N/a | 1:39.75 | +9.58 | 8 | |||||||
| Super combined | 1:37.59 | +7.75 | 7 | 1:00.49 | +5.17 | 6 | 2:38.08 | +10.36 | 7 | ||
| Menna Fitzpatrick Guide: Jennifer Kehoe |
Visually impaired | Downhill | N/a | DNF | |||||||
| Giant slalom | 1:14.45 | +3.62 | 2 | 1:13.89 | +1.72 | 3 | 2:28.34 | +5.34 | | ||
| Slalom | 54.24 | +0.66 | 2 | 57.56 | - | 1 | 1:51.80 | - | | ||
| Super-G | N/a | 1:34.54 | +4.37 | | |||||||
| Super combined | 1:31.49 | +1.65 | 2 | 57.51 | 2 | +2.19 | 2:29.00 | +1.28 | | ||
| Millie Knight Guide: Brett Wild |
Visually impaired | Downhill | N/a | 1:30.58 | +0.86 | | |||||
| Giant slalom | 1:17.97 | +7.14 | 6 | 1:16.55 | +4.38 | 7 | 2:34.52 | +11.52 | 7 | ||
| Slalom | 54.28 | +0.70 | 3 | 59.11 | +1.55 | 4 | 1:53.39 | +1.59 | | ||
| Super-G | N/a | 1:33.76 | +3.59 | | |||||||
| Super combined | 1:33.63 | +3.79 | 3 | 58.10 | +2.78 | 5 | 2:31.73 | +4.01 | 4 | ||
- Men
| Athlete | Classification | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final/Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | |||
| Chris Lloyd | Standing | Downhill | N/a | 1:34.00 | +8.55 | 20 | |||||
| Super-G | N/a | 1:34.43 | +9.60 | 25 | |||||||
| James Whitley | Standing | Downhill | N/a | 1:29.85 | +4.40 | 10 | |||||
| Giant slalom | 1:09.91 | +4.11 | =11 | 1:10.00 | +4.56 | 12 | 2:19.81 | +7.34 | 11 | ||
| Slalom | 52.61 | +4.10 | 11 | 51.80 | +4.38 | 6 | 1:44.41 | +8.30 | 10 | ||
| Super-G | N/a | 1:32.96 | +8.13 | 22 | |||||||
| Super combined | 1:30.21 | +5.31 | 13 | 50.07 | +5.13 | 10 | 2:20.28 | +9.72 | 11 | ||
Biathlon
- Men
| Athlete | Classification | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Meenagh | Sitting | 7.5 km | 27:28.1 | 18 |
| 12.5 km | 54:52.9 | 13 | ||
| 15 km | 58:58.1 | 14 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Classification | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Scott Meenagh | Sitting | 1.1 km sprint | 3:17.72 | 16 | did not advance | |||
| 7.5 km | N/a | 25:17.5 | 14 | |||||
| 15 km | N/a | 46:07.4 | 17 | |||||
Snowboarding
- Slalom
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| James Barnes-Miller | Men's banked slalom SB-UL | 58.23 | 9 | 57.00 | 10 | 1:08.17 | 20 | 57.00 | +6.23 | =10 |
| Ben Moore | 56.79 | 5 | 54.33 | 5 | DSQ | 54.33 | +3.56 | 7 | ||
| Owen Pick | Men's banked slalom SB-LL2 | 52.81 | 7 | DSQ | 53.26 | 9 | 52.81 | +4.13 | 9 | |
- Snowboard cross
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 | Race 2 | Seed | |||||||||
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opponent Result |
Opponent Result |
Opponent Result |
Opponent Result |
Rank | |||
| James Barnes-Miller | Men's snowboard cross SB-UL | 1:03.11 | 5 | 1:06.56 | 14 | 6 |  Jiang (CHN)W |
 Patmore (AUS)L |
did not advance | 7 | |
| Ben Moore | 1:04.80 | 9 | 1:04.47 | 7 | 8 |  Priolo (ITA)L |
did not advance | 10 | |||
| Owen Pick | Men's snowboard cross SB-LL2 | 1:00.11 | 6 | 59.32 | 2 | 5 |  Codina (ARG)L |
did not advance | 9 | ||
Wheelchair curling
- Summary
| Team | Event | Group stage | Tiebreaker | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rank | Opposition Score |
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Rank | ||
| Aileen Neilson Hugh Nibloe Gregor Ewan Robert McPherson Angie Malone |
Mixed |  NORW 5–2 |
 SUIL 4–7 |
 FINW 9–2 |
 SWEW 6–1 |
 CANW 8–1 |
 SVKL 5–6 |
 NPAL 2–8 |
 GERW 8–3 |
 USAL 3–9 |
 KORL 4–5 |
CHN L 3–9 |
7 | did not advance | |||
Round Robin
- Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Ends Won | Ends Lost | Blank Ends | Stolen Ends | Shot % | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea |
11 | 9 | 2 | 65 | 51 | 14 | 0.818 | 38 | 36 | 9 | 11 | 66% | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Canada |
11 | 9 | 2 | 74 | 45 | 29 | 0.818 | 47 | 28 | 6 | 27 | 62% | |
| 3 | China |
11 | 9 | 2 | 85 | 42 | 43 | 0.818 | 43 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 67% | |
| 4 | Norway |
11 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 0.636 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 15 | 58% | |
| 5 | Neutral Paralympic Athletes |
11 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 63 | −2 | 0.455 | 44 | 37 | 2 | 23 | 62% | |
| 6 |  Switzerland |
11 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 63 | −7 | 0.455 | 36 | 45 | 2 | 11 | 61% | |
| 7 |  Great Britain |
11 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 53 | 4 | 0.455 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 20 | 62% | |
| 8 | Germany |
11 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 0.455 | 37 | 39 | 5 | 16 | 54% | |
| 9 | Slovakia |
11 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 0.364 | 39 | 46 | 1 | 11 | 57% | |
| 10 | Sweden |
11 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 66 | −19 | 0.364 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 8 | 57% | |
| 11 | Finland |
11 | 2 | 9 | 53 | 87 | −34 | 0.182 | 35 | 46 | 1 | 11 | 51% | |
| 12 | United States |
11 | 2 | 9 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 0.182 | 37 | 45 | 3 | 12 | 60% |
Source: Paralympic.org
- Results
Great Britain had a bye in draws 2, 4, 6, 9, 14 and 16.
- Draw 1
Saturday, 10 March, 14:35
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) 🔨 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Great Britain (Neilson) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
- Draw 3
Sunday, 11 March, 9:35
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Great Britain (Neilson) 🔨 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
- Draw 5
Sunday, 11 March, 19:35
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Great Britain (Neilson) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Finland (S. Karjalainen) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
- Draw 7
Monday, 12 March, 14:35
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Petersson Dahl) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 |
| Great Britain (Neilson) 🔨 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
- Draw 8
Monday, 12 March, 19:35
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Great Britain (Neilson) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Canada (Ideson) 🔨 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |
- Draw 10
Tuesday, 13 March, 14:35
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Great Britain (Neilson) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
- Draw 11
Tuesday, 13 March, 19:35
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Neutral Paralympic Athletes (Kurokhtin) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Great Britain (Neilson) 🔨 |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
- Draw 12
Wednesday, 14 March, 9:35
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Putzich) 🔨 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Great Britain (Neilson) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 8 |
- Draw 13
Wednesday, 14 March, 14:35
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Great Britain (Neilson) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| United States (Black) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 9 |
- Draw 15
Thursday, 15 March, 9:35
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Great Britain (Neilson) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| South Korea (Seo) 🔨 |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
- Draw 17
Thursday, 15 March, 19:35
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 9 |
| Great Britain (Neilson) 🔨 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |