Greece at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Greece first joined Paralympic competition at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, and made their Winter Paralympics debut at the 2002 Winter Paralympics. They have participated in every Summer Paralympics since, and missed the Winter Paralympics only once, in 2006. This made Sochi their third appearance at a Winter Paralympics.^[1] While Greece have won over 90 medals at Summer Paralympics, they have never won one in Winter Paralympics competition.^[1] The 2014 Winter Paralympics were held from 7–16 March 2014, in Sochi, Russia; 45 countries and 547 athletes took part in the multi-sport event.^[2] Efthymios Kalaras was the only athlete sent by Greece to Sochi.^[3] He was chosen as the Greek flag-bearer for the parade of nations during the opening ceremony,^[4] and the closing ceremony.^[5]

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories: amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, though there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; and Les Autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, like dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.^[6][7] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Events with "B" in the code are for athletes with visual impairment, codes LW1 to LW9 are for athletes who stand to compete and LW10 to LW12 are for athletes who compete sitting down.^[8] Alpine skiing events grouped athletes into separate competitions for sitting, standing and visually impaired athletes.^[9]