Norway at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Norway") that competed in the 2018 Games.

Team Norway

Name	Sport	Gender	Classification	Club	Events	ref
Johannes Birkelund	para-Nordic skiing	male		Oppegård IL	cross country skiing	[1]
Eirik Bye	para-Nordic skiing	male		Oppegård IL		[1]
Rikke Iversen	wheelchair curling	male		Halden Curling Club	mixed team	[1]
Trygve Toskedal Larsen	para-Nordic skiing	male		Avaldsnes IL/Trysilgutten IL		[1]
Rune Lorentsen	wheelchair curling	male		Halden Curling Club	mixed team	[1]
Sissel Løchen	wheelchair curling			Stavanger Curlingklubb	mixed team	[1]
Kristian Moen	para-snowboarding			Funkis Snowboardklubb		[1]
Arvid Nelson	para-Nordic skiing	male	guide skier	Svarstad IL	cross country skiing	[1]
Vilde Nilsen	para-Nordic skiing	female		Kvaløysletta Skilag/Tromsø SSL	cross country skiing	[1]
Håkon Grønsveen Olsrud	para-Nordic skiing	male		Nordbygda/Løten Ski	cross country skiing	[1]
Jesper Saltvik Pedersen	para-alpine skiing	male		Plogen Skiklubb		[1]
Birgit Skarstein	para-Nordic skiing	female		Frol IL	cross country skiing	[1][2]
Jostein Stordahl	wheelchair curling	male		Halden Curling Club	mixed team	[1]
Ole Fredrik Syversen	wheelchair curling	male		Halden Curling Club	mixed team	[1]
Nils-Erik Ulset	para-Nordic skiing	male		Tingvoll IL		[1]

Owe Lüthcke is a sledge hockey referee. The Norwegian went to Pyeongchang to referee matches. He was part of the official Norwegian delegation.^[3]

For the 2018 Winter Paralympics, Nord-Trøndelag County Council has some goals. These included getting more people to compete in disability sports. They also wanted to increase the level of accessibility to sports buildings and sports field in Nord-Trøndelag County and the rest of Norway.^[4]

In December 2017, Norway said it would not send any anti-doping officials to the Winter Olympics or Paralympics. They are tired of needing to use unpaid volunteers. They think anti-doping officials need to be paid.^[5] Anti-doping Norway chief executive Anders Solheim said, "If you sell TV rights for this arrangement for billions of dollars, then we think it's wrong that we pay for Norwegian doping controllers to help with the controls. An inspector should receive a reasonable salary and his trip paid for the three weeks he or she will be there. By not paying doping controllers, the organisers are de facto relying on volunteers. Anti-doping work should not be a voluntary profession for those who want to. It is downplaying the priority of our work, and we are tired of it."^[5]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jesper Pedersen	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom, sitting	14 March
Silver	Vilde Nilsen	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint classical, standing	14 March
Silver	Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen Rikke Iversen	Wheelchair curling	Mixed team	17 March
Silver	Nils-Erik Ulset Håkon Olsrud Eirik Bye Guide: Arvid Nelson	Cross-country skiing	4 × 2.5 km open relay	18 March
Bronze	Håkon Olsrud	Cross-country skiing	Men's 20 km free, standing	12 March
Bronze	Jesper Pedersen	Alpine skiing	Men's super combined, sitting	13 March
Bronze	Eirik Bye Guide: Arvid Nelson	Cross-country skiing	Men's sprint classical, visually impaired	14 March
Bronze	Nils-Erik Ulset	Biathlon	Men's 15 km, standing	16 March

Birgit Skarstein competed in two sports: adapted rowing and para-Nordic skiing. She won a gold medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in the PR1 W1x. Skarstein also went to the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and she finished fourth. Skarstein has also went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics, competing in para-Nordic skiing.^[6]

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Summary

Team	Group stage				Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Norway mixed	Italy L 2–3 GWS	Canada L 0–8	Sweden W 3–1	3	Japan W 6–1	Czech Republic W 5–2	5

Norway qualified by finishing in the top four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships.^[7][8] Norway played in a tournament in January in Japan. They lost to the Paralympic Games host nation South Korea 0 - 5 in the gold medal game.^[9] Norway lost to Italy 4 - 3 in overtime at a tournament in Turin in January 2018.^[9]

Lena Schrøder is the only woman to compete in sledge hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. While the sport allows both men and women to compete against each other, this rarely happens at the Paralympic level.^[9]

Norway roster

Name	Position	Number	Club	ref
Torstein Aanekre	forward	34	Mjøsa Pikes	[1]
Thommas Avdal	defenseman	24	VIF Para Ishockey	[1]
Audun Bakke	forward	22	VIF Para Ishockey	[1]
Magnus Bøgle	forward	12	IL Kråkene Kjelkehockey
Kissinger Deng	goaltender	19	VIF Para Ishockey	[1]
Eskil Hagen	defenseman	7	VIF Para Ishockey	[1]
Martin Hamre	forward	20	VIF Para Ishockey
Kjell Christian Hamar	goaltender	18	VIF Para Ishockey	[1]
Jan Roger Klakegg	defenseman	23	Bergen Parahockeyklubb	[1]
Knut André Nordstoga	defenseman	16	VIF Para Ishockey	[1]
Rolf Einar Pedersen	defenseman	3	VIF Para Ishockey	[1]
Tor Rivera	forward	10	IL Kråkene Kjelkehockey	[1]
Lena Schrøder	forward	26	VIF Para Ishockey	[1][9]
Emil Sørheim	forward	15	RIHK Kjelkehockey	[1]
Loyd Remi Pallander Solberg	forward	17	VIF Para Ishockey	[1]
Emil Vatne	forward	27	Nærbø IL	[1]
Morten Værnes	forward	9	VIF Para Ishockey	[1]
Ola Bye Øiseth	forward	71	VIF Para Ishockey	[1]

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	35	0	+35	9	Semifinals
2	Italy	3	1	1	0	1	5	12	−7	5
3	Norway	3	1	0	1	1	5	12	−7	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Sweden	3	0	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

10 March 2018 12:00

Norway

2–3 GWS (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Italy

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 5,543

Game reference
	Kjell Christian Hamar	Goalies	Gabriele Araudo	Referee: Kevin Webinger Linesmen: Chae Young-jin David Nothegger
	0–1 16:02 – Kalegaris (Leperdi) Værnes (Nordstoga, Hamre) (PP) – 26:32 1–1 1–2 33:19 – Rosa (Larch) Bakke (Nordstoga, Pedersen) – 42:25 2–2
	Solberg Vatne Pedersen	Shootout	Larch Rosa
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	12	Shots	18

12 March 2018 15:30

Canada

8–0 (2–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Norway

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 5,886

Game reference
	Dominic Larocque	Goalies	Kjell Christian Hamar	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Andreas Lundén
	Bridges (Dixon, Arsenault) – 02:33 1–0 Armstrong (Cozzolino, Bowden) – 08:47 2–0 Hickey (PP) – 26:50 3–0 Bowden (Armstrong) – 27:54 4–0 Armstrong (Dunn) – 28:49 5–0 Bridges (Hickey, Arsenault) – 33:59 6–0 Westlake (McGregor) (PP) – 37:21 7–0 McGregor (Cozzolino) (SH) – 41:51 8–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	5

13 March 2018 15:30

Norway

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 6,059

Game reference
	Kissinger Deng	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson	Referee: Sotaro Yamaguchi Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Jan Vaněk
	Nordstoga (Bøgle) – 13:07 1–0 Bøgle (Hamre, Solberg) (PP) – 25:00 2–0 2–1 31:35 – Gyllsten (Kasperi, P. Nilsson) Bøgle (Værnes) (ENG) – 43:45 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	19	Shots	10

5–8th place semifinal

14 March 2018 20:00

Norway

6–1 (2–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Japan

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 3,919

Game reference
	Kjell Christian Hamar	Goalies	Shinobu Fukushima Kazuya Mochizuki	Referee: Johnathan Morrison Linesmen: Jan Vaněk Leon Wesley
	Bakke (Øiseth) (PP) – 02:25 1–0 Pedersen (Bøgle, Nordstoga) – 09:37 2–0 2–1 18:20 – Takahashi (Horie) (SH) Bøgle – 18:34 3–1 Pedersen (Hamre) – 18:55 4–1 Bakke (Værnes, Bøgle) – 20:02 5–1 Pedersen (Bøgle, Nordstoga) – 35:28 6–1
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	6

Fifth place game

16 March 2018 20:00

Norway

5–2 (2–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,805

Game reference
	Kjell Christian Hamar	Goalies	Martin Kudela	Referee: Kevin Webinger Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Han Youl
	Pedersen (Bøgle) – 00:44 1–0 Bakke (Værnes) – 03:39 2–0 2–1 14:18 – Krupička (Motyčka) Pedersen (PP) – 23:44 3–1 3–2 35:29 – Kubeš (Hábl, Geier) (PP) Bakke (Værnes, Pedersen) – 40:05 4–2 Bakke (SH, ENG) – 42:03 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	31 min
	12	Shots	9