Russia at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

The Russian Paralympic Committee remained suspended from the Paralympic movement since 2016, due to the state-sponsored doping programme scandal, but the International Paralympic Committee allowed athletes deemed clean to participate in five sports at 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea: they participated under the Paralympic flag, and the Paralympic anthem was used during ceremonies for those who won gold medals.^[2]

On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee condemned the breach of the Olympic Truce (which lasts from the beginning of the Olympics through the end of the Paralympics) by Russia and Belarus.^[3] On 28 February 2022, the IOC Executive Board further called for Russian and Belarusian athletes not to be included in or allowed to participate in any international sporting event.^[4] On 2 March 2022, the IPC declared that Russian and Belarusian athletes would be included independently under or allowed to participate independently under the Paralympic flag, with their results not counting in the medal standings.^[5][6]

As a result of criticism by several National Paralympic Committees, who threatened to boycott the Games, the IPC announced on 3 March 2022 that they would reverse their earlier decision, banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.^[7][8][9] The 83 Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in the Games were asked to leave the Olympic Village: among them, 71 Russian athletes were expected to compete in 61 events, with representation in all sports included in the event program. There were 33 athletes qualified in Nordic skiing and biathlon, 10 in alpine skiing, and 6 in snowboarding. The Russian Olympic Committee fielded a 17-player sled hockey team, which had placed third at the last World Championships, and a 5-player wheelchair curling team.

At general assembly in Seoul in September 2025, the IPC voted to revoke sanctions against Russia and Belarus, reacquiring rights and privileges of IPC members. However, since they were not yet able to participate in the competitions organised by the federations, no athlete would have been able to qualify in time for 2026 Winter Paralympics. So, on 17th February 2026, the IPC granted six wildcards to Russian athletes and four to Belarusian for the 2026 Paralympic Games with their flags. As sign of protest, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Poland, and Ukraine announced that would boycott the opening ceremony.

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Varvara Voronchikhina Para alpine skiing Women's super-G, standing 9 March  Gold Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergey Siniakin Para cross-country skiing Women's sprint classical, visually impaired 10 March  Gold Ivan Golubkov Para cross-country skiing Men's 10 km, sitting 11 March  Gold Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergey Siniakin Para cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre classical, visually impaired 11 March  Gold Varvara Voronchikhina Para alpine skiing Women's slalom, standing 14 March  Gold Ivan Golubkov Para cross-country skiing Men's 20 kilometre, sitting 15 March  Gold Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergey Siniakin Para cross-country skiing Women's 20 kilometre freestyle, visually impaired 15 March  Gold Alexey Bugaev Para alpine skiing Men's slalom, standing 15 March  Silver Varvara Voronchikhina Para alpine skiing Women's giant slalom, standing 12 March  Bronze Alexey Bugaev Para alpine skiing Men's downhill, standing 7 March  Bronze Varvara Voronchikhina Para alpine skiing Women's downhill, standing 7 March  Bronze Alexey Bugaev Para alpine skiing Men's giant slalom, standing 13 March

Medals by sport Sport Total Para cross-country skiing 5 0 0 5 Para alpine skiing 3 1 3 7 Total 8 1 3 12 Medals by date Day Date Total 1 7 March 0 0 2 2 2 8 March 0 0 0 0 3 9 March 1 0 0 1 4 10 March 1 0 0 1 5 11 March 2 0 0 2 6 12 March 0 1 0 1 7 13 March 0 0 1 1 8 14 March 1 0 0 1 9 15 March 3 0 0 3 Total 8 1 3 12 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 3 0 2 5 Female 5 1 1 7 Total 8 1 3 12

Russia competed in skiing, cross-country skiing and snowboarding; the athletes were evenly split between male and female.^[10] The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexey Bugaev	LW6/8-2	Downhill, standing	—N/a				1:18.94
		Super-G, standing					1:14.11	4
		Giant slalom, standing	1:05.71	3	1:05.43	3	2:11.14
		Slalom, standing	45.39	1	43.16	2	1:28.55
		Super combined, standing	1:13.10	1	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Varvara Voronchikhina	LW6/8-2	Downhill, standing	—N/a				1:24.47
		Super-G, standing					1:15.60
		Giant slalom, standing	1:11.61	2	1:13.65	2	2:25.26
		Slalom, standing	42.65	2	44.30	1	1:26.95
		Super combined, standing	Did not finish

Distance

Athlete	Class	Event	Real time	Factor	Result	Rank
Ivan Golubkov	LW11.5	Men's 10 km, sitting	25:06.0	96%	24:05.8
		Men's 20 km, sitting	54:04.8		51:55.0
Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergei Siniakin	NS1	Women's 10 km classical, visually impaired	33:42.4	88%	29:39.7
		Women's 20 km freestyle, visually impaired	49:59.0		43:59.1

Sprint

Athlete	Class	Event	Qualification				Semifinal		Final
			Real time	Factor	Result	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivan Golubkov	LW11.5	Men's sprint, sitting	2:28.38	96%	2:22.44	19	Did not advance
Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergei Siniakin	NS1	Women's sprint classical, visually impaired	3:18.99	88%	2:55.11	2 Q	3.24.0	1 Q	3:16.1

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