Serbia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

According to the International Paralympic Committee's system of classifying countries, Serbia first competed in the Summer Paralympics in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and the Winter Paralympics at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Before this, they competed as part of Serbia and Montenegro.^[1] Therefore, Sochi was the nation's second appearance at a Winter Paralympics.^[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] The Serbian delegation to Sochi consisted of a single athlete alpine skier, Jugoslav Milošević.^[3] He was chosen as the Serbian flag bearer for the parade of nations during the opening ceremony^[4] and for 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, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; or Les Autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example 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]