Ukraine at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
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| Ukraine at the 2022 Winter Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | UKR |
| NPC | National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing, China 4 March 2022 – 13 March 2022 | |
| Competitors | 20 (and 9 sighted guides) (12 men and 8 women) in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer (opening) | Maksym Yarovyi |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Vitaliy Lukyanenko[1] |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Soviet Union (1988) Unified Team (1992) | |
Ukraine competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.[2][3] In total, 20 athletes competed in two sports.[4][5] Ukraine finished in second place in the medal table which was their best result at the Winter Paralympics since competing under the Ukrainian flag at the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan.[6]
On 24 February 2022, on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons described transporting the Ukrainian team to Beijing as being an enormous challenge.[2][7] On 2 March 2022, Parsons confirmed that travel plans were made and that the team would compete at the Games.[4][5]
Ukrainian athletes won a total of seven medals (including three gold) on the first day of competition, momentarily grabbing the first place in the medal standings.[8]
The following Ukrainian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biathlon | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Cross-country skiing | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 20 |
Biathlon
Ukraine competed in biathlon.[9]
Anastasiia Laletina did not compete in the middle-distance race after her father was captured by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10]
- Men
| Athlete | Events | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missed Shots | Result | Rank | ||||
| Oleksandr Aleksyk | Sprint, sitting | 4 | 23:15.4 | 19 | ||
| Middle distance, sitting | 5 | 34:29.1 | 13 | |||
| Individual, sitting | 3 | 46:04.6 | 13 | |||
| Pavlo Bal | Sprint, sitting | 2 | 20:52.5 | 13 | ||
| Middle distance, sitting | 3 | 32:31.7 | 6 | |||
| Individual, sitting | 5 | 45:45.3 | 12 | |||
| Serafym Drahun | Sprint, standing | 6 | 21:34.1 | 15 | ||
| Oleksandr Kazik Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi |
Sprint, visually impaired | 2 | 17:31.9 |  | ||
| Middle distance, visually impaired | 5 | 37:00.2 | 5 | |||
| Individual, visually impaired | 2 | 43:16.1 |  | |||
| Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn |
Sprint, visually impaired | 3 | 18:33.8 | 5 | ||
| Middle distance, visually impaired | 1 | 34:57.3 | | |||
| Individual, visually impaired | 6 | 47:26.7 | 5 | |||
| Vasyl Kravchuk | Sprint, sitting | 3 | 20:37.0 | 10 | ||
| Middle distance, sitting | 5 | 32:12.1 | 4 | |||
| Individual, sitting | 2 | 44:26.1 | 11 | |||
| Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Borys Babar |
Sprint, visually impaired | 0 | 17:05.8 | | ||
| Middle distance, visually impaired | 0 | 34:12.7 | | |||
| Individual, visually impaired | 2 | 44:44.3 | | |||
| Taras Rad | Sprint, sitting | 1 | 19:09.0 | | ||
| Middle distance, sitting | 4 | 31:26.9 |  | |||
| Individual, sitting | 0 | 39:13.9 | | |||
| Iaroslav Reshetynskyi Guide: Kostiantyn Yaremenko |
Sprint, visually impaired | 2 | 18:41.7 | 6 | ||
| Middle distance, visually impaired | 0 | 35:47.8 | 4 | |||
| Individual, visually impaired | 4 | 46:55.4 | 4 | |||
| Dmytro Suiarko Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych |
Sprint, visually impaired | 1 | 17:33.3 | | ||
| Middle distance, visually impaired | 2 | 35:30.9 | | |||
| Grygorii Vovchynskyi | Sprint, standing | 0 | 16:17.6 | | ||
| Middle distance, standing | 1 | 32:18.0 | | |||
| Individual, standing | 1 | 42:26.0 | | |||
| Maksym Yarovyi | Sprint, sitting | 2 | 20:45.5 | 11 | ||
| Middle distance, sitting | DNF | |||||
| Individual, sitting | 5 | 49:44.4 | 17 | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Events | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missed Shots | Result | Rank | ||||
| Yuliia Batenkova-Bauman | Sprint, standing | 1 | 20:24.2 | 4 | ||
| Middle distance, standing | 2 | 37:29.9 | 5 | |||
| Individual, standing | 0 | 49:45.2 | 5 | |||
| Iryna Bui | Sprint, standing | 3 | 20:26.8 | 6 | ||
| Middle distance, standing | 0 | 36:43.1 | | |||
| Individual, standing | 1 | 49:12.9 | 4 | |||
| Bohdana Konashuk | Sprint, standing | 1 | 21:14.3 | 10 | ||
| Middle distance, standing | 3 | 39:08.9 | 7 | |||
| Individual, standing | 5 | 54:53.6 | 10 | |||
| Oleksandra Kononova | Sprint, standing | 4 | 21:48.7 | 11 | ||
| Middle distance, standing | 2 | 36:55.9 | | |||
| Individual, standing | 6 | 54:23.5 | 9 | |||
| Anastasiia Laletina | Sprint, sitting | 5 | 28:48.0 | 10 | ||
| Middle distance, sitting | DNS | |||||
| Individual, sitting | 2 | 53:39.4 | 9 | |||
| Liudmyla Liashenko | Sprint, standing | 2 | 19:51.7 | | ||
| Middle distance, standing | 2 | 36:56.9 | | |||
| Individual, standing | 2 | 47:22.0 | | |||
| Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Andriy Marchenko |
Sprint, visually impaired | 0 | 20:09.0 | | ||
| Middle distance, visually impaired | 2 | 40:59.9 | | |||
| Individual, visually impaired | 0 | 50:19.6 | | |||
| Nataliia Tkachenko Guide: Denys Nikulin |
Sprint, visually impaired | 2 | 23:30.8 | 6 | ||
| Middle distance, visually impaired | 5 | 49:03.4 | 6 | |||
| Individual, visually impaired | 3 | 1:02:08.2 | 6 | |||