Ukraine at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

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Ukraine competed at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 4 to 15 March 2026. It is the eighth consecutive appearance at the Winter Paralympic Games as an independent nation since 1998.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

NPCNational Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine
Competitors25 (and 9 sighted guides) (17 men and 8 women) in 4 sports
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Ukraine at the
2026 Winter Paralympics
IPC codeUKR
NPCNational Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine
Websitewww.paralympic.org.ua
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
6 March 2026 (2026-03-06) – 15 March 2026 (2026-03-15)
Competitors25 (and 9 sighted guides) (17 men and 8 women) in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
3
Silver
8
Bronze
8
Total
19
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)
 Unified Team (1992)
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By the end of the first competition day, Ukraine ranked 1st at the medal table, winning 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.[8] Ukraine managed to clench a podium sweep at para biathlon with Oleksandr Kazik and Serhii Kucheriavyi winning gold, Iaroslav Reshetynskyi and Dmytro Drahun winning silver, and Anatolii Kovalevskyi and Oleksandr Mukshyn winning bronze at the same event.[9]

Medalists

The following Ukrainian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bold.[10]

More information Medal, Name ...
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldTaras RadPara biathlonMen's sprint, sitting7 March
 GoldOleksandra KononovaPara biathlonWomen's sprint, standing7 March
 GoldOleksandr Kazik
Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi
Para biathlonMen's sprint, visually impaired7 March
 SilverIaroslav Reshetynskyi
Guide: Dmytro Drahun
Para biathlonMen's sprint, visually impaired7 March
 SilverMaksym Murashkovskyi
Guide: Vitaliy Trush
Para biathlonMen's individual, visually impaired8 March
 SilverTaras RadPara biathlonMen's sprint pursuit, sitting13 March
 SilverIryna BuiPara biathlonWomen's sprint pursuit, standing13 March
 SilverGrygorii VovchynskyiPara biathlonMen's sprint pursuit, standing13 March
 SilverOleksandr Kazik
Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi
Para biathlonMen's sprint pursuit, visually impaired13 March
 SilverPavlo Bal
Taras Rad
Oleksandra Kononova
Liudmyla Liashenko
Para cross-country skiingMixed 4 × 2.5 kilometre relay14 March
 SilverOleksandr Kazik
Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi
Para cross-country skiingMen's 20 kilometre freestyle, visually impaired15 March
 BronzeLiudmyla LiashenkoPara biathlonWomen's sprint, standing7 March
 BronzeAnatolii Kovalevskyi
Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn
Para biathlonMen's sprint, visually impaired7 March
 BronzeTaras RadPara biathlonMen's individual, sitting8 March
 BronzeOleksandra KononovaPara biathlonWomen's individual, standing8 March
 BronzeDmytro Suiarko
Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych
Para biathlonMen's individual, visually impaired8 March
 BronzeOleksandra KononovaPara biathlonWomen's sprint pursuit, standing13 March
 BronzeAnatolii Kovalevskyi
Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn
Para biathlonMen's sprint pursuit, visually impaired13 March
 BronzeOleksandra KononovaPara cross-country skiingWomen's 20 kilometre freestyle, standing15 March
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More information Medals by sport, Sport ...
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Para biathlon 3 6 7 16
Para cross-country skiing 0 2 1 3
Total 3 8 8 19
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More information Medals by date, Day ...
Medals by date
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 March 7 3 1 2 6
2 March 8 0 1 3 4
3-6 March 9-12 0 0 0 0
7 March 13 0 4 2 6
8 March 14 0 1 0 1
9 March 15 0 1 1 2
Total 3 8 8 19
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More information Medals by gender, Gender ...
Medals by gender
Gender 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Male 2 6 4 12
Female 1 1 4 6
Mixed 0 1 0 1
Total 3 8 8 19
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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. Notably, 20 athletes participate in both para biathlon and para cross-country skiing.[1]

More information Sport, Men ...
Sport Men Women Total
Para alpine skiing 101
Para biathlon 15823
Para cross-country skiing 14620
Para snowboard 101
Total17825
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Para alpine skiing

Ukraine competed in para alpine skiing with one athlete.[1]

More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Run 1 Run 2 Total Ref
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maksym Heliuta Men's giant slalom, standing LW6/8-1 1:28.30 29 1:25.17 27 2:53.47 27 [11]
Men's slalom, standing DNF [12]
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Para biathlon

Ukraine competed in para biathlon with 23 athletes.[1] Ukraine won 16 medals in total in this sport, seven of them in men's visually impaired competitions, five in women's standing competitions, three in men's sitting competitions, and one in men's standing competition.[10]

The results below are divided into sub-categories by gender: men and women, and further divided by type of para biathlon runs: individual, sprint and pursuit.

Men

Individual
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Time Misses Factored time Rank Ref
Oleksandr Kazik
Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi
Visually impaired NS1 88% 39:37.1 4 (2+0+1+1) 34:51.8 5 [13]
Anatolii Kovalevskyi
Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn
NS3 100% 35:38.0 2 (1+1+0+0) N/a 6
Maksym Murashkovskyi
Guide: Vitaliy Trush
33:41.1 0 (0+0+0+0) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Iaroslav Reshetynskyi
Guide: Dmytro Drahun
34:18.9 0 (0+0+0+0) 4
Dmytro Suiarko
Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych
33:51.1 1 (1+0+0+0) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Serafym Drahun Standing LW8 96% 33:51.3 3 (0+1+2+0) 32:30.0 7 [14]
Serhii Romaniuk 32:49.9 1 (1+0+0+0) 31:31.1 5
Dmytro Sereda 41:17.9 7 (3+1+2+1) 39:38.8 17
Grygorii Vovchynskyi 34:46.7 3 (1+1+0+1) 33:23.2 10
Oleksandr Aleksyk Sitting LW12 100% 38:23.6 2 (0+0+1+1) N/a 9 [15]
Taras Rad 35:57.1 1 (0+1+0+0) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pavlo Bal LW11.5 96% 43:39.7 6 (2+2+2+0) 41:54.9 15
Vasyl Kravchuk LW11 93% 41:32.7 4 (2+1+0+1) 38:38.2 10
Hryhorii Shymko LW10.5 87% 44:54.6 3 (0+1+2+0) 39:04.3 11
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Sprint
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Time Misses Factored time Rank Ref
Oleksandr Kazik
Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi
Visually impaired NS1 88% 20:01.9 0 (0+0) 17:37.7 1st place, gold medalist(s) [16]
Anatolii Kovalevskyi
Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn
NS3 100% 18:43.8 0 (0+0) N/a 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Maksym Murashkovskyi
Guide: Vitaliy Trush
20:17.9 2 (1+1) 7
Iaroslav Reshetynskyi
Guide: Dmytro Drahun
18:40.1 0 (0+0) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Dmytro Suiarko
Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych
18:53.7 1 (0+1) 5
Serafym Drahun Standing LW8 96% 20:47.5 4 (1+3) 19:57.6 14 [17]
Serhii Romaniuk 18:41.8 0 (0+0) 17:56.9 6
Dmytro Sereda DNS
Grygorii Vovchynskyi 18:26.9 0 (0+0) 17:42.6 4
Oleksandr Aleksyk Sitting LW12 100% 20:55.8 0 (0+0) N/a 9 [18]
Taras Rad 19:55.5 0 (0+0) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pavlo Bal LW11.5 96% 22:22.1 2 (1+1) 21:28.4 12
Vasyl Kravchuk LW11 93% 21:59.4 0 (0+0) 20:27.0 4
Hryhorii Shymko LW10.5 87% 25:56.0 3 (1+2) 22:33.7 15
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Sprint pursuit

Start time for finals includes both gap to the leader in qualification, and also compensation for handicaps.[19]

More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Qualification Final Ref
Time Misses Factored time Rank Start behind Total time Misses Rank
Oleksandr Kazik
Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi
Visually impaired NS1 88% 11:37.8 1 (1+0) 10:14.1 1 Q N/a 11:53.0 1 (0+1) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [20]
Anatolii Kovalevskyi
Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn
NS3 100% 10:26.7 0 (0+0) N/a 2 Q 1:34 12:13.7 0 (0+0) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ihor Kravchuk
Guide: Andriy Dotsenko
10:53.4 0 (0+0) 5 Q 2:01 13:12.7 2 (2+0) 6
Iaroslav Reshetynskyi
Guide: Dmytro Drahun
10:44.5 0 (0+0) 4 Q 1:52 13:07.0 1 (1+0) 5
Dmytro Suiarko
Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych
11:36.7 2 (1+1) 8 Q DNS
Serafym Drahun Standing LW8 96% 10:53.0 2 (0+2) 10:26.9 7 Q 0:57 12:02.9 4 (1+3) 5 [21]
Serhii Romaniuk 11:12.5 1 (0+1) 10:45.6 10 Q DNS
Dmytro Sereda 11:52.6 4 (1+3) 11:24.1 14 Q 1:55 12:45.2 0 (0+0) 10
Grygorii Vovchynskyi 10:26.6 2 (2+0) 10:01.5 3 Q 0:32 10:33.6 0 (0+0) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Oleksandr Aleksyk Sitting LW12 100% 9:23:8 1 (1+0) N/a 12 Q 1:34 11:59.6 3 (3+0) 13 [22]
Taras Rad 8:39.7 0 (0+0) 3 Q 0:50 10:00.5 1 (1+0) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pavlo Bal LW11.5 96% 9:25.5 0 (0+0) 9:02.9 8 Q 0:52 11:57.5 3 (1+2) 12
Vasyl Kravchuk LW11 93% 9:30.4 0 (0+0) 8:50.5 4 Q 0:22 10:55.3 2 (1+1) 8
Hryhorii Shymko LW10.5 87% 10:27.2 2 (2+0) 9:05.7 10 Q N/a 10:58.8 1 (0+1) 9
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Women

Individual
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Time Misses Factored time Rank Ref
Oleksandra Danylenko
Guide: Mykyta Stakhurskyi
Visually impaired NS1 88% 43:46.1 0 (0+0+0+0) 38:31.0 4 [23]
Romana Lobasheva
Guide: Anastasiia Shabaldina
NS3 100% 44:31.9 4 (1+1+1+1) N/a 12
Oksana Shyshkova
Guide: Artem Kazarian
42:57.3 4 (1+2+1+0) 9
Ilona Varkovets
Guide: Daryna Kovalova
42:32.9 3 (2+0+0+1) 8
Iryna Bui Standing LW8 96% 38:00.0 3 (0+1+0+2) 36:28.8 7 [24]
Bohdana Konashuk 40:35.5 4 (0+2+1+1) 38:58.1 9
Oleksandra Kononova 35:02.0 1 (1+0+0+0) 33:37.9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Liudmyla Liashenko 36:05.6 2 (0+1+0+1) 34:39.0 4
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Sprint
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Time Misses Factored time Rank Ref
Oleksandra Danylenko
Guide: Mykyta Stakhurskyi
Visually impaired NS1 88% 28:18.3 4 (1+3) 24:54.5 11 [25]
Romana Lobasheva
Guide: Anastasiia Shabaldina
NS3 100% 25:29.0 4 (4+0) N/a 12
Oksana Shyshkova
Guide: Artem Kazarian
22:07.5 0 (0+0) 6
Ilona Varkovets
Guide: Daryna Kovalova
23:26.9 1 (0+1) 9
Iryna Bui Standing LW8 96% 20:19.8 0 (0+0) 19:31.0 5 [26]
Bohdana Konashuk 21:32.7 2 (0+2) 20:41.0 9
Oleksandra Kononova 19:28.2 0 (0+0) 18:41.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Liudmyla Liashenko 20:02.0 1 (0+1) 19:13.9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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Sprint pursuit

Start time for finals includes both gap to the leader in qualification, and also compensation for handicaps.[19]

More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Qualification Final Ref
Time Misses Factored time Rank Start behind Total time Misses Rank
Oleksandra Danylenko
Guide: Mykyta Stakhurskyi
Visually impaired NS1 88% 14:47.5 1 (1+0) 13:01.0 7 Q 0:44 16:13.5 0 (0+0) 10 [27]
Romana Lobasheva
Guide: Anastasiia Shabaldina
NS3 100% 13:56.0 3 (2+1) N/a 11 Q 3:14 18:19.6 4 (3+1) 11
Oksana Shyshkova
Guide: Artem Kazarian
13:15.6 1 (1+0) 9 Q 2:33 15:26.9 0 (0+0) 7
Ilona Varkovets
Guide: Daryna Kovalova
13:14.4 2 (1+1) 8 Q 2:32 15:56.3 1 (0+1) 9
Iryna Bui Standing LW8 96% 11:16.8 0 (0+0) 210:49.7 2 Q 0:50 12:35.7 1 (1+0) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [28]
Bohdana Konashuk 11:42.3 1 (0+1) 11:14.2 6 Q 1:15 13:38.2 2 (1+1) 7
Oleksandra Kononova 11:39.7 2 (1+1) 11:11.7 5 Q 1:12 12:49.0 2 (1+1) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Liudmyla Liashenko 12:17.0 5 (2+3) 11:47.5 9 Q 1:48 13:36.5 2 (1+1) 6
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Para cross-country skiing

Ukraine competed in para cross-country skiing with 20 athletes.[1] Ukraine won three medals in total in this sport.[10]

The results below are divided into sub-categories by gender: men, women and mixed, and further divided by type of para cross-country skiing runs: 20km freestyle, 10km classical, sprints and relays.

Men

20 kilometre freestyle
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Time Factored time Rank Ref
Oleksandr Kazik
Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi
Visually impaired NS1 88% 48:11.6 42:24.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [29]
Ihor Kravchuk
Guide: Andriy Dotsenko
NS3 100% 48:11.1 N/a 13
Maksym Murashkovskyi
Guide: Vitaliy Trush
47:31.9 10
Dmytro Suiarko
Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych
44:45.9 7
Serafym Drahun Standing LW8 96% 45:52.1 44:02.0 5 [30]
Serhii Romaniuk DNS
Dmytro Sereda 49:29.9 47:31.1 15
Oleksandr Aleksyk Sitting LW12 100% 55:54.1 N/a 12 [31]
Pavlo Bal LW11.5 96% 55:42.3 53:28.6 4
Vasyl Kravchuk LW11 93% DNS
Hryhorii Shymko LW10.5 87% 1:02:27.6 54:20.4 9
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10 kilometre classical
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Time Factored time Rank Ref
Ihor Kravchuk
Guide: Andriy Dotsenko
Visually impaired NS3 100% 32:32.2 N/a 9 [32]
Dmytro Suiarko
Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych
30:17.7 5
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Sprint
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Qualification Semifinal Final Ref
Time Factored time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ihor Kravchuk
Guide: Andriy Dotsenko
Visually impaired NS3 100% 2:45.87 N/a 10 Did not advance 10 [33][34]
Dmytro Suiarko
Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych
2:35.03 6 Q 2:57.4 3 Did not advance 6
Serafym Drahun Standing LW8 92% 2:47.01 2:33.65 8 Q 3:03.7 6 Did not advance 11 [35][36]
Grygorii Vovchynskyi 3:01.23 2:46.73 18 Did not advance 18
Oleksandr Aleksyk Sitting LW12 100% 2:15.92 N/a 8 Q 2:30.7 3 Q 2:31.2 4 [37][38]
Taras Rad 2:15.98 9 Q 2:30.8 4 Did not advance 7
Pavlo Bal LW11.5 96% 2:16.77 2:11.30 3 Q 2:40.5 2 Q 2:32.3 5
Vasyl Kravchuk LW11 93% 2:27.72 2:17.38 12 Q 2:37.5 6 Did not advance 12
Hryhorii Shymko LW10.5 87% 2:37.72 2:17.22 11 Q 2:51.3 5 Did not advance 8
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Women

20 kilometre freestyle
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Time Factored time Rank Ref
Romana Lobasheva Visually impaired NS3 100% 55:43.8 N/a 7 [39]
Oksana Shyshkova 54:22.3 6
Iryna Bui Standing LW8 96% 52:18.2 50:12.7 5 [40]
Bohdana Konashuk 54:47.9 52:36.4 9
Oleksandra Kononova 50:45.2 48:43.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Liudmyla Liashenko 51:20.3 49:17.1 4
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10 kilometre classical
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Time Factored time Rank Ref
Romana Lobasheva
Guide: Anastasiia Shabaldina
Visually impaired NS3 100% 41:07.2 N/a 9 [41]
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Sprint
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Factor Qualification Semifinal Final Ref
Time Factored time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Romana Lobasheva
Guide: Anastasiia Shabaldina
Visually impaired NS3 100% 3:23.96 N/a 9 Did not advance 9 [42][43]
Oksana Shyshkova
Guide: Artem Kazarian
3:19.69 8 Q 3:37.7 4 Did not advance 8
Iryna Bui Standing LW8 92% 3:33.57 3:16.48 12 Q 3:58.8 5 Did not advance 10 [44][45]
Oleksandra Kononova 3:24.96 3:08.56 8 Q DNS 12
Liudmyla Liashenko 3:17.51 3:01.71 5 Q 3:47.3 4 7
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Relay

Results are for each leg, while results in bold are the total results of the teams.

More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Classification Total factor Time Rank Ref
Pavlo Bal
Taras Rad
Oleksandra Kononova
Liudmyla Liashenko
Mixed 4 × 2.5 km relay LW11.5
LW12
LW8
LW8
84%
88%
81%
81%
334%
5:48.5
5:47.2
5:58.3
6:02.7
23:36.7
3
1
3
5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
[46]
Dmytro Suiarko
Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych
Vasyl Kravchuk
Grygorii Vovchynskyi
Serafym Drahun
Open 4 × 2.5 km relay NS3
LW11
LW8
LW8
100%
81%
96%
96%
373%
5:22.3
6:24.3
5:31.4
5:10.8
22:28.8
1
7
1
3
4
[47]
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Para snowboard

Ukraine competed in para snowboard with one athlete.[1]

Slalom
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Ref
Vladyslav Khilchenko Men's banked slalom, SB-UL 1:13.32 1:12.24 1:12.24 21 [48]
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Snowboard cross
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Seeding Pre-heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Ref
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Vladyslav Khilchenko Men's snowboard cross, SB-UL 1:11:91 1:06.87 1:06.87 20 4 Did not advance 20 [49][50][51]
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