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Great Britain at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

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Great Britain at the
2022 Winter Paralympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IPC codeGBR
NPCBritish Paralympic Association
Websitewww.paralympics.org.uk
in Beijing, China
4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) – 13 March 2022 (2022-03-13)
Competitors24 (18 men and 6 women) in 5[3] sports
Flag bearers (opening)Meggan Dawson-Farrell
Gregor Ewan[2]
Flag bearers (closing)Andrew Simpson
Neil Simpson[1]
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
6
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

Great Britain competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.

Medallists

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Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Alpine skiing 1 1 3 5
Snowboarding 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 4 6
Medals by date
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Day 1 5 March 0 0 1 1
Day 2 6 March 1 1 0 2
Day 3 7 March 0 0 2 2
Day 4 8 March 0 0 0 0
Day 5 9 March 0 0 0 0
Day 6 10 March 0 0 0 0
Day 7 11 March 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 4 6
Medals by gender
Gender 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Male 1 0 2 3
Female 0 1 2 3
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Total 1 1 4 6
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Neil Simpson
Guide: Andrew Simpson 		Alpine skiing Men's Super-G, vision impaired 6 March
 Silver Menna Fitzpatrick
Guide: Gary Smith 		Alpine skiing Women's Super-G, vision impaired 6 March
 Bronze Millie Knight
Guide: Brett Wild 		Alpine skiing Women's downhill, vision impaired 5 March
 Bronze Menna Fitzpatrick
Guide: Gary Smith 		Alpine skiing Women's super combined, vision impaired 7 March
 Bronze Neil Simpson
Guide: Andrew Simpson 		Alpine skiing Men's super combined, vision impaired 7 March
 Bronze Ollie Hill Snowboarding Men's banked slalom SB-LL2 11 March

Multiple medallists

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After Pyeongchang 2018, Menna Fitzpatrick was Great Britain's most successful Winter Paralympian with four medals, all won at the 2018 Games. She added to that total at these Games.

Name Medal Sport Event
Neil Simpson
Guide: Andrew Simpson		  Gold
 Bronze		 Alpine skiing Men's Super-G, vision impaired
Men's super combined, vision impaired
Menna Fitzpatrick
Guide: Gary Smith		  Silver
 Bronze		 Alpine skiing Women's Super-G, vision impaired
Women's super combined, vision impaired

Medal and performance targets

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On 13 January 2022, UK Sport confirmed a target of 5–9 medals for the Games.[4]

Team GB medal target
Event Medal target 2014 medals 2018 medals Medals won Target met
Overall 5–9 6 7 6 checkY

Competitors

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Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 7 3 10
Biathlon 3* 0 3*
Cross-country skiing 4* 1 5*
Snowboarding 4 0 4
Wheelchair curling 3 2 5
Total 18 6 24

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

On 22 February 2022, ParalympicsGB named a team of eleven athletes (including four guides of visually impaired athletes) to compete in the alpine skiing events in Beijing.[5] Menna Fitzpatrick is Britain's most successful Winter Paralympian having won four medals including a gold at Pyeongchang in 2018. Teammate Millie Knight also won three medals at the same Games. On the eve of the Games visually impaired guide skier Katie Guest was forced to withdraw after testing positive for Covid-19. Gary Smith had already been selected as a reserve guide and will take Guest's place alongside Menna Fitzpatrick.[6]

Women
Athlete Classification Event Run 1 Run 2 Final/Total
Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank
Menna Fitzpatrick
Guide: Gary Smith 		Visually impaired Downhill — 1:30.49 +10.99 5
Giant slalom 1:02.78 +8.70 7 1:04.89 +6.43 7 2:07.67 +15.13 7
Slalom 47.25 +3.13 5 49.51 +2.10 3 1:36.76 +5.23 4
Super-G — 1:18.79 +1.78 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Super combined 1:22.25 +5.60 5 43.73 - 1 2:05.98 +2.59 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Millie Knight
Guide: Brett Wild 		Visually impaired Downhill — 1:23.20 +3.70 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Giant slalom 1:03.35 +9.27 9 1:07.98 +9.52 9 2:11.33 +18.79 9
Slalom 50.35 +6.23 9 51.12 +3.71 8 1:41.47 +9.94 8
Super-G — 1:19.39 +2.38 4
Super combined 1:21.49 +4.84 4 46.40 +2.67 3 2:07.89 +4.50 4
Shona Brownlee Sitting
Giant slalom 1:14.20 +12.44 9 1:17.88 +17.37 9 2:32.08 +29.81 9
Slalom 2:05.52 +1:17.02 9 1:18.03 +28.96 9 3:23.55 +1:45.69 9
Super-G — 1:48.23 +24.50 6
Super combined 1:46.91 +26.54 6 DNF did not finish
Men
Athlete Classification Event Run 1 Run 2 Final/Total
Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank
Neil Simpson
Guide: Andrew Simpson 		Visually impaired Downhill — 1:17.13 +3.68 7
Giant slalom 1:00.81 +5.93 6 58.64 +5.21 5 1:59.45 +10.11 5
Slalom 1:01.75 +22.13 11 51.40 +4.52 3 1:53.15 +26.33 9
Super-G — 1:08.91 - 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Super combined 1:10.87 +1.75 5 41.94 +2.85 3 1:52.81 +3.01 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dan Sheen Sitting Giant slalom 1:15.28 +17.37 32 DNF Did not finish
Slalom 1:04.90 +23.71 25 DNF Did not finish
Alex Slegg Sitting Giant slalom 1:12.52 +14.61 30 1:08.38 +12.09 24 2:20.90 +26.70 26
Slalom 54.88 +13.69 18 DSQ
James Whitley Standing Downhill — 1:19.05 +4.13 9
Giant slalom 1:01.08 +3.48 12 57.30 +0.60 2 1:58.38 +2.98 6
Slalom 48.32 +7.84 18 54.27 +5.26 7 1:42.59 +12.98 8
Super-G — 1:14.88 +5.77 19
Super combined DSQ Did not advance

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

On 22 February 2022, ParalympicsGB announced the selection of the three members of the cross-country team who will also compete in the biathlon.[7] Scott Meenagh will be attending his second Games having also competed in both biathlon and cross-country skiing in 2018. On the eve of the Games Steve Arnold tested positive for Covid-19 and missed the first two biathlon events in which he was due to compete. However, he later recovered and was able to join the British team with a view to competing in the final event.[8] Unfortunately, on his arrival in Beijing he again tested positive for Covid-19 and was forced to withdraw from the event.[9]

Men
Athlete Classification Event Result Rank
Steve Arnold Sitting Men's 12.5 km DNS
Callum Deboys Sitting Men's 6.0 km 22:32.0 17
Men's 10.0 km 38.37.9 18
Men's 12.5 km 49:53.8 18
Scott Meenagh Sitting Men's 6.0 km 20:34.7 9
Men's 10.0 km 33:11.7 9
Men's 12.5 km 41:32.5 6

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

On 22 February 2022, ParalympicsGB revealed the nordic skiing team which had been selected for Beijing.[10] Steve Thomas will be making his sixth Paralympics appearance having competed in ice sledge hockey in 2006 and in sailing at four successive Summer Paralympics between 2004-16. Hope Gordon will be the first British woman to compete in a nordic skiing event at the Games.[11] On the eve of the Games Steve Arnold tested positive for Covid-19 and missed the first cross-country event in which he was due to compete. However, he later recovered and was able to join the British team for the final events.[12] Unfortunately, on his arrival in Beijing he again tested positive for Covid-19 but recovered in time to compete in his final two scheduled events.[13][14]

Women
Athlete Classification Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hope Gordon Sitting 1.5 km sprint 3:35.04 17 Did not advance
7.5 km — 38:01.4 16
Men
Athlete Classification Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Steve Arnold Sitting 1.5 km sprint DNS Did not advance
10 km — 43:04.6 29
Callum Deboys Sitting 1.5 km sprint 2:37.00 22 Did not advance
10 km — 38:41.8 21
Scott Meenagh Sitting 10 km — 36:16.8 16
18 km — 50:41.6 12
Steve Thomas Sitting 1.5 km sprint 2:39.33 25 Did not advance
10 km — 44:17.5 32
Relay
Athletes Event Final
Time Rank
Steve Arnold
Callum Deboys
Scott Meenagh
Steve Thomas 		4 x 2.5 km open relay 35:27.3 12

Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

On 22 February 2022, ParalympicsGB announced the names of the four snowboarders who have been selected to represent their country in Beijing.[15] James Barnes-Miller and Owen Pick will compete at their second Games having taken part when snowboarding made its inaugural Winter Paralympic appearance in 2018.

Men
Banked slalom
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Ollie Hill Banked slalom, SB-LL2 1:10.45 1:10.51 1:10.45 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Andy MacLeod 1:18.52 1:16.55 1:16.55 20
Owen Pick 1:10.64 1:11.91 1:10.64 4
James Barnes-Miller Banked slalom, SB-UL 1:12.39 1:13.12 1:12.39 9
Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Seed Position Position Position Rank
Ollie Hill Snowboard cross, SB-LL2 1:16.74 1:05.16 1:05.16 12 Q 3 Did not advance 10
Andy MacLeod 1:08.23 1:08.43 1:08.23 17 Did not advance 17
Owen Pick DSQ 1:04.58 1:04.58 11 Q 3 Did not advance 9
James Barnes-Miller Snowboard cross, SB-UL 1:04.53 1:04.02 1:04.02 9 Q 2 Q 4 FB 1 5

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Wheelchair curling

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Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Great Britain has qualified to compete in wheelchair curling.[16][17] On 4 January 2022, Paralympics GB announced the selection of the team to represent Great Britain in Beijing.[18] On 2 February 2022, it was announced that Charlotte McKenna had withdrawn from the team due to injury. Her replacement will be Gary Smith.[19]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Gregor Ewan
Hugh Nibloe
David Melrose
Meggan Dawson-Farrell
Gary Smith 		Mixed  NOR
L 5–7 		 USA
W 10–6 		 SUI
W 15–1 		 SVK
L 3–7 		 EST
W 10–5 		 SWE
L 4–6 		 CAN
L 3–6 		 KOR
L 6–8 		 CHN
L 3–6 		 LAT
W 8–4 		8 Did not advance

Round robin Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
 China Wang Haitao 8 2 – 68 39 36 28 2 13 71% 122.32
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 7 3 2–0 65 57 40 33 1 16 65% 95.19
 Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl 7 3 1–1 66 52 37 35 3 18 68% 91.08
 Canada Mark Ideson 7 3 0–2 69 50 36 33 2 11 71% 95.29
 United States Matthew Thums 5 5 1–0 60 75 32 39 2 6 60% 70.98
 South Korea Go Seung-nam 5 5 0–1 64 59 35 37 0 11 64% 103.20
 Norway Jostein Stordahl 4 6 2–0 60 64 37 38 2 13 64% 107.82
 Great Britain Hugh Nibloe 4 6 1–1 67 56 37 36 0 16 62% 134.75
 Latvia Poļina Rožkova 4 6 0–2 61 71 40 32 0 18 63% 100.43
 Estonia Andrei Koitmäe 3 7 – 51 69 32 41 2 13 61% 106.21
 Switzerland Laurent Kneubühl 1 9 – 48 87 32 42 0 8 56% 109.27
Wheelchair curling round robin summary table
Pos. Country Canada China Estonia Great Britain Japan Norway Slovakia South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Record
4  Canada — 7–3 9–3 6–3 10–3 7–6 8–9 4–9 3–6 8–4 7–4 7–3
1  China 3–7 — 9–3 6–3 9–2 7–4 7–5 9–4 1–5 7–4 10–2 8–2
10  Estonia 3–9 3–9 — 5–10 6–5 8–3 6–7 2–5 4–6 8–6 6–9 3–7
8  Great Britain 3–6 3–6 10–5 — 8–4 5–7 3–7 6–8 4–6 15–1 10–6 4–6
9  Latvia 3–10 2–9 5–6 4–8 — 6–8 8–4 8–4 9–7 9–7 7–8 4–6
7  Norway 6–7 4–7 3–8 7–5 8–6 — 9–3 4–9 6–8 8–5 5–6 4–6
2  Slovakia 9–8 5–7 7–6 7–3 4–8 3–9 — 7–2 6–5 8–6 9–3 7–3
6  South Korea 9–4 4–9 5–2 8–6 4–8 9–4 2–7 — 10–4 7–8 6–7 5–5
3  Sweden 6–3 5–1 6–4 6–4 7–9 8–6 5–6 4–10 — 9–2 10–7 7–3
11  Switzerland 4–8 4–7 6–8 1–15 7–9 5–8 6–8 8–7 2–9 — 5–8 1–9
5  United States 4–7 2–10 9–6 6–10 8–7 6–5 3–9 7–6 7–10 8–5 — 5–5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History making gold medallist brothers to be ParalympicsGB flagbearers". ParalympicsGB. 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ewan and Dawson-Farrell announced as ParalympicsGB flagbearers for Beijing 2022 opening ceremony". ParalympicsGB. 4 March 2022.
  3. ^ "ParalympicsGB reveals one of its biggest Winter Paralympic teams". ParalympicsGB. 22 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Team GB targets record breaking Winter Olympics medal tally in Beijing". The Guardian. 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ "ParalympicsGB reveals one of its biggest Winter Paralympic teams". ParalympicsGB. 22 February 2022.
  6. ^ "ParalympicsGB statement - Katie Guest". ParalympicsGB. 1 March 2022.
  7. ^ "ParalympicsGB reveals one of its biggest Winter Paralympic teams". ParalympicsGB. 22 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Nordic skier Steve Arnold bounces back and flies to China for Paralympic debut". Andover Advertiser. 9 March 2020.
  9. ^ "BPA statement: Steve Arnold". ParalympicsGB. 11 March 2022.
  10. ^ "ParalympicsGB reveals one of its biggest Winter Paralympic teams". ParalympicsGB. 22 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Winter Paralympics:Menna Fitzpatrick and Millie Knight named among GB team". BBC Sport. 22 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Nordic skier Steve Arnold bounces back and flies to China for Paralympic debut". Andover Advertiser. 9 March 2020.
  13. ^ "BPA statement: Steve Arnold". ParalympicsGB. 11 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Breaking: ParalympicsGB". ParalympicsGB. 12 March 2022.
  15. ^ "ParalympicsGB reveals one of its biggest Winter Paralympic teams". ParalympicsGB. 22 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Estonian wheelchair curling team qualifies for Beijing Paralympics". ERR. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Paralympic qualification". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  18. ^ "ParalympicsGB announce wheelchair curlers for Beijing 2022". ParalympicsGB. 4 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Gary Smith selected to join ParalympicsGB wheelchair curling team for Beijing 2022". ParalympicsGB. 2 February 2022.
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