Belgium at the 2022 Winter Paralympics explained

Npc:BEL
Country:Belgium
Year:2022
Games:Winter Paralympics
Flagcaption:Flag of Belgium
Npcname:Belgian Paralympic Committee
Location:Beijing, China
Competitors:2 (on foot)
Sports:1
Flagbearer Open:Rémi Mazi[1]
Flagbearer Close:Linda Le Bon[2]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Belgium competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022. Two alpine skiers competed.[3]

Administration

Olek Kazimirowski served as Chef de Mission.[4] He also served in this role for the Belgian delegation at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea and the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] Alpine skier Rémi Mazi was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[1] Alpine skier Linda Le Bon was not able to attend the opening ceremony as her competitions began a day later.[1] Le Bon was the flag bearer during the closing ceremony.[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=150Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Alpine skiing111
Total112

Alpine skiing

See main article: article and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Linda Le Bon (and her sighted guide and daughter Ulla Gilot) and Rémi Mazi competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[6] [7] [3] Pierre Couquelet was originally scheduled to be Linda Le Bon's sighted guide.[4] Couquelet was not able to compete as her guide after failing a doping test due to an administrative error related to medication that he takes.[8]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Rémi MaziMen's giant slalom, standing1:11.16321:10.01322:21.1732
Men's slalom, standing56.13321:01.75251:57.8823
Linda Le Bon
Women's super combined, visually impaired1:26.36651.4852:18.205
Women's downhill, visually impaired1:36.066
Women's giant slalom, visually impaired1:08.56121:10.07122:18.6312
Women's slalom, visually impaired56.111353.99101:50.1011
Women's super-G, visually impaired1:26.987

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 4 March 2022 . Waarom de Antwerpse Linda Le Bon niet deelneemt aan de openingsceremonie . nl . Antwerps persbureau . 5 March 2022.
  2. Web site: 13 March 2022 . Paralympische Winterspelen officieel gesloten met oproep tot vrede . 15 March 2022 . Sporza . nl.
  3. Web site: Alpine Skiing Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313113641/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/ALP/PWG2022_ALP_B99_ALP-------------------------------.pdf . 13 March 2022 . 13 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
  4. News: 24 February 2022 . Skiërs Linda Le Bon en Rémi Mazi vertegenwoordigen België op de Paralympische Spelen . nl . Sporza.be . 2 March 2022.
  5. News: 9 May 2017 . Olek Kazimirowski named Belgium’s Chef de Mission . Paralympic.org . 2 March 2022.
  6. News: 22 November 2021. Paralympische Winterspelen: Linda Le Bon is eerste geselecteerde Belgische atlete. nl. Nieuwsblad.be. 19 January 2022.
  7. News: 1 February 2022. Rémi Mazi wordt tweede Belg in Peking. nl. Knack. 10 February 2022. 10 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220210110522/https://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/remi-mazi-wordt-tweede-belg-in-peking/article-belga-1829483.html?cookie_check=1644490889. dead.
  8. News: 2 March 2022 . Antwerpse Linda Le Bon zonder haar geschorste voorskiër naar Paralympics . nl . Antwerps persbureau . 5 March 2022.