Germany at the 2022 Winter Paralympics explained

Npc:	GER
Country:	Germany
Year:	2022
Games:	Winter Paralympics
Flagcaption:	Flag of Germany
Npcname:	National Paralympic Committee Germany
Location:	Beijing, China
Competitors:	17
Competitors Men:	9
Competitors Women:	8
Sports:	4
Flagbearer Open:	Martin Fleig Anna-Lena Forster
Flagbearer Close:	Leonie Maria Walter Pirmin Strecker
Rank:	7
Gold:	4
Silver:	8
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto

Germany competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Medalists

The following German competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Alpine skiing	2	2	2	6
Biathlon	1	4	3	8
Cross-country skiing	1	2	2	5
Total	bgcolor=gold	4	bgcolor=silver	8	bgcolor=#C96	7	19

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	5 March	0	3	1	4
Day 2	6 March	0	1	0	1
Day 3	7 March	1	1	1	3
Day 4	8 March	1	1	1	3
Day 5	9 March	0	1	1	2
Day 6	10 March	0	0	0	0
Day 7	11 March	0	1	2	3
Day 8	12 March	2	0	1	3
Day 9	13 March	0	0	0	0
Total		bgcolor=gold	4	bgcolor=silver	8	bgcolor=#C96	7	19

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	3	0	3
Female	4	5	7	16
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	bgcolor=gold	4	bgcolor=silver	8	bgcolor=#C96	7	19

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Anna-Lena Forster	Alpine skiing	2	2	0	4
Linn Kazmaier	Biathlon Cross-country skiing	1	3	1	5
Marco Maier		0	2	0	2
Leonie Maria Walter		1	0	3	4

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

Competitors

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

width=150	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	2	4	6
Biathlon	4	4	8
Cross-country skiing	4	4	8
Snowboarding	3	0	3
Total	9	8	17

Alpine skiing

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

Germany competed in alpine skiing.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christoph Glötzner	LW2	Giant slalom, standing
Christoph Glötzner	LW2	Slalom, standing		colspan=4
Leander Kress	LW2	Downhill, standing
		Super-G, standing	1:18.32	27
		Super combined, standing	1:16.29	18	46.52	19	2:02.81	17
		Giant slalom, standing	1:06.22	24	1:03.21	22	2:09.43	22
		Slalom, standing	56.78	34

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna-Lena Forster	LW12-1	Downhill, sitting	1:30.59
		Super-G, sitting	1:23.84
		Super combined, sitting	1:26.44	4	44.93	1	2:11.37
		Giant slalom, sitting	1:04.17	4	1:06.81	3	2:10.98	4
		Slalom, sitting	48.50	1	49.36	2	1:37.86
Anna-Maria Rieder	LW9-1	Super-G, standing	1:18.63	5
		Super combined, standing	1:21.49	6	46.51	3	2:08.00	4
		Giant slalom, standing	1:00.90	7	1:02.84	4	2:03.74	5
		Slalom, standing	48.97	3	51.53	3	1:40.50
Noemi Ewa Ristau	B2	Downhill, visually impaired
		Super-G, visually impaired	1:22.31	5
		Super combined, visually impaired		colspan=4
		Giant slalom, visually impaired	1:03.94	10	1:08.64	11	2:12.58	10
		Slalom, visually impaired	51.69	11	50.65	7	1:42.34	9
Andrea Rothfuss	LW6/8-2	Downhill, standing	1:23.71	4
		Super-G, standing	1:22.35	9
		Super combined, standing		colspan=4
		Giant slalom, standing	59.28	4	1:02.63	2	2:01.91
		Slalom, standing

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Germany competed in biathlon.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Missed shots	Time	Rank
Alexander Ehler	LW4	6km, standing	7	22:24.7	16
Martin Fleig	LW11.5	6km, sitting	1	20:02.6	5
		10km, sitting	2	31:23.7
		12.5km, sitting	8	48:51.6	16
Marco Maier	LW8	6km, standing	0	17:03.4
Nico Messinger	B2	6km, visually impaired	3	19:05.1	7
Nico Messinger	B2	10km, visually impaired	3	39:27.1	7

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Missed shots	Time	Rank
Linn Kazmaier	B3	6km, visually impaired	1	20:14.6
Linn Kazmaier	B3	12.5km, visually impaired	0	50:23.2
Johanna Recktenwald	B2	6km, visually impaired	2	24:35.6	7
		10km, visually impaired	3	45:56.6	4
		12.5km, visually impaired	4	57:00.8	4
Leonie Maria Walter	B2	6km, visually impaired	1	20:39.0
		10km, visually impaired	0	40:56.2
		12.5km, visually impaired	0	52:27.6
Anja Wicker	LW10.5	6km, sitting	3	23:17.5	5
		10km, sitting	5	35:45.3
		12.5km, sitting	0	44:43.3	4

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Germany competed in cross-country skiing.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexander Ehler	LW4	20km classical, standing
		1.5km sprint, standing	2:56.15	11 Q	3:38.7	5	did not advance
		12.5km free, standing	37:34.0	9
Martin Fleig	LW11.5	15km, sitting	49:53.9	9
Marco Maier	LW8	1.5km sprint, standing	2:43.67	1 Q	3:26.4	3 Q	3:08.8
Nico Messinger	B2	1.5km sprint, visually impaired	2:49.59	9	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Linn Kazmaier	B3	15km classical, visually impaired	52:05.6
		1.5km sprint, visually impaired	3:25.09	2 Q	3:57.6	1 Q	4:05.2
		10km free, visually impaired	41:40.8
Johanna Recktenwald	B2	1.5km sprint, visually impaired	3:36.66	5 Q	4:12.2	3	did not advance
Johanna Recktenwald	B2	10km free, visually impaired	46:14.4	5
Leonie Maria Walter	B2	15km classical, visually impaired	54:08.8
Leonie Maria Walter	B2	1.5km sprint, visually impaired	3:35.34	4 Q	4:09.0	2 Q	4:18.4	4
Anja Wicker	LW10.5	1.5km sprint, sitting	2:52.27	6 Q	3:55.2	6	did not advance

Relay

Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Anja Wicker Leonie Maria Walter Marco Maier Nico Messinger	4 × 2.5km mixed relay	27:50.1	5
Martin Fleig Linn Kazmaier Alexander Ehler Johanna Recktenwald	4 × 2.5km open relay	31:40.1	8

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Germany competed in snowboarding.^[6]

Slalom
Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Matthias Keller	Banked slalom, SB-LL2	1:20.16	1:19.07	1:19.07	21
Manuel Ness	Banked slalom, SB-LL2	1:19.73	1:19.15	1:19.15	22
Christian Schmiedt	Banked slalom, SB-LL1	1:20.36	1:24.87	1:20.36	11

Snowboard cross
Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Best	Seed	Quarterfinal	Semifinal
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Best	Seed	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Matthias Keller	Snowboard cross, SB-LL2	1:08.98	16	1:09.67	19	1:08.98	19	did not advance
Manuel Ness	Snowboard cross, SB-LL2	1:19.33	20	1:18.83	21	1:18.83	22	did not advance
Christian Schmiedt	Snowboard cross, SB-LL1	1:27.44	14	1:11.36	9	1:11.36	11 Q	3	did not advance

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify to next round; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final

Notes and References

News: 28 January 2022. Peking 2022: Ein junges Team im Umbruch. de. Team Deutschland Paralympics. 16 February 2022.
Web site: Das Team Deutschland Paralympics für Peking. 16 February 2022. DBS. de.
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.
Web site: Biathlon Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315045051/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/BTH/PWG2022_BTH_B99_BTH-------------------------------.pdf . 15 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Web site: Cross-country Skiing Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313113902/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/CCS/PWG2022_CCS_B99_CCS-------------------------------.pdf . 13 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Web site: Snowboarding Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220312054847/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/SBD/PWG2022_SBD_B99_SBD-------------------------------.pdf . 12 March 2022 . 12 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.