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

Medallists Medals by sportSport TotalAlpine skiing1135Snowboarding0011Total1146

Medals by dateDayDate TotalDay 15 March0011Day 26 March1102Day 37 March0022Day 48 March0000Day 59 March0000Day 610 March0000Day 711 March0011Total1146

Medals by genderGender TotalMale1023Female0123Mixed0000Total 1 1 4 6

MedalNameSportEventDateGuide: Andrew SimpsonAlpine skiingMen's Super-G, vision impairedGuide: Gary SmithAlpine skiingWomen's Super-G, vision impairedGuide: Brett WildAlpine skiingWomen's downhill, vision impairedGuide: Gary SmithAlpine skiingWomen's super combined, vision impairedGuide: Andrew SimpsonAlpine skiingMen's super combined, vision impairedOllie HillSnowboardingMen's banked slalom SB-LL211 March Multiple medallists 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 Guide: Andrew Simpson Alpine skiing Men's Super-G, vision impairedMen's super combined, vision impaired Guide: Gary Smith Alpine skiing Women's Super-G, vision impairedWomen's super combined, vision impaired

Medal and performance targets On 13 January 2022, UK Sport confirmed a target of 5–9 medals for the Games.

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

Competitors SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 7 3 10Biathlon 3* 0 3*Cross-country skiing 4* 1 5*Snowboarding 4 0 4Wheelchair curling 3 2 5Total 18 6 24

Steve Arnold, Callum Deboys and Scott Meenagh were selected to compete in both the biathlon and cross-country events.

Alpine skiing

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. 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.

Women AthleteClassificationEventRun 1Run 2Final/TotalTimeDiffRankTimeDiffRankTimeDiffRankMenna FitzpatrickGuide: Gary SmithVisually impairedDownhillalign="center" colspan="6" 1:30.49 +10.99 5Giant slalom 1:02.78 +8.70 7 1:04.89 +6.43 7 2:07.67 +15.13 7Slalom 47.25 +3.13 5 49.51 +2.10 3 1:36.76 +5.23 4Super-Galign="center" colspan="6" 1:18.79 +1.78 Super combined 1:22.25 +5.60 5 43.73 - 1 2:05.98 +2.59 Millie KnightGuide: Brett WildVisually impairedDownhillalign="center" colspan="6" 1:23.20 +3.70 Giant slalom 1:03.35 +9.27 9 1:07.98 +9.52 9 2:11.33 +18.79 9Slalom 50.35 +6.23 9 51.12 +3.71 8 1:41.47 +9.94 8Super-Galign="center" colspan="6" 1:19.39 +2.38 4Super combined 1:21.49 +4.84 4 46.40 +2.67 3 2:07.89 +4.50 4Shona BrownleeSittingGiant slalom 1:14.20 +12.44 9 1:17.88 +17.37 9 2:32.08 +29.81 9Slalom 2:05.52 +1:17.02 9 1:18.03 +28.96 9 3:23.55 +1:45.69 9Super-Galign="center" colspan="6" 1:48.23 +24.50 6Super combined 1:46.91 +26.54 6 did not finish

Men

AthleteClassificationEventRun 1Run 2Final/TotalTimeDiffRankTimeDiffRankTimeDiffRankNeil SimpsonGuide: Andrew SimpsonVisually impairedDownhillalign="center" colspan="6" 1:17.13 +3.68 7Giant slalom 1:00.81 +5.93 6 58.64 +5.21 5 1:59.45 +10.11 5Slalom 1:01.75 +22.13 11 51.40 +4.52 3 1:53.15 +26.33 9Super-Galign="center" colspan="6" 1:08.91 - Super combined 1:10.87 +1.75 5 41.94 +2.85 3 1:52.81 +3.01 Dan SheenSittingGiant slalom 1:15.28 +17.37 32Did not finishSlalom 1:04.90 +23.71 25Did not finishAlex SleggSittingGiant slalom 1:12.52 +14.61 30 1:08.38 +12.09 24 2:20.90 +26.70 26Slalom 54.88 +13.69 18James WhitleyStandingDownhillalign="center" colspan="6" 1:19.05 +4.13 9Giant slalom 1:01.08 +3.48 12 57.30 +0.60 2 1:58.38 +2.98 6Slalom 48.32 +7.84 18 54.27 +5.26 7 1:42.59 +12.98 8Super-Galign="center" colspan="6" 1:14.88 +5.77 19Super combinedDid not advance

Biathlon

On 22 February 2022, ParalympicsGB announced the selection of the three members of the cross-country team who will also compete in the biathlon. 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. Unfortunately, on his arrival in Beijing he again tested positive for Covid-19 and was forced to withdraw from the event.

Men AthleteClassificationEventResultRankSteve ArnoldSittingMen's 12.5 kmCallum DeboysSittingMen's 6.0 km22:32.017Men's 10.0 km38.37.918Men's 12.5 km49:53.818Scott MeenaghSittingMen's 6.0 km20:34.79Men's 10.0 km33:11.79Men's 12.5 km41:32.56

Cross-country skiing

On 22 February 2022, ParalympicsGB revealed the Nordic skiing team which had been selected for Beijing. 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. 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. 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.

Women AthleteClassificationEventQualificationSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHope GordonSitting1.5 km sprint3:35.0417Did not advance7.5 kmcolspan="4" 38:01.416

Men AthleteClassificationEventQualificationSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSteve ArnoldSitting1.5 km sprintDid not advance10 kmcolspan="4" 43:04.629Callum DeboysSitting1.5 km sprint2:37.0022Did not advance10 kmcolspan="4" 38:41.821Scott MeenaghSitting10 kmcolspan="4" 36:16.81618 kmcolspan="4" 50:41.612Steve ThomasSitting1.5 km sprint2:39.3325Did not advance10 kmcolspan="4" 44:17.532

Relay AthletesEventFinalTimeRankSteve ArnoldCallum DeboysScott MeenaghSteve Thomas4 x 2.5 km open relay 35:27.3 12

Snowboarding

On 22 February 2022, ParalympicsGB announced the names of the four snowboarders who have been selected to represent their country in Beijing. 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 AthleteEventRun 1Run 2BestRankOllie HillBanked slalom, SB-LL21:10.451:10.511:10.45Andy MacLeod1:18.521:16.551:16.5520Owen Pick1:10.641:11.911:10.644James Barnes-MillerBanked slalom, SB-UL1:12.391:13.121:12.399

Snowboard cross AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRun 1Run 2BestSeedPositionPositionPositionRankOllie HillSnowboard cross, SB-LL21:16.741:05.161:05.1612 Q3Did not advance10Andy MacLeod1:08.231:08.431:08.2317Did not advance17Owen Pick1:04.581:04.5811 Q3Did not advance9James Barnes-MillerSnowboard cross, SB-UL1:04.531:04.021:04.029 Q2 Q4 FB15 Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Wheelchair curling

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

Summary TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankGregor EwanHugh NibloeDavid MelroseMeggan Dawson-FarrellGary SmithMixedL 5–7W 10–6W 15–1L 3–7W 10–5L 4–6L 3–6L 6–8L 3–6W 8–48Did not advance

Round robin

Draw 1 Saturday, March 5, 14:35

Draw 2 Saturday, March 5, 19:35

Draw 6 Monday, March 7, 9:35

Draw 8 Monday, March 7, 19:35

Draw 9 Tuesday, March 8, 9:35

Draw 11 Tuesday, March 8, 19:35

Draw 13 Wednesday, March 9, 14:35

Draw 14 Wednesday, March 9, 19:35

Draw 15 Thursday, March 10, 9:35

Draw 16 Thursday, March 10, 14:35

See also Great Britain at the Paralympics Great Britain at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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