Germany at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Germany sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There were 19 people from Germany competing in South Korea. 10 were women and 9 were men. They competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and wheelchair curling. Germany tried to go to the Winter Paralympics in sledge hockey. The team needed to win some competitions. Because they lost, they could not go to South Korea. Sports leaders from Germany were not happy Russia was allowed to compete at the Games. Para-Nordic skier Andrea Eskau went to her sixth Paralympic Games in 2018.

Team

There were 19 people from Germany competing in South Korea.^[1]^[2] They are competing in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and wheelchair curling. The team has 10 women and 9 men. There were 9 people going to their first Paralympic Games. The team was named by the German Disabled Sports Association 38 days before the Games started.^[1]^[2]^[3] The Chef-de-Mission was Karl Quade.^[1]^[2] People thought Germany should win a lot of medals at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. They thought this because Germany sent 13 people to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. These 13 people won 15 total medals.^[1]^[4]

Germany tried to go to the Winter Paralympics in sledge hockey. The team needed to win some competitions. Because they lost them, they could not go to South Korea.^[4]

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Germany") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Team Germany
Name	Sport	Gender	Classification	Events	ref
Andrea Eskau	para-Nordic skiing	female			^[1]^[3]
Martin Fleig	para-Nordic skiing	male	LW11.5	biathlon	^[1]^[5]
Clara Klug	para-Nordic skiing	female			^[1]
Anna Schaffelhuber	para-alpine skiing	female			^[1]^[3]
Anja Wicker	para-Nordic skiing	female	LW10.5	biathlon	^[1]^[5]

Medalists

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Anna Schaffelhuber	Alpine skiing	2	0	0	2
Andrea Rothfuss	Alpine skiing	0	2	0	2

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Anna Schaffelhuber	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill, sitting	10 March
1 Gold	Anna Schaffelhuber	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G, sitting	11 March
2 Silver	Andrea Rothfuss	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill, standing	10 March
2 Silver	Andrea Rothfuss	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G, standing	11 March
2 Silver	Andrea Eskau	Cross-country skiing	Women's 12 km, sitting	11 March

Doping

Before the 2018 Winter Paralympics, German Disabled Sports Association President Julius Beucher and Chef-de-Mission was Karl Quade were not happy. The International Paralympic Committee said some Russians could go to South Korea to compete. Beucher and Quade did not like this. They questioned if the sportspeople from Russia were "clean". They wanted a Winter Paralympics where there was no doping.^[1]

Para-alpine skiing

Skiers

Anna Schaffelhuber is one of the best people for Germany at the Winter Paralympics. She competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. She won 5 gold medals in 5 races.^[1]^[3] She goes to Pyeongchang looking to defend her crown.^[3]

Schedule and training

Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March.^[6] Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.^[7]^[8]

The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March. Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions. Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.^[9]

Results

Marie Bochet from France won gold in the women's downhill standing. Andrea Rothfuss from Germany won silver. Mollie Jepsen from Canada won bronze.^[10] Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold in the women's downhill sitting race. Momoka Murakoa of Japan won silver. Laurie Stephens of the United States won bronze.^[10] In the women's Super-G standing race, Marie Bochet of France won gold, Andrea Rothfuss of Germany won silver, and Alana Ramsay of Canada won bronze.^[11] In the women's Super-G sitting race, Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold, Claudia Loesch of Austria won silver, and Momoka Muraoka of Japan won bronze.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georg Kreiter	LW10-1	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	1:28.23	10
Georg Kreiter	LW10-1	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	DNF
Thomas Nolte	LW11	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	1:34.27	20
Thomas Nolte	LW11	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	1:35.40	21

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna-Lena Forster	LW12-1	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	DNF
Anna-Lena Forster	LW12-1	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	1:36.26	4
Noemi Ewa Ristau Guide: Lucien Gerkau	B2	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	1:33.33	4
Noemi Ewa Ristau Guide: Lucien Gerkau	B2	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	1:39.09	7
Andrea Rothfuss	LW6/8-2	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	1:32.53
Andrea Rothfuss	LW6/8-2	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	1:33.10
Anna Schaffelhuber	LW10-2	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	1:33.26
Anna Schaffelhuber	LW10-2	colspan=4 data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" \| —	1:34.76

Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers

Martin Fleig and Anja Wicker both were members of the Germany team at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi.^[5] Before the start of the 2018 Games, people thought they could win medals.^[5] Wicker won 2 medals in biathlon at earlier Paralympic Games.^[1] Clara Klug is blind. Her first Paralympic Games were in 2018.^[1] Before they left for Pyeongchang, Wicker gave Klug advice about the Paralympics.^[1]

Before South Korea, Andrea Eskau went to 5 Paralympic Games.^[1]^[3] These were the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics for cycling, and the 2006, 2010, 2014 Winter Paralympics for para-Nordic skiing.^[1]^[12]^[13]

Schedule and results

On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM. Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals. The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.^[9]

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Missed shots	Real time	Calculated time	Rank
Alexander Ehler	LW4	7.5 km, standing	0+0	19:52.0	19:16.2	5
Martin Fleig	LW11.5	7.5 km, sitting	0+1	25:43.0	24:41.3	6
Steffen Lehmker	LW8	7.5 km, standing	1+0	21:44.9	20:52.7	10
Nico Messinger Guide: Lutz Peter Klausmann	B2	7.5 km, visually impaired	1+0	22:58.0	22:44.2	9

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Missed shots	Real time	Calculated time	Rank
Andrea Eskau	LW11	6 km, sitting	0+0	24:33.1	23:04.7	6
Vivian Hösch Guide: Florian Schillinger	B1	6 km, visually impaired	1+0	24:48.7	21:50.1	7
Clara Klug Guide: Martin Hartl	B1	6 km, visually impaired	0+1	24:32.4	21:35.7	6
Anja Wicker	LW10.5	6 km, sitting	0+1	27:37.5	24:51.8	9

Cross country skiing

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Qualification			Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Real time	Calculated time	Rank	Real time	Calculated time	Rank	Real time	Calculated time	Rank
Alexander Ehler	LW4	20 km, standing
Steffen Lehmker	LW8	20 km, standing

Women

In cross country skiing's women's 12 km sitting race, Kendall Gretsch of the United States won gold, Andrea Eskau of Germany won silver, and Oksana Masters of the United States won bronze.^[14]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Real time	Calculated time	Rank
Andrea Eskau	LW11	12 km, sitting	41:16.9	38:48.3

Wheelchair curling

The team starts playing on 10 March. They play Sweden on 13 March.^[15]

Team	Group stage												Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Opposition Score	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	Opposition Score	Rank
Christiane Putzich Harry Pavel Martin Schlitt Heike Melchior Wolf Meissner	NPA W 9–4	USA W 6–4	CHN	SVK	KOR	SWE	NOR	GBR	SUI	CAN	FIN