The Ukrainian national team achieved historic success at the 2022 Paralympic Games in Beijing.
Our paraathletes finished the competition in the capital of the Celestial Empire with 29 medals: 11 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze. This allowed the blue-yellow team to take second place in the final medal standings..
Only China is ahead of the Ukrainians - the winner of the medal count of the Games in Beijing - 61 awards (18-20-23). Rounded out the top 3 medal count Canada - 25 medals (8-6-11).
For the Ukrainian team, this is the best result in the history of the Winter Paralympic Games..
Never before have our paraathletes completed competitions in the top 2 medal standings. Prior to that, the record was third place at the Games in 2006. Then the Ukrainians finished in the top 5 of the medal standings three times in a row..
It should be noted that at the 2022 Paralympic Games, Ukrainians updated two historical records at once: by the number of awards won at one Paralympic Games, as well as by gold medals won.
2022 Paralympics medal standings.