Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Switzerland
IPC code	SUI
NPC	Swiss Paralympic Committee
Website	www.swissparalympic.ch
in Beijing, China 4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) – 13 March 2022 (2022-03-13)
Competitors	12 (9 men and 3 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearers	Hans Burgener Romy Tschopp
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Switzerland competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.[1] In total, 12 athletes competed in four sports.[2]

Medalists

Further information: 2022 Winter Paralympics medal table

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

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Alpine skiing	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	0	1	1
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	1	1

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Théo Gmür	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill, standing	5 March

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	5	0	5
Cross-country skiing	1	0	1
Snowboarding	0	1	1
Wheelchair curling	3	2	5
Total	9	3	12

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Théo Gmür was among the alpine skiers to represent Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Robin Cuche	Downhill, standing	—				1:19.55	11
	Giant slalom, standing	DNF
	Super-G, standing	—				1:12.92	6
	Slalom, standing	45.14	8	DNF
	Super combined, standing	1:13.14	4	43.53	12	1:56.67	8
Théo Gmür	Downhill, standing	—				1:16.17
	Giant slalom, standing	58.36	3	58.56	7	1:56.92	5
	Super-G, standing	—				1:11.31	5
	Super combined, standing	1:12.05	2	DSQ
Thomas Pfyl	Giant slalom, standing	DNS
	Super-G, standing	—				1:12.97	7
	Slalom, standing	44.61	6	52.08	5	1:36.69	4
	Super combined, standing	1:13.70	6	DNF
Pascal Christen	Downhill, sitting	—				DNF
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:07.82	21	1:04.56	15	2:12.38	17
	Slalom, sitting	54.83	17	1:01.99	13	1:56.82	14
	Super combined, sitting	1:15.05	7	DNF
	Super-G, sitting	—				DNF
Murat Pelit	Downhill, sitting	—				DNS
	Giant slalom, sitting	DNF
	Slalom, sitting	DNF
	Super combined, sitting	1:19.30	17	DNF
	Super-G, sitting	—				1:18.54	16

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Luca Tavasci competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luca Tavasci	12.5 km free, standing	—				40:28.5	13
	20 km classic, standing	—				1:01:10.0	11
	1.5 km sprint, sitting	3:00.73	16	Did not advance

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

One snowboarder, Romy Tschopp, represented Switzerland.[5]

Banked slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Romy Tschopp	Women's SB-LL2	1:25.08	1:24.77	1:24.77	12

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Position	Position	Position
Romy Tschopp	Women's SB-LL2	1:18.14	1:27.72	9 Q	3	Did not advance

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

Wheelchair curling

Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Switzerland competed in wheelchair curling.[6][7]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage											Semifinal	Final / BM
		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	Rank
Laurent Kneubühl Hans Burgener Françoise Jaquerod Cynthia Mathez Patrick Delacrétaz	Mixed	SWE L 2–9	CAN L 4–8	KOR W 8–7	GBR L 1–15	CHN L 4–7	LAT L 7–9	NOR L 5–8	USA L 8–5	SVK L 8–6	EST L 6–8	11	Did not advance

Round robin Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC
China	Wang Haitao	8	2	–	68	39	36	28	2	13	71%	122.32
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	7	3	2–0	65	57	40	33	1	16	65%	95.19
Sweden	Viljo Petersson-Dahl	7	3	1–1	66	52	37	35	3	18	68%	91.08
Canada	Mark Ideson	7	3	0–2	69	50	36	33	2	11	71%	95.29
United States	Matthew Thums	5	5	1–0	60	75	32	39	2	6	60%	70.98
South Korea	Go Seung-nam	5	5	0–1	64	59	35	37	0	11	64%	103.20
Norway	Jostein Stordahl	4	6	2–0	60	64	37	38	2	13	64%	107.82
Great Britain	Hugh Nibloe	4	6	1–1	67	56	37	36	0	16	62%	134.75
Latvia	Poļina Rožkova	4	6	0–2	61	71	40	32	0	18	63%	100.43
Estonia	Andrei Koitmäe	3	7	–	51	69	32	41	2	13	61%	106.21
Switzerland	Laurent Kneubühl	1	9	–	48	87	32	42	0	8	56%	109.27

Wheelchair curling round robin summary table

Pos.	Country												Record
4	Canada	—	7–3	9–3	6–3	10–3	7–6	8–9	4–9	3–6	8–4	7–4	7–3
1	China	3–7	—	9–3	6–3	9–2	7–4	7–5	9–4	1–5	7–4	10–2	8–2
10	Estonia	3–9	3–9	—	5–10	6–5	8–3	6–7	2–5	4–6	8–6	6–9	3–7
8	Great Britain	3–6	3–6	10–5	—	8–4	5–7	3–7	6–8	4–6	15–1	10–6	4–6
9	Latvia	3–10	2–9	5–6	4–8	—	6–8	8–4	8–4	9–7	9–7	7–8	4–6
7	Norway	6–7	4–7	3–8	7–5	8–6	—	9–3	4–9	6–8	8–5	5–6	4–6
2	Slovakia	9–8	5–7	7–6	7–3	4–8	3–9	—	7–2	6–5	8–6	9–3	7–3
6	South Korea	9–4	4–9	5–2	8–6	4–8	9–4	2–7	—	10–4	7–8	6–7	5–5
3	Sweden	6–3	5–1	6–4	6–4	7–9	8–6	5–6	4–10	—	9–2	10–7	7–3
11	Switzerland	4–8	4–7	6–8	1–15	7–9	5–8	6–8	8–7	2–9	—	5–8	1–9
5	United States	4–7	2–10	9–6	6–10	8–7	6–5	3–9	7–6	7–10	8–5	—	5–5

Draw 1 Saturday, March 5, 14:35 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 X 9 Draw 2 Saturday, March 5, 19:35 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Canada (Ideson) 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 X 8  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 4 Draw 4 Sunday, March 6, 14:35 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 8  South Korea (Go) 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 Draw 6 Monday, March 7, 9:35 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1  Great Britain (Nibloe) 4 1 5 1 0 4 X X 15 Draw 8 Monday, March 7, 19:35 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  China (Wang) 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 7  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4

Draw 9 Tuesday, March 8, 9:35 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 7  Latvia (Rožkova) 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 9 Draw 11 Tuesday, March 8, 19:35 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Syversen) 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 8  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 Draw 13 Wednesday, March 9, 14:35 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  United States (Thums) 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 8  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 5 Draw 15 Thursday, March 10, 9:35 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 X 8  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 6 Draw 16 Thursday, March 10, 14:35 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 6  Estonia (Koitmäe) 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 8

See also

• Switzerland at the Paralympics
• Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics

References

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2. "Curling ist die vierte Disziplin - das Schweizer Team für Peking steht". Swiss Paralympic (in German). 10 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
3. "Alpine Skiing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
4. "Cross-country Skiing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
5. "Snowboarding Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
6. "Estonian wheelchair curling team qualifies for Beijing Paralympics". ERR. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
7. "Paralympic qualification". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2021.