United_States_at_the_2018_Winter_Paralympics

United States at the
2018 Winter Paralympics
United States at the; 2018 Winter Paralympics
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IPC code	USA
NPC	United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Website	www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics
in PyeongChang, South Korea
Flag bearers	Mike Schultz (opening) ; Oksana Masters (closing)
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 13 Silver 15 Bronze 8 Total 36
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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United States at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

The United States competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea from 9 to 18 March 2018.

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With 13 gold, 15 silver and 8 bronze medals, the US athletes had their best performance in 16 years and were the most successful national selection for the first time since 1994, ahead of the neutral athletes from Russia and the Canadian team. The most successful athlete within the US team was Oksana Masters with two gold, two silver and one bronze medal. Kendall Gretsch and Brenna Huckaby also each won two gold medals. With one gold, four silver and one bronze, David Cnossen was the most successful male US participant of the 2018 Paralympics.^[3]

Wheelchair curling

Summary

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The national team first decided who might be part of the national team in September 2017 in Incheon, South Korea.^[7] The second time when the national team said some people may not be able to go was at an event in Green Bay, Wisconsin in October 2017.^[7] The final choice of who would be on Team USA for the 2018 Games was made at USA National Team event in Wausau, Wisconsin in early November 2017.^[7]

Before the Games started, American wheelchair curlers had a few important dates in preparation for the Games. These included the U.S. Open in Utica, New York in December 2017, the Kisakallio Cup in Kisakallio, Finland in January 2018, and Sochi Open in January 2018.^[7]

Round robin standings

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Source: Paralympic.org

Results

United States has a bye in draws 2, 4, 6, 9, 14 and 16.

Draw 1

Saturday, 10 March, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Black)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	3
South Korea (Seo)	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	X	8

Draw 3

Sunday, 11 March, 9:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Black)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	4
Germany (Putzich)	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	X	6

Draw 5

Sunday, 11 March, 19:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Black)	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	X	10
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2

Draw 7

Monday, 12 March, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	2	8
United States (Black)	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	5

Draw 8

Monday, 12 March, 19:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Neutral Paralympic Athletes (Kurokhtin)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	6
United States (Black)	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4

Draw 10

Tuesday, 13 March, 14:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Black)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
China (Wang)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	6

Draw 11

Tuesday, 13 March, 19:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	6
United States (Black)	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5

Draw 12

Wednesday, 14 March, 9:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	7
United States (Black)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4

Draw 13

Wednesday, 14 March, 14:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Neilson)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	3
United States (Black)	1	0	3	2	0	3	0	X	9

Draw 15

Thursday, 15 March, 9:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Black)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	5

Draw 17

Thursday, 15 March, 19:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Black)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	6
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	7

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Cross-country skiing	3	1	2	6
Snowboarding	5	5	3	13
Biathlon	2	4	1	7
Alpine skiing	1	2	1	4
Para ice hockey	1	0	0	1
Total	13	15	8	36

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	March 10	3	1	1	5
2	March 11	1	2	1	4
3	March 12	2	2	2	6
4	March 13	0	1	1	2
5	March 14	2	1	1	4
6	March 15	0	0	0	0
7	March 16	3	5	1	9
8	March 17	1	3	1	5
9	March 18	1	0	0	1
Total		13	15	8	36

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Female	5	4	3	12	40%
Male	6	8	4	18	60%
Mixed	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Total	13	15	8	36	100%

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport(s)				Total
Daniel Cnossen	Biathlon, Cross-country skiing	1	3	1	5
Oksana Masters	Biathlon, Cross-country skiing	1	2	1	4
Kendall Gretsch	Biathlon, Cross-country skiing	2	0	0	2
Brenna Huckaby	Snowboarding	2	0	0	2
Andrew Kurka	Alpine skiing	1	1	0	2
Mike Schultz	Snowboarding	1	1	0	2
Noah Elliot	Snowboarding	1	0	1	2
Mike Minor	Snowboarding	1	0	1	2
Andrew Soule	Biathlon, Cross-country skiing	1	0	1	2
Amy Purdy	Snowboarding	0	1	1	2

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Andrew Kurka	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill, sitting	March 10
Gold	Daniel Cnossen	Biathlon	Men's 7.5 km, sitting	March 10
Gold	Kendall Gretsch	Biathlon	Women's 6 km, sitting	March 10
Gold	Kendall Gretsch	Cross-country skiing	Women's 12 km, sitting	March 11
Gold	Mike Schultz	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross SB-LL1	March 12
Gold	Brenna Huckaby	Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross SB-LL1	March 12
Gold	Andrew Soule	Cross-country skiing	Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, sitting	March 14
Gold	Oksana Masters	Cross-country skiing	Women's 1.5 km sprint classical, sitting	March 14
Gold	Noah Elliott	Snowboarding	Men's banked slalom SB-LL1	March 16
Gold	Mike Minor	Snowboarding	Men's banked slalom SB-UL	March 16
Gold	Brenna Huckaby	Snowboarding	Women's banked slalom SB-LL1	March 16
Gold	Oksana Masters	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km, sitting	March 17
Gold	United States men's national ice sledge hockey team Ralph DeQuebec Brody Roybal Billy Hanning Jr. Jack Wallace Travis Dodson Tyler Carron Luke McDermott Nikko Landeros Declan Farmer Adam Page Noah Grove Rico Roman Josh Misiewicz Josh Pauls Jen Lee Steve Cash Kevin McKee	Para ice hockey	Para ice hockey	March 18
Silver	Oksana Masters	Biathlon	Women's 6 km, sitting	March 10
Silver	Andrew Kurka	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G, sitting	March 11
Silver	Daniel Cnossen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km, sitting	March 11
Silver	Keith Gabel	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross SB-LL2	March 12
Silver	Amy Purdy	Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross SB-LL1	March 12
Silver	Daniel Cnossen	Biathlon	Men's 12.5 km, sitting	March 13
Silver	Tyler Walker	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom, sitting	March 14
Silver	Daniel Cnossen	Biathlon	Men's 15 km, sitting	March 16
Silver	Oksana Masters	Biathlon	Women's 12.5 km, sitting	March 16
Silver	Mike Schultz	Snowboarding	Men's banked slalom SB-LL1	March 16
Silver	Evan Strong	Snowboarding	Men's banked slalom SB-LL2	March 16
Silver	Brittani Coury	Snowboarding	Women's banked slalom SB-LL2	March 16
Silver	Jake Adicoff Guide: Sawyer Kesselheim	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 km, visually impaired	March 17
Silver	Daniel Cnossen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 km, sitting	March 17
Silver	Tyler Walker	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom, sitting	March 17
Bronze	Laurie Stephens	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill, sitting	March 10
Bronze	Oksana Masters	Cross-country skiing	Women's 12 km, sitting	March 11
Bronze	Noah Elliott	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross SB-LL1	March 12
Bronze	Mike Minor	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross SB-UL	March 12
Bronze	Andrew Soule	Biathlon	Men's 12.5 km, sitting	March 13
Bronze	Daniel Cnossen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 1.5 km sprint classical	March 14
Bronze	Amy Purdy	Snowboarding	Women's banked slalom SB-LL1	March 16
Bronze	Jamie Stanton	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom, standing	March 17

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Medalists

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Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Snowboarding

Para ice hockey

Wheelchair curling

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Athlete	Event	Class	Run 1	Run 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Class	Run 1	Run 2	Time	Rank
Jasmin Bambur	Super-G	LW11	DNF	—	DNF
	Giant slalom		1:13.52	DNF
	Slalom		DNF
	Super combined		1:31.53	53.69	2:25.22	12
Josh Elliott	Super-G	LW12-2	DNF	—	DNF
	Giant slalom		DNF
	Slalom		DNF
	Super combined		1:27.10	50.58	2:17.68	6
Andrew Kurka	Downhill	LW12-1	1:24.11	—	1:24.11
	Super-G		1:26.89	—	1:26.89
	Giant slalom		DNF
	Super combined		1:27.17	50.56	2:17.73	7
Stephen Lawler	Downhill	LW12-1	1:32.82	—	1:32.82	18
	Super-G		1:38.33	—	1:38.33	22
	Giant slalom		1:17.20	DNF
Tyler Walker	Super-G	LW12-1	1:29.10	—	1:29.10	12
	Giant slalom		1:06.30	1:07.49	2:13.79
	Slalom		49.08	51.47	1:40.55
	Super combined		1:27.27	DNF

Athlete	Event	Class	Factor	Time	Misses	Factored Time	Rank
Daniel Cnossen	7.5 km	LW12	100 %	23:49.7	1 (0+1)	23:49.7
Aaron Pike		LW11.5	96 %	27:20.9	3 (3+0)	26:15.3	12
Bryan Price		LW11.5	96 %	30:05.0	1 (1+0)	28:52.8	20
Andy Soule		LW12	100 %	25:08.3	3 (3+0)	25:08.3	8
Jeremy Wagner		LW11.5	96 %	29:43.8	1 (1+0)	28:32.4	19
Daniel Cnossen	12.5 km	LW12	100%	46:37.3	0 (0+0+0+0)	46:37.3
Sean Halstead		LW11.5	96%	58:05.3	5 (2+0+1+2)	55:45.9	14
Aaron Pike		LW11.5	96%	53:07.7	1 (0+0+0+1)	51:00.2	7
Bryan Price		LW11.5	96 %	1:04:31.9	10 (3+1+2+4)	1:01:57.0	16
Andy Soule		LW12	100 %	47:08.7	2 (0+0+2+0)	47:08.7

Athlete	Event	Class	Factor	Time	Misses	Factored Time	Rank
Ruslan Reiter	7.5 km	LW8	96 %	23:52.9	4 (2+2)	22:55.6	16
Ruslan Reiter	12.5 km	LW8	96 %	45:35.3	4 (0+2+1+1)	43:45.9	11

Athlete	Event	Class	Factor	Time	Misses	Factored Time	Rank
Kendall Gretsch	6 km	LW11.5	96 %	22:46.7	1 (0+1)	21:52.0
Oksana Masters		LW12	100 %	22:14.8	0 (0+0)	22:14.8
Joy Rondeau		LW11.5	96 %	28:59.0	0 (0+0)	27:49.4	14
Kendall Gretsch	10 km	LW11.5	96 %	46:28.5	3 (1+0+0+2)	44:37.0	4
Oksana Masters	10 km	LW12	100 %	DNF
Oksana Masters	12.5km	LW12	100 %	50:00.0	0 (0+0+0+0)	50:00.0

Athlete	Event	Class	Factor	Time	Factored Time	Rank
Daniel Cnossen	15 km	LW12	100 %	42:20.7	42:20.7
Daniel Cnossen	1.5 km
Sean Halstead	15 km	LW11.5	96 %	50:39.6	48:38.0	22
Andrew Soule	15 km	LW12	100%	44:36.9	44:36.9	11
Andrew Soule	1.5 km

Athlete	Event	Class	Factor	Time		Factored Time		Rank
Jake Adicoff Guide: Sawyer Kesselheim	20 km 1.5 km	B3	100%	49:43.0		49:43.0		5
				Seeding		Semifinal		Final
				Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
				3:42.13	3	4:10.3	2	RAL

Athlete	Event	Class	Factor	Time		Factored Time		Rank
Kendall Gretsch	12 km	LW11.5	96 %	39:51.6		38:15.9
Oksana Masters	12 km 5km 1.5 km	LW12	100%	39:04.9		39:04.9
				16:42.0		16.42.0
				Seeding		Semifinal		Final
				Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
				3:29.86	1	4:24.3	1	4:06.7

Athlete	Event	Seeding						1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Best	Seed	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Best	Seed	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Noah Elliot	Snowboard cross, SB-LL1	1:00.73	1	—		1:00.73	1 Q	1	1	2	1
Mark Mann		1:04.58	4			1:04.58	4 q	1	2	Did not advance
Mike Schultz		1:04.73	5			1:04.73	5 q	1	1	1	1
Keith Gabel	Snowboard cross, SB-LL2	59.02	4	1:00.55	4	59.02	4 Q	1	1	1	2
Mike Shea		58.93	3	58.97	1	58.93	3 Q	1	2	Did not advance
Evan Strong		1:01.38	7	59.40	3	59.40	6 Q	1	1	2	2	4
Mike Minor	Snowboard cross, SB-UL	1:00.12	1	1:02.11	3	1:00.12	1 Q	1	1	2	1
James Sides		1:06.60	12	1:06.47	13	1:06.47	15 Q	2	Did not advance
Micheal Spivey		1:08.87	16	1:08.33	16	1:08.33	18	Did not advance

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2017–18 team
3	D	Ralph DeQuebec	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	March 24, 1983	San Pedro, California	Colorado Avalanche
4	F	Brody Roybal	3 ft 1 in (94 cm)	120 lb (54 kg)	May 25, 1998	Northlake, Illinois	Chicago Blackhawks
5	D	Bill Hanning Jr.	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	160 lb (73 kg)	April 18, 1985	High Ridge, Missouri	St. Louis Blues
8	F	Jack Wallace	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)	210 lb (95 kg)	June 24, 1998	Franklin Lakes, New Jersey	NJ Freeze
9	F	Dodson Travsis	4 ft 0 in (122 cm)	150 lb (68 kg)	October 14, 1985	Deming, New Mexico	Chicago Blackhawks
11	D	Tyler Carron	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	165 lb (75 kg)	November 5, 1989	Fort Collins, Colorado	Colorado Avalanche
13	D	Luke McDermott	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	155 lb (70 kg)	September 1, 1987	Westerlo, New York	Buffalo Sabres
15	D	Nikko Landeros	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	April 28, 1980	Johnstown, Colorado	Colorado Avalanche
16	F	Declan Farmer	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	135 lb (61 kg)	November 5, 1997	Tampa, Florida	Tampa Bay Lightning
20	F	Adam Page	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	170 lb (77 kg)	March 10, 1992	Lancaster, New York	Buffalo Sabres
22	F	Noah Grove	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	135 lb (61 kg)	May 1, 1999	Frederick, Maryland	Boston Bruins
23	F	Rico Roman	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	180 lb (82 kg)	February 4, 1981	Portland, Oregon	Colorado Avalanche
24	F	Josh Misiewicz	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	170 lb (77 kg)	June 25, 1988	La Grange, Illinois	Chicago Blackhawks
27	D	Josh Pauls	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	135 lb (61 kg)	December 31, 1992	Green Brook, New Jersey	St. Louis Blues
32	G	Jen Lee	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	July 26, 1986	San Francisco, California	Chicago Blackhawks
34	G	Steve Cash	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	150 lb (68 kg)	May 9, 1989	Overland, Missouri	St. Louis Blues
88	F	Kevin McKee	4 ft 7 in (140 cm)	115 lb (52 kg)	February 11, 1990	Chicago, Illinois	Chicago Blackhawks

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men's	Sledge hockey tournament	Japan W 10–0	Czech Republic W 10–0	South Korea W 8–0	1 QS	Italy W 10–1	Canada W 2–1

Athlete	Event	Class	Run 1	Run 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Class	Run 1	Run 2	Time	Rank
Tyler Carter	Giant slalom	LW4	1:15.23	DNF
Tyler Carter	Slalom	LW4	1:02.22	1:01.08	2:03.30	19
Andrew Haraghey	Downhill	LW1	1:32.84	—	1:32.84	18
Andrew Haraghey	Super-G	LW1	1:34.19	—	1:34.19	24
Connor Hogan	Giant slalom	LW9-1	1:15.90	1:16.57	2:32.47	24
Connor Hogan	Slalom	LW9-1	1:02.59	DNS
Jamie Stanton	Super-G	LW4	1:02.59	—	1:31.31	17
	Giant slalom		1:09.44	1:11.86	2:21.30	14
	Slalom		48.51	48.86	1:37.37
	Super combined		1:29.80	46.75	2:16.55	4
Thomas Walsh	Super-G	LW4	1:30.38	—	1:30.38	13
	Giant slalom		1:08.92	1:07.39	2:16.31	7
	Slalom		49.33	52.87	1:42.20	5
	Super combined		1:29.13	DNF
Spencer Wood	Giant slalom	LW4	1:16.45	1:16.54	2:32.99	25
Spencer Wood	Slalom	LW4	1:00.39	DNF

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	28	0	+28	9	Semifinals
2	South Korea (H)	3	1	1	0	1	7	11	−4	5	Semifinals
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	1	1	5	13	−8	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0	5–8th place semifinals

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot %	Qualification
1	South Korea	11	9	2	65	51	14	0.818	38	36	9	11	66%	Advance to playoffs
2	Canada	11	9	2	74	45	29	0.818	47	28	6	27	62%
3	China	11	9	2	85	42	43	0.818	43	32	2	16	67%
4	Norway	11	7	4	55	57	−2	0.636	41	35	5	15	58%
5	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	11	5	6	61	63	−2	0.455	44	37	2	23	62%
6	Switzerland	11	5	6	56	63	−7	0.455	36	45	2	11	61%
7	Great Britain	11	5	6	57	53	4	0.455	41	41	6	20	62%
8	Germany	11	5	6	57	68	−11	0.455	37	39	5	16	54%
9	Slovakia	11	4	7	62	72	−10	0.364	39	46	1	11	57%
10	Sweden	11	4	7	47	66	−19	0.364	29	45	8	8	57%
11	Finland	11	2	9	53	87	−34	0.182	35	46	1	11	51%
12	United States	11	2	9	58	63	−5	0.182	37	45	3	12	60%