Norway at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Norway at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
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IPC code	NOR
NPC	Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no
in Pyeongchang
Competitors	35 in 6 sports
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 8
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Norway sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. People competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding, sledge hockey and wheelchair curling.

Team

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Norway") that competed in the 2018 Games.

Team Norway

Name	Sport	Gender	Classification	Club	Events	ref
Johannes Birkelund	para-Nordic skiing	male		Oppegård IL	cross country skiing
Eirik Bye	para-Nordic skiing	male		Oppegård IL
Rikke Iversen	wheelchair curling	male		Halden Curling Club	mixed team
Trygve Toskedal Larsen	para-Nordic skiing	male		Avaldsnes IL/Trysilgutten IL
Rune Lorentsen	wheelchair curling	male		Halden Curling Club	mixed team
Sissel Løchen	wheelchair curling			Stavanger Curlingklubb	mixed team
Kristian Moen	para-snowboarding			Funkis Snowboardklubb
Arvid Nelson	para-Nordic skiing	male	guide skier	Svarstad IL	cross country skiing
Vilde Nilsen	para-Nordic skiing	female		Kvaløysletta Skilag/Tromsø SSL	cross country skiing
Håkon Grønsveen Olsrud	para-Nordic skiing	male		Nordbygda/Løten Ski	cross country skiing
Jesper Saltvik Pedersen	para-alpine skiing	male		Plogen Skiklubb
Birgit Skarstein	para-Nordic skiing	female		Frol IL	cross country skiing
Jostein Stordahl	wheelchair curling	male		Halden Curling Club	mixed team
Ole Fredrik Syversen	wheelchair curling	male		Halden Curling Club	mixed team
Nils-Erik Ulset	para-Nordic skiing	male		Tingvoll IL

Owe Lüthcke is a sledge hockey referee. The Norwegian went to Pyeongchang to referee matches. He was part of the official Norwegian delegation.

Goals

For the 2018 Winter Paralympics, Nord-Trøndelag County Council has some goals. These included getting more people to compete in disability sports. They also wanted to increase the level of accessibility to sports buildings and sports field in Nord-Trøndelag County and the rest of Norway.

Doping

In December 2017, Norway said it would not send any anti-doping officials to the Winter Olympics or Paralympics. They are tired of needing to use unpaid volunteers. They think anti-doping officials need to be paid. Anti-doping Norway chief executive Anders Solheim said, "If you sell TV rights for this arrangement for billions of dollars, then we think it's wrong that we pay for Norwegian doping controllers to help with the controls. An inspector should receive a reasonable salary and his trip paid for the three weeks he or she will be there. By not paying doping controllers, the organisers are de facto relying on volunteers. Anti-doping work should not be a voluntary profession for those who want to. It is downplaying the priority of our work, and we are tired of it."

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Jesper Pedersen	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom, sitting	14 March
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Vilde Nilsen	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint classical, standing	14 March
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen Rikke Iversen	Wheelchair curling	Mixed team	17 March
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Nils-Erik Ulset Håkon Olsrud Eirik Bye Guide: Arvid Nelson	Cross-country skiing	4 × 2.5 km open relay	18 March
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Håkon Olsrud	Cross-country skiing	Men's 20 km free, standing	12 March
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Jesper Pedersen	Alpine skiing	Men's super combined, sitting	13 March
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Eirik Bye Guide: Arvid Nelson	Cross-country skiing	Men's sprint classical, visually impaired	14 March
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Nils-Erik Ulset	Biathlon	Men's 15 km, standing	16 March

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Birgit Skarstein competed in two sports: adapted rowing and para-Nordic skiing. She won a gold medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in the PR1 W1x. Skarstein also went to the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and she finished fourth. Skarstein has also went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics, competing in para-Nordic skiing.

Para ice hockey

Main article: Para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Group stage				Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Norway mixed	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy L 2–3 GWS	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada L 0–8	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden W 3–1	3	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan W 6–1	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic W 5–2	5

Norway qualified by finishing in the top four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships. Norway played in a tournament in January in Japan. They lost to the Paralympic Games host nation South Korea 0 - 5 in the gold medal game. Norway lost to Italy 4 - 3 in overtime at a tournament in Turin in January 2018.

Roster

Lena Schrøder is the only woman to compete in sledge hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. While the sport allows both men and women to compete against each other, this rarely happens at the Paralympic level.

Norway roster

Name	Position	Number	Club	ref
Torstein Aanekre	forward	34	Mjøsa Pikes
Thommas Avdal	defenseman	24	VIF Para Ishockey
Audun Bakke	forward	22	VIF Para Ishockey
Magnus Bøgle	forward	12	IL Kråkene Kjelkehockey
Kissinger Deng	goaltender	19	VIF Para Ishockey
Eskil Hagen	defenseman	7	VIF Para Ishockey
Martin Hamre	forward	20	VIF Para Ishockey
Kjell Christian Hamar	goaltender	18	VIF Para Ishockey
Jan Roger Klakegg	defenseman	23	Bergen Parahockeyklubb
Knut André Nordstoga	defenseman	16	VIF Para Ishockey
Rolf Einar Pedersen	defenseman	3	VIF Para Ishockey
Tor Rivera	forward	10	IL Kråkene Kjelkehockey
Lena Schrøder	forward	26	VIF Para Ishockey
Emil Sørheim	forward	15	RIHK Kjelkehockey
Loyd Remi Pallander Solberg	forward	17	VIF Para Ishockey
Emil Vatne	forward	27	Nærbø IL
Morten Værnes	forward	9	VIF Para Ishockey
Ola Bye Øiseth	forward	71	VIF Para Ishockey

Preliminary round

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5–8th place semifinal

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Fifth place game

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Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Banked Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kristian Moen	Men's banked slalom, SB-LL1	1:03.39	59.19	DNF	59.19	7

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding						1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Best	Seed
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank			Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Kristian Moen	Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL1	1:15.59	9	Canceled	1:15.59	9 Q	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Wagner (DEN) L	Did not advance			9

Wheelchair curling

Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage												Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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
Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen Rikke Iversen	Mixed	GBR L 2–5	CAN L 1–10	CHN L 1–10	NPA W 6–2	SUI W 6–3	SWE L 4–5	GER W 8–6	KOR W 9–2	FIN W 6–4	USA W 5–4	SVK W 7–6	4 Q	—	KOR W 8–6	CHN L 5–6	2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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Round-robin

Norway has a bye in draws 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 and 17.

Draw 1

Saturday, 10 March, 14:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|A1}}

Draw 2

Saturday, 10 March, 19:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|D2}}

Draw 4

Sunday, 11 March, 14:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|B4}}

Draw 6

Monday, 12 March, 09:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|C6}}

Draw 8

Monday, 12 March, 19:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|A8}}

Draw 9

Tuesday, 13 March, 09:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|B9}}

Draw 11

Tuesday, 13 March, 19:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|D11}}

Draw 13

Wednesday, 14 March, 14:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|B13}}

Draw 14

Wednesday, 14 March, 19:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|D14}}

Draw 15

Thursday, 15 March, 9:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|C15}}

Draw 16

Thursday, 15 March, 14:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|A16}}

Semifinal

Friday, 16 March, 15:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|SF1}}

Final

Saturday, 17 March, 14:35 {{#lst:Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|GM}}