Germany at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Germany at the
2018 Winter Paralympics
Germany at the; 2018 Winter Paralympics
IPC code	GER
NPC	National Paralympic Committee Germany
Website	www.dbs-npc.de (in German)
in Pyeongchang
Competitors	20 in 4 sports
Flag bearers	Andrea Eskau (opening); Clara Klug (closing)
Medals ; Ranked 5th	Gold7Silver8Bronze4Total19
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated November 28, 2025

Germany is scheduled to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Alpine skiing	5	4	1	10
Biathlon	3	0	2	5
Cross-country skiing	0	3	1	4
Total	7	8	4	19

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	10 March	1	1	0	2
Day 2	11 March	1	2	0	3
Day 3	12 March	0	0	0	0
Day 4	13 March	2	2	1	5
Day 5	14 March	0	2	0	2
Day 6	15 March	0	0	0	0
Day 7	16 March	2	0	1	3
Day 8	17 March	0	1	0	1
Day 9	18 March	1	0	2	3
Total		7	8	4	19

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	0	0	1
Female	6	8	3	17
Mixed	0	0	1	1
Total	7	8	4	19

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Anna Schaffelhuber	Alpine skiing	2	1	0	3
Anna-Lena Forster		2	0	0	2
Andrea Rothfuss		0	4	1	5
Clara Klug Guide: Martin Härtl	Biathlon	0	0	2	2
Andrea Eskau	Biathlon	2	0	0	2
	Cross-country skiing	0	3	1	4
	Total	2	3	1	6

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Anna Schaffelhuber	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill, sitting	10 March
Gold	Anna Schaffelhuber	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G, sitting	11 March
Gold	Andrea Eskau	Biathlon	Women's 10km, sitting	13 March
Gold	Anna-Lena Forster	Alpine skiing	Women's super combined, sitting	13 March
Gold	Andrea Eskau	Biathlon	Women's 12.5km, sitting	16 March
Gold	Martin Fleig	Biathlon	Men's 15km, sitting	16 March
Gold	Anna-Lena Forster	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom, sitting	18 March
Silver	Andrea Rothfuss	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill, standing	10 March
Silver	Andrea Rothfuss	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G, standing	11 March
Silver	Andrea Eskau	Cross-country skiing	Women's 12km, sitting	11 March
Silver	Andrea Rothfuss	Alpine skiing	Women's super combined, standing	13 March
Silver	Anna Schaffelhuber	Alpine skiing	Women's super combined, sitting	13 March
Silver	Andrea Eskau	Cross-country skiing	Women's 1.1km, sitting	14 March
Silver	Andrea Rothfuss	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom, standing	14 March
Silver	Andrea Eskau	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5km, sitting	17 March
Bronze	Clara Klug Guide: Martin Härtl	Biathlon	Women's 10km, visually impaired	13 March
Bronze	Clara Klug Guide: Martin Härtl	Biathlon	Women's 12.5km, visually impaired	16 March
Bronze	Andrea Eskau Steffen Lehmker Alexander Ehler	Cross-country skiing	4 x 2.5km mixed relay	18 March
Bronze	Andrea Rothfuss	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom, standing	18 March

Alpine skiing

For the super combined event, the first run is the super-G and the second run is the slalom.

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georg Kreiter	LW10-1	Downhill, sitting	—				1:28.23	10
		Super-G, sitting	—				DNF
		Super combined, sitting	1:33.50	19	DNF		—
		Giant slalom, sitting	DNF		—
Thomas Nolte	LW11	Downhill, sitting	—				1:34.27	20
		Super-G, sitting	—				1:35.40	21
		Super combined, sitting	DNF		—
		Giant slalom, sitting	DNF		—
		Slalom, sitting	59.20	10	1:10.67	14	2:09.87	14

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna-Lena Forster	LW12-1	Downhill, sitting	—				DNF
		Super-G, sitting	—				1:36.26	4
		Super combined, sitting	1:32.40	4	55.19	1	2:27.59
		Giant slalom, sitting	1:18.19	7	1:13.58	5	2:31.77	6
		Slalom, sitting	55.36	1	1:00.46	1	1:55.82
Anna-Maria Rieder	LW9-1	Giant slalom, standing	1:16.79	6	1:14.50	6	2:31.29	6
Anna-Maria Rieder	LW9-1	Slalom, standing	DNF		—
Noemi Ewa Ristau Guide: Lucien Gerkau	B2	Downhill, visually impaired	—				1:33.33	4
		Super-G, visually impaired	—				1:39.09	7
		Super combined, visually impaired	1:35.15	5	58.02	4	2:33.17	5
		Giant slalom, visually impaired	1:15.71	4	1:16.22	6	2:31.93	4
		Slalom, visually impaired	56.12	4	1:00.09	5	1:56.21	5
Andrea Rothfuss	LW6/8-2	Downhill, standing	—				1:32.53
		Super-G, standing	—				1:33.10
		Super combined, standing	1:33.03	1	1:00.04	3	2:33.07
		Giant slalom, standing	1:13.29	2	1:11.89	3	2:25.18
		Slalom, standing	58.53	3	1:01.55	3	2:00.08
Anna Schaffelhuber	LW10-2	Downhill, sitting	—				1:33.26
		Super-G, sitting	—				1:34.76
		Super combined, sitting	1:30.57	1	59.54	3	2:30.11
		Giant slalom, sitting	1:17.42	6	1:13.55	4	2:30.97	5
		Slalom, sitting	59.26	4	1:05.92	4	2:05.18	4

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Missed shots	Real time	Calculated time	Result	Rank
Alexander Ehler	LW4	7.5km, standing	0+0	19:52.0	19:16.2	19:16.2	5
Martin Fleig	LW11.5	7.5km, sitting	0+1	25:43.0	24:41.3	24:41.3	6
		12.5km, sitting	0+0+1+0	50:02.8	48:02.7	48:02.7	4
		15km, sitting	0+0+0+0	52:02.1	49:57.2	49:57.2
Steffen Lehmker	LW8	7.5km, standing	1+0	21:44.9	20:52.7	20:52.7	10
		12.5km, standing	1+0+0+1	42:32.5	40:50.4	40:50.4	5
		15km, standing	0+4+0+2	47:09.6	45:54.7	51:54.7	11
Nico Messinger Guide: Lutz Peter Klausmann	B2	7.5km, visually impaired	1+0	22:58.0	22:44.2	22:44.2	9
		12.5km, visually impaired	0+2+2+1	DNF
		15km, visually impaired	0+1+1+2	48:49.5	48:20.2	52:20.2	10

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Missed shots	Real time	Calculated time	Result	Rank
Andrea Eskau	LW11	6km, sitting	0+0	24:33.1	23:04.7	23:04.7	6
		10km, sitting	0+0+1+0	45:19.8	42:36.6	42:36.6
		12.5km, sitting	0+0+0+0	52:51.5	49:41.2	49:41.2
Vivian Hösch Guide: Florian Schillinger	B1	6km, visually impaired	1+0	24:48.7	21:50.1	21:50.1	7
Clara Klug Guide: Martin Hartl	B1	6km, visually impaired	0+1	24:32.4	21:35.7	21:35.7	6
		10km, visually impaired	0+0+0+1	47:45.4	42:01.6	42:01.6
		12.5km, visually impaired	0+0+0+0	46:42.2	41:05.9	41:05.9
Anja Wicker	LW10.5	6km, sitting	0+1	27:37.5	24:51.8	24:51.8	9
		10km, sitting	1+1+0+2	53:26.8	48.06.1	48:06.1	8
		12.5km, sitting	0+0+3+0	1:01:23.3	55:15.0	58:15.0	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	20km free, standing	—						52:20.1	50:45.9	8
		1.5km sprint classical, standing	3:49.24	3:40.07	4	—	4:58.7	3	—	4:21.7	5
		10km classical, standing	—						26:44.6	25:40.4	9
Martin Fleig	LW11.5	7.5km, sitting	—						24:30.4	23:31.6	7
Steffen Lehmker	LW8	20km free, standing	—						51:33.7	49:30.0	6
Nico Messinger Guide: Lutz Peter Klausmann	B2	1.5km sprint classic, visually impaired	3:48.83	3:46.54	4	—	4:43.0	3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Qualification			Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Real time	Calculated time	Rank	Real time	Calculated time	Rank	Real time	Calculated time	Rank
Andrea Eskau	LW11	12km, sitting	—						41:16.9	38:48.3
		1.1km sprint, sitting	3:54.01	3:39.97	4	—	4:27.7	2	—	4:08.8
		5km, sitting	—						17:58.2	16:53.5
Anja Wicker	LW10.5	1.1km sprint, sitting	4:17.75	3:51.98	11	—	5:12.9	6	did not advance
Anja Wicker	LW10.5	5km, sitting	—						22:29.0	20:14.1	16

Relay

Athletes	Event	Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Andrea Eskau Steffen Lehmker Alexander Ehler	4 x 2.5km mixed relay	25:25.3
Martin Fleig Nico Messinger Guide: Lutz Peter Klausmann	4 x 2.5km open relay	24:53.5	7

Wheelchair curling

Team	Event	Group stage												Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	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	Mixed	NPA W 9–4	USA W 6–4	CHN L 3–7	SVK W 7–6	KOR W 4–3	SWE L 5–9	NOR L 6–8	GBR L 3–8	SUI L 4–9	CAN L 2–6	FIN L 8–4	8	did not advance

Round-robin standings

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%

Source: Paralympic.org

Round-robin

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

Draw 1

10 March 2018, 14:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Putzich)	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	3	9
Neutral Paralympic Athletes (Kurokhtin)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4

Draw 3

11 March 2018, 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

11 March 2018, 19:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	X	7
Germany (Putzich)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	X	3

Draw 7

12 March 2018, 14:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Putzich)	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	6

Draw 8

12 March 2018, 19:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Seo)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3
Germany (Putzich)	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4

Draw 10

13 March 2018, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson Dahl)	1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	9
Germany (Putzich)	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	5

Draw 11

13 March 2018, 19:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Putzich)	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	6
Norway (Stordahl)	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	8

Draw 12

14 March 2018, 9:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Putzich)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
Great Britain (Neilson)	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	X	8

Draw 13

14 March 2018, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Putzich)	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	X	4
Switzerland (Wagner)	1	0	4	2	0	2	X	X	9

Draw 15

15 March 2018, 9:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	X	6
Germany (Putzich)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Draw 17

15 March 2018, 19:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (S. Karjalainen)	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Germany (Putzich)	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	X	8

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v t e Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea
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