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Snowboarding is a Paralympic sport that is contested at the Winter Paralympic Games. Snowboarding was first introduced with snowboard cross a part of the Alpine skiing discipline at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. At the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, events were held in 2 disciplines — snowboard cross and banked slalom — in 2 categories for women and 3 categories for men.
A total of 12 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 12 bronze medals have been awarded since 2014 and have been won by skiers from 10 National Paralympic Committees (NPC).
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The ranking in the table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and will be consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table will be ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code. [1]
Last Updated after the 2022 Winter Paralympics
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 |  Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 NPCs) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
| Games | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 2014 Sochi | SB-LL [2] | Bibian Mentel  Netherlands | 1:57.43 | Cécile Hernandez-Cervellon  France | 2:07.31 | Amy Purdy  United States | 2:14.29 |
| 2018 PyeongChang | SB-LL1 [3] | Brenna Huckaby United States | 1:17.02 | Amy Purdy United States | 1:09.64 | Cécile Hernandez France | 1:09.09 |
| SB-LL2 [4] | Bibian Mentel-Spee Netherlands | 1:07.51 | Lisa Bunschoten Netherlands | 1:13.59 | Astrid Fina Paredes  Spain | 1:23.11 | |
| 2022 Beijing | SB-LL2 [5] | Cécile Hernandez France | Lisa DeJong  Canada | Brenna Huckaby United States | |||
| Games | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 2018 PyeongChang | SB-LL1 [6] | Brenna Huckaby United States | 56.17 | Cécile Hernandez France | 56.53 | Amy Purdy United States | 1:05.40 |
| SB-LL2 [7] | Bibian Mentel-Spee Netherlands | 56.94 | Brittani Coury United States | 59.87 | Lisa Bunschoten Netherlands | 1:00.04 | |
| 2022 Beijing | SB-LL2 [8] | Brenna Huckaby United States | 1:17.28 | Geng Yanhong  China | 1:17.38 | Li Tiantian China | 1:17.46 |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 2014 Sochi | SB-LL [9] | Evan Strong United States | 1:43.61 | Michael Shea United States | 1:44.18 | Keith Gabel United States | 1:47.10 |
| 2018 PyeongChang | SB-UL [10] | Simon Patmore  Australia | 1:01.76 | Manuel Pozzerle  Italy | 1:02.75 | Mike Minor United States | 1:00.12 |
| SB-LL1 [11] | Mike Schultz United States | 1:04.73 | Chris Vos Netherlands | 1:03.13 | Noah Elliott United States | 1:00.73 | |
| SB-LL2 [12] | Matti Suur-Hamari  Finland | 58.35 | Keith Gabel United States | 59.02 | Gurimu Narita  Japan | 58.21 | |
| 2022 Beijing | SB-UL | Ji Lijia China | Wang Pengyao China | Wu Zhongwei China | |||
| SB-LL1 | Matti Suur-Hamari Finland | Garrett Geros United States | Ben Tudhope Australia | ||||
| SB-LL2 | Tyler Turner Canada | Mike Schultz United States | Zhu Yonggang China | ||||
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 2018 PyeongChang | SB-UL [13] | Mike Minor United States | 50.77 | Patrick Mayrhofer  Austria | 51.36 | Simon Patmore Australia | 51.99 |
| SB-LL1 [14] | Noah Elliott United States | 51.90 | Mike Schultz United States | 53.42 | Bruno Bošnjak  Croatia | 54.08 | |
| SB-LL2 [15] | Gurimu Narita Japan | 48.68 | Evan Strong United States | 49.20 | Matti Suur-Hamari Finland | 49.51 | |
| 2022 Beijing | SB-UL | Maxime Montaggioni France | 1:09.41 | Ji Lijia China | 1:09.86 | Zhu Yonggang China | 1:10.14 |
| SB-LL1 | Wu Zhongwei China | 1:10.85 | Chris Vos Netherlands | 1:12.06 | Tyler Turner Canada | 1:12.84 | |
| SB-LL2 | Sun Qi China | 1:09.73 | Matti Suur-Hamari Finland | 1:09.98 | Ollie Hill  Great Britain | 1:10.45 | |
| Athlete | Nation | Paralympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Bibian Mentel-Spee | Netherlands (NED) | 2014–2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brenna Huckaby | United States (USA) | 2018– | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Schultz | United States (USA) | 2018– | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Evan Strong | United States (USA) | 2014– | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Noah Elliott | United States (USA) | 2018– | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Minor | United States (USA) | 2018– | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gurimu Narita | Japan (JPN) | 2018– | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Simon Patmore | Australia (AUS) | 2018– | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matti Suur-Hamari | Finland (FIN) | 2018– | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cécile Hernandez | France (FRA) | 2014– | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Amy Purdy | United States (USA) | 2014– | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Lisa Bunschoten | Netherlands (NED) | 2018– | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Keith Gabel | United States (USA) | 2014– | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brittani Coury | United States (USA) | 2018– | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Patrick Mayrhofer | Austria (AUT) | 2018– | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Manuel Pozzerle | Italy (ITA) | 2018– | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Shea | United States (USA) | 2014– | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Vos | Netherlands (NED) | 2018– | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruno Bošnjak | Croatia (CRO) | 2018– | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Astrid Fina Paredes | Spain (ESP) | 2018– | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nation | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Years |
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| United States (USA) | 4 | 13 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Australia (AUS) | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Year | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 2 |
These are events where athletes from one nation won all three medals.
| Games | Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 2014 Sochi | Men's snowboard cross | SB-LL | Evan Strong United States | Mike Shea United States | Keith Gabel United States |
| 2022 Beijing | Men's snowboarding cross | SB-UL | Ji Lijia China | Wang Pengyao China | Wu Zhongwei China |
The 2018 Winter Paralympics, the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that was held in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea, from 9 to 18 March 2018. They were the second Paralympics to be held in South Korea, following the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul.
Atsushi Yamamoto is a leg amputee athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T42 sprint and long jump events. He won silver medals in the long jump at the 2008 and 2016 Paralympics.
Simon Patmore, is an Australian Para-athletics and Para-snowboard competitor. He won a gold medal in the Men's 100m T46 at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, and bronze in the Men's 200m T46 at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. At the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games, Patmore won a gold medal in the Men's Snowboard Cross SB-UL and bronze in the Men's Banked Slalom SB-UL.
Para-snowboarding classification is the classification system for para-snowboarding. The sport originally called Adaptive Snowboard is now practiced by hundreds of athletes around the world. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) defines three classes: SB-LL for athletes with a physical impairment affecting one or both legs, and SB-UL for athletes with a physical impairment affecting one or both arms who compete standing. The sport made its official Winter Paralympic debut in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.
Melissa Perrine is a B2 classified visually impaired para-alpine skier from Australia. She has competed at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi and 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang in the downhill, super-G, super combined, slalom and giant slalom events. At the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, she won three gold, one silver and one bronze medals. At the 2018 Winter Paralympics, she won two bronze medals. She has been selected with guide Bobbi Kelly for the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Ben Tudhope is an Australian Paralympian who competed in para-snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. His selection at the age of 14 meant that he became Australia's youngest Winter Paralympian, replacing Michael Milton. He was the youngest competitor at the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games from any country. He also competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics and been selected for the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Joany Badenhorst is a South African-born Australian Paralympian who was selected to compete in Para-snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. She would have been the first female snowboarder to represent Australia at the Winter Paralympics, but was forced to withdraw from her event after suffering an injury to her left knee whilst training on the morning of the event. In February 2018, she was selected in the Australian team to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Bibian Mentel-Spee was a Dutch three-fold Winter Paralympics gold-medalist, and five-times world champion para-snowboarding athlete. Mentel won the Paralympic gold medal in the snowboard cross discipline in the 2014 and 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, as well as in the banked slalom in 2018, despite battling cancer nine times since the beginning of the century. She won her 2018 medals at age 45.
The Snowboarding competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held on 12 and 16 March 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre in Gangneung, South Korea.
Sean Pollard is an Australian Paralympian who represented Australia in para-snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, Korea.
Owen Pick is a British war veteran and snowboarder. Pick was injured in 2010 while serving in Afghanistan, losing his right leg. As part of his rehabilitation he was encouraged to try various sports. He subsequently found success in world para-snowboarding events, including representing his country in the Winter Olympics in his sport and as a flag bearer.
Brenna Huckaby is an American snowboarder. She competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, winning gold medals in the snowboard cross and banked slalom, and she won gold and a bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She is the first Paralympian to appear in the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated.
Spain sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team from Spain had 4 people. They included 2 snowboarders and 2 skiers. Blind skier Jon Santacana and guide skier Miguel Galindo Garces competed at the Paralympics before in 2002, 2006, 2010 and the 2014. Astrid Fina Paredes went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Snowboarder Víctor González will be going to his first Paralympic Games.
The women's snowboard cross competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea. The competition took place on 12 March 2018.
The men's snowboard cross competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea. The competition took place on 12 March 2018.
Cécile Hernandez-Cervellon, who also competes as Cécile Hernandez, is a French para-snowboarder and four-time Paralympic medallist, with a gold medal from Beijing 2022, a silver medal from Sochi 2014 and both a silver and a bronze from PyeongChang 2018. She competes for the teams Les Angles and France Douanes, as well as the French national Paralympic team; outside sport, she is a customs officer journalist and writer.
The men's banked slalom competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea. The competition took place on 16 March 2018.
Mike Minor is an American adaptive athlete, World Champion snowboarder, and a Paralympian who competed for the United States at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. He won gold in Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's banked slalom and bronze in Men's snowboard cross division SB-UL. During his childhood, Minor was given a prosthetic part for his right arm, because he was born with a missing part in his arm. He starting skiing at the age of two and started snowboarding at the age of seven. He was nominated for the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2017.
Patrick Mayrhofer is Austria's most successful Paralympic Snowboarder. He won Silver in the Banked Slalom at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Gold in the Banked Slalom at the 2015 World Para Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain, and Silver in the Banked Slalom at the 2019 World Para Snowboard World Championships in Pyhä, Finland. In 2015 he was honored as the Paralympic Austrian Sports Personality of the Year.
Keith Gabel is a Paralympic snowboarder originally from Ogden, Utah.
