Paralympics 2026: who made it to the Ukrainian national team
On 6 March, the XIV Winter Paralympic Games 2026 will start in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italian Republic).
Ukraine will have a record number of representatives at these competitions, with 35 athletes joining the national team.
Most Ukrainian athletes will compete in para-cross-country skiing and para-biathlon. The team will also be represented in para-alpine skiing and para-snowboarding.
The composition of the Ukrainian national team
Grygoriy Vovchynskyi — para racing and para biathlon (musculoskeletal impairment), Vinnytsia region
Dmytro Sereda — para racing and para biathlon (musculoskeletal impairment), Sumy region
Serhiy Romanyuk — para cross-country skiing and para biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Zakarpattia region
Serafim Dragun — para cross-country skiing and para biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Zakarpattia region
Oleksandr Aleksyk — paralympic racing and para-biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Zakarpattia region
Pavlo Bal — paralympic racing and para-biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Lviv region
Vasyl Kravchuk — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Lviv region
Taras Rad — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Ternopil region
Hryhoriy Shymko — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Rivne region
Iryna Buy — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Vinnytsia region
Lyudmila Lyashenko — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Kharkiv region
Oleksandra Kononova — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Kyiv region
Bohdana Konashuk — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (musculoskeletal system impairment), Volyn region
Oleksandr Kazik — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (visual impairment), Vinnytsia region
Anatoliy Kovalevskyi — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (visual impairment), Kyiv
Yaroslav Reshetynskyi — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (visual impairment), Kyiv
Dmytro Suyarko — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (visual impairment), Volyn region
Maksym Murashkovsky — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (visual impairment), Kyiv
Ihor Kravchuk — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (visual impairment), Kyiv
Roman Lobashev — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (visual impairment), Volyn Oblast
Ilona Kazik — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (visual impairment), Volyn Oblast
Oksana Shishkova — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (visual impairment), Kharkiv region
Oleksandra Danilenko — wheelchair racing and para-biathlon (visual impairment), Chernihiv region
Leading athletes: Serhiy Kucheryavyi (Vinnytsia region), Dmytro Dragun (Kyiv), Artem Kazarian (Kyiv), Oleksandr Mukhshin (Sumy region), Oleksandr Nikonovich (Kyiv region), Andriy Dotsenko (Chernihiv region), Vitaliy Trush (Zakarpattia region), Mykyta Stakhurs'kyi (Kharkiv region), Daryna Kovalova (Kharkiv region), Anastasiia Shabaldina (Kyiv region).
Also on the team:
Maksym Helyuta — para-alpine skiing, Volyn region
Vladyslav Khilchenko — para-snowboarding, Lviv region
