Germany at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Germany at the
2026 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Germany
IPC codeGER
NPCNational Paralympic Committee Germany
Websitewww.dbs-npc.de
in Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
6 March 2026 (2026-03-06) – 15 March 2026 (2026-03-15)
Competitors40 (29 men and 11 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Anna-Lena Forster & Jörg Wedde
Flag bearers (closing)Andrea Rothfuss & Christian Schmiedt
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
2
Silver
6
Bronze
9
Total
17
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

Germany will compete at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which will take place between 6–15 March 2026.

Medalists

Further information: 2026 Winter Paralympics medal table and List of 2026 Winter Paralympics medal winners

The following German competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medals by sport
Sport Total
Para alpine skiing 2 1 0 3
Para cross-country skiing 0 4 1 5
Para biathlon 0 1 8 9
Total 2 6 9 17
Medals by date
Day Date Total
Day 1 7 March 1 0 3 4
Day 2 8 March 0 1 2 3
Day 3 9 March 0 0 0 0
Day 4 10 March 0 3 0 3
Day 5 11 March 0 0 1 1
Day 6 12 March 1 0 0 1
Day 7 13 March 0 0 3 3
Day 8 14 March 0 1 0 1
Day 9 15 March 0 1 0 1
Total 2 6 9 17
Medals by gender
Gender Total
Female 2 4 6 12
Male 0 1 3 4
Mixed 0 1 0 1
Total 2 6 9 17
Multiple medalists
Name Sport Total
Anna-Lena Forster Para alpine skiing 2 1 0 3
Linn Kazmaier Para cross-country skiing 0 2 0 2
Sebastian Marburger Para cross-country skiing 0 2 0 2
Marco Maier Para biathlon 0 1 3 4
Para cross-country skiing
Anja Wicker Para biathlon 0 2 2 4
Para cross-country skiing
Leonie Walter Para biathlon 0 0 3 3
Para cross-country skiing
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Anna-Lena Forster Para alpine skiing Women's downhill, sitting 7 March
 Gold Anna-Lena Forster Para alpine skiing Women's giant slalom, sitting 12 March
 Silver Anja Wicker Para biathlon Women's individual, sitting 8 March
 Silver Anna-Lena Forster Para alpine skiing Women's super combined, sitting 10 March
 Silver Sebastian Marburger Para cross-country skiing Men's sprint classical, standing 10 March
 Silver Linn Kazmaier
Guide: Florian Baumann		 Para cross-country skiing Women's sprint classical, visually impaired 10 March
 Silver Theo Bold
Guide: Jakob Bold
Sebastian Marburger
Linn Kazmaier
Guide: Florian Baumann
Marco Maier		 Para cross-country skiing Open 4 × 2.5 kilometre relay 14 March
 Silver Anja Wicker Para cross-country skiing Women's 20 kilometre, sitting 15 March
 Bronze Anja Wicker Para biathlon Women's sprint, sitting 7 March
 Bronze Marco Maier Para biathlon Men's sprint, standing 7 March
 Bronze Leonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman		 Para biathlon Women's sprint, visually impaired 7 March
 Bronze Marco Maier Para biathlon Men's individual, standing 8 March
 Bronze Johanna Recktenwald
Guide: Emily Weiss		 Para biathlon Women's individual, visually impaired 8 March
 Bronze Leonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman		 Para cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre classical, visually impaired 11 March
 Bronze Anja Wicker Para biathlon Women's sprint pursuit, sitting 13 March
 Bronze Marco Maier Para biathlon Men's sprint pursuit, standing 13 March
 Bronze Leonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman		 Para biathlon Women's sprint pursuit, visually impaired 13 March

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Para alpine skiing 3 4 7
Para biathlon 8 7 15
Para cross-country skiing
Para ice hockey 17 0 17
Para snowboard 1 0 1
Total 29 11 40

Para alpine skiing

Main article: Para alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Germany qualified 6 athletes, 3 men and 3 women, for the para alpine skiing events.[1]

Men
Athlete Class Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Leon Gensert LW12-1 Giant slalom, sitting DNF
Slalom, sitting 59.32 19 DNF
Christoph Glötzner LW2 Giant slalom, standing DNF
Slalom, standing 49.46 9 45.47 8 1:34.93 7
Super combined, standing DNF
Alexander Rauen
Guide: Jeremias Wilke 		AS4 Super-G, visually impaired N/a 1:23.41 11
Giant slalom, visually impaired 1:14.23 12 1:16.08 10 2:30.31 11
Slalom, visually impaired 54.28 9 50.57 9 1:44.85 9
Super combined, visually impaired 1:27.12 11 48.16 7 2:15.28 11
Women
Athlete Class Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anna-Lena Forster LW12-1 Downhill, sitting N/a 1:25.79
Super-G, sitting N/a DNF
Giant slalom, sitting 1:15.12 1 1:15.52 1 2:30.64
Slalom, sitting 44.60 4 43.52 1 1:28.12 4
Super combined, sitting 1:24.70 2 46.98 2 2:11.68
Maya Fügenschuh
Guide: Johanna Holzmann 		AS3 Giant slalom, visually impaired 1:27.26 11 1:27.82 9 2:55.08 9
Slalom, visually impaired 51.15 10 51.97 10 1:43.12 10
Anna-Maria Rieder LW9-1 Super-G, standing N/a 1:24.28 11
Giant slalom, standing 1:15.28 7 1:16.68 5 2:31.96 7
Slalom, standing 45.45 7 44.87 4 1:30.32 6
Super combined, standing 1:28.60 12 47.35 2 2:15.95 11
Andrea Rothfuss LW6/8-2 Super-G, standing N/a 1:18.95 4
Giant slalom, standing 1:13.69 4 1:14.04 3 2:27.73 4
Slalom, standing 45.87 9 46.37 7 1:32.24 7
Super combined, standing 1:23.24 8 49.07 5 2:12.31 6

Para biathlon

Main article: Para biathlon at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Germany qualified 14 athletes, 7 men and 7 women, for the para biathlon and para cross-country skiing events.[2]

Men
Athlete Class Event Qualification Final
Missed shots Time Rank Missed shots Time Rank
Theo Bold
Guide: Jakob Bold 		NS3 Sprint, visually impaired N/a 2 (0+2) 20:56.0 11
Alexander Ehler LW4 Individual, standing N/a 1 (0+0+0+1) 33:25.5 11
Sprint, standing N/a 0 (0+0) 18:47.2 9
Steffen Lehmker LW6 Individual, standing N/a 2 (0+0+1+1) 35:14.2 13
Sprint, standing N/a 1 (1+0) 19:52.3 13
Sprint pursuit, standing 7 (2+5) 12:46.0 18 Q DNS
Marco Maier LW8 Individual, standing N/a 1 (0+0+1+0) 31:07.3
Sprint, standing N/a 0 (0+0) 17:42.4
Sprint pursuit, standing 0 (0+0) 9:53.5 1 Q 3 (2+1) 11:08.5
Nico Messinger
Guide: Robin Wunderle 		NS2 Individual, visually impaired N/a 5 (0+0+3+2) 37:54.8 8
Sprint, visually impaired N/a 4 (0+4) 21:51.9 13
Sprint pursuit, visually impaired 5 (1+4) 12:30.4 11 Q DNS
Lennart Volkert
Guide: Nils Kolb 		NS2 Individual, visually impaired N/a 7 (2+2+1+2) 39:46.6 10
Sprint, visually impaired N/a 1 (1+0) 20:23.5 8
Sprint pursuit, visually impaired 1 (0+1) 10:53.7 6 Q 1 (0+1) 12:51.5 4
Women
Athlete Class Event Qualification Final
Missed shots Time Rank Missed shots Time Rank
Andrea Eskau LW11 Individual, sitting N/a DSQ
Sprint, sitting N/a 0 (0+0) 23:50.7 8
Sprint pursuit, sitting 1 (1+0) 10:45.3 4 Q 2 (2+0) 14:26.6 7
Linn Kazmaier
Guide: Florian Baumann 		NS3 Individual, visually impaired N/a 1 (0+0+1+0) 41:36.2 6
Sprint, visually impaired N/a 0 (0+0) 22:58.3 7
Sprint pursuit, visually impaired 0 (0+0) 12:37.2 5 Q 1 (0+1) 14:56.4 6
Johanna Recktenwald
Guide: Emily Weiss 		NS2 Individual, visually impaired N/a 0 (0+0+0+0) 37:05.2
Sprint, visually impaired N/a 0 (0+0) 21:17.8 5
Sprint pursuit, visually impaired 1 (0+1) 12:40.8 6 Q 1 (0+1) 14:44.0 5
Leonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman 		NS2 Individual, visually impaired N/a 2 (0+0+1+1) 38:55.4 5
Sprint, visually impaired N/a 0 (0+0) 20:32.2
Sprint pursuit, visually impaired 1 (0+1) 12:18.8 3 Q 1 (0+1) 13:59.2
Anja Wicker LW10 Individual, sitting N/a 1 (1+0+0+0) 38:12.9
Sprint, sitting N/a 2 (1+1) 22:32.4
Sprint pursuit, sitting 4 (4+0) 10:45.3 4 Q 0 (0+0) 12:39.1

Para cross-country skiing

Main article: Para cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
Men
Athlete Class Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Theo Bold
Guide: Jakob Bold (sprint)
Guide: Adrian Schuler (10 km classical) 		NS3 Sprint classical, visually impaired 2:31.15 5 Q 2:30.2 3 Did not advance
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a 31:41.6 8
Alexander Ehler LW4 Sprint classical, standing 2:44.84 17 Did not advance
Marco Maier LW8 20 km freestyle, standing N/a 44:28.6 7
Sebastian Marburger LW2 Sprint classical, standing 2:18.78 1 Q 2:50.7 2 Q 2:38.1
10 km classical, standing N/a DNF
Lennart Volkert
Guide: Nils Kolb 		NS2 20 km freestyle, visually impaired N/a 43:30.1 4
Maximilian Weidner LW8 Sprint classical, standing 2:53.82 25 Did not advance
10 km classical, standing N/a 33:14.4 11
Women
Athlete Class Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrea Eskau LW11 Sprint, sitting 2:45.47 7 Q 3:15.4 3 Q 3:19.8 4
10 km, sitting N/a 29:46.3 10
Linn Kazmaier
Guide: Florian Baumann 		NS3 Sprint classical, visually impaired 3:03.79 3 Q 3:29.4 2 Q 3:25.3
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a 37:53.7 5
20 km freestyle, visually impaired N/a 54:12.2 5
Kathrin Marchand LW9 Sprint classical, standing 2:54.93 3 Q 3:44.2 2 Q 3:42.1 4
10 km classical, standing N/a DNF
20 km freestyle, standing N/a 57:32.8 10
Merle Menje LW11 Sprint, sitting 2:55.83 15 Did not advance
Leonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman 		NS2 Sprint classical, visually impaired 3:06.15 4 Q 3:21.2 1 Q RAL 4
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a 35:30.8
Anja Wicker LW10 Sprint, sitting 2:37.91 4 Q 3:12.5 2 Q 3:24.7 6
10 km, sitting N/a 27:29.1 4
20 km, sitting N/a 59:17.4
Relay
Athletes Event Time Rank
Nico Messinger
Guide: Robin Wunderle
Anja Wicker
Leonie Walter
Guide: Christian Krasman
Lennart Volkert
Guide: Nils Kolb 		4 × 2.5km mixed relay 24:10.4 4
Theo Bold
Guide: Jakob Bold
Sebastian Marburger
Linn Kazmaier
Guide: Florian Baumann
Marco Maier 		4 × 2.5km open relay 21:59.8

Para ice hockey

Main article: Para ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Germany qualified a para ice hockey team by virtue of finishing in the top 5 of the 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Buffalo, United States.[3]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal / Cl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Germany Mixed tournament  China
L 0–12 		 United States
L 0–13 		 Italy
L 1–2 		4  Slovakia
W 4–3 (OT) 		 Italy
L 2–5 		6
Roster

Head coach: Peter Willmann

  • Steven Betz
  • Malte Brelage
  • Jano Bußmann
  • Sebastian Disveld
  • Bernhard Hering
  • Christian Jaster
  • Ingo Kuhli-Lauenstein
  • Simon Kunst
  • Marcel Malchin
  • Veit Mühlhans
  • Christian Pilz
  • Hugo Rädler
  • Leopold Reimann
  • Frank Rennhack
  • Felix Schrader
  • Sven Stumpe
  • Jörg Wedde
Group play
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 34 2 +32 9 Semifinals
2  China 3 2 0 0 1 24 8 +16 6
3  Italy (H) 3 1 0 0 2 4 26 −22 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Germany 3 0 0 0 3 1 27 −26 0
Source: Milano Cortina 2026
(H) Host
7 March 2026
13:35		China 12–0
(5–0, 3–0, 4–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,787
Game reference
Ji YanzhaoGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
Alexander Wiest
Wang Z. (Shen, Zhu) – 06:161–0
Wang Z. (Shen, Lyu) – 08:442–0
Qiu (Wang Z., Zhu) (PP) – 12:423–0
Tian (Wang J.) – 12:544–0
Tian (Li, Lyu) – 14:325–0
Qiu (Shen, Wang Z.) – 20:346–0
Qiu (PP) – 28:347–0
Chen (Lyu, Wang J.) – 29:398–0
Tian (Song) – 32:569–0
Liu (Shen, Zhu) – 33:3010–0
Liu (Zhu, Li) – 34:4611–0
Li (Song, Lyu) – 35:4012–0
6 minPenalties6 min
36Shots5
9 March 2026
17:05		Germany 0–13
(0–6, 0–5, 0–2)		 United StatesPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 1,284
Game reference
Veit MühlhansGoaliesGriffin LaMarreReferee:
Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Tony Rundström
Alexander Wiest
0–100:58 – Farmer (Roybal)
0–202:52 – Farmer (Jones, Grove)
0–306:31 – Farmer (Pauls, Grove)
0–407:02 – Eustace (Dodson, Wallace)
0–509:44 – Eustace (Wallace, Utkhe) (PP)
0–614:32 – Beasley (Jones, Nichols)
0–718:10 – Bolton (Farmer, Wallace)
0–818:29 – Wallace (Farmer, Utkhe)
0–919:21 – Eustace
0–1021:20 – Farmer (Roybal, Bolton)
0–1121:42 – Bolton (Farmer, Wallace)
0–1232:44 – Beasley (Nichols)
0–1338:10 – Wallace
2 minPenalties2 min
1Shots41
10 March 2026
10:05		Italy 2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 4,873
Game reference
Julian KasslatterGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Pavel Blažek
Alexander Wiest
0–102:40 – Bußmann (Kuhli-Lauenstein, Stumpe)
Larch (Rosa, Landeros) (PP) – 11:551–1
Landeros (Kalegaris, Macri) – 18:312–1
4 minPenalties8 min
24Shots12
5–8th place semifinal
12 March 2026
14:35		Slovakia 3–4 OT
(1–2, 2–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,376
Game reference
Eduard LepáčekGoaliesVeit MühlhansReferee:
Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
Alexander Wiest
0–101:20 – Schrader (Stumpe)
0–208:07 – Schrader
Ferenčík (Joppa, Ligda) – 12:021–2
Večerek – 15:382–2
Joppa (Korman, Ligda) – 28:563–2
3–341:11 – Schrader (Brelage, Disveld)
3–451:04 – Schrader
0 minPenalties18 min
25Shots14
Fifth place game
14 March 2026
16:05		Italy 5–2
(0–1, 2–1, 3–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 6,495
Game reference
Santino StillitanoGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Tibor Fazekas
Marius Hermansen Oswold
0–109:09 – Hering (Schrader, Rädler) (PP)
Landeros (Enderle, Rosa) – 17:541–1
1–221:08 – Hering
Depaoli (Rosa) (PP) – 26:562–2
Landeros (Depaoli, Rosa) – 37:053–2
Rosa (Macri, Kalegaris) – 38:054–2
Rosa (Larch, Macri) – 42:535–2
18 minPenalties24 min
25Shots11

Para snowboard

Main article: Para snowboard at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Germany qualified one male athlete for the para snowboard events.[4]

Banked slalom
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Christian Schmiedt Men's banked slalom, SB-LL1 1:07.43 1:07.79 1:07.43 10
Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Rank
Christian Schmiedt Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL1 56.15 9 3 Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Ranking Factor Allocation as Per Ranking List of 5 May 2025" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  2. ^ "World Ranking Factor Allocation as Per Ranking List of 5 May 2025" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Buffalo 2025: Germany ends 20-year wait for Winter Games return". paralympic.org. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. ^ "World Ranking Factor Allocation as Per Ranking List of 5 May 2025" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
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