Dzmitry Loban (born 3 May 1981) is a Belarusian male

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

and biathlete. He has competed at the

Winter Paralympics The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event includes athletes with mobility impairments, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. Th ...

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and

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claiming 2 medals in his Paralympic career.

Career

Dzmitry made his Paralympic debut during the

2010 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 44 , athletes = 506 , events = 64 in 5 sports , opening = 12 March , closing = 21 March , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Zach Beaumont , stadium = BC Place , winter_pr ...

and managed to claim a solitary bronze medal in the men's 10km cross-country skiing event. He went on to represent Belarus at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and went medalless during the competition. He was also selected to compete at the

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...

, his third Paralympic event. Dzmitry clinched a silver medal in the men's 7.5km sitting biathlon event as a part of the

. Coincidentally Dzmitry's wife, Lidziya Hrafeyeva also represented

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Biography

Dzmitry Loban was affected in a train accident at the age of 22 as he lost both of his legs above the knee which prompted him to take the sport of Paralympic Nordic skiing in 2007. He married fellow Belarusian Paralympic Nordic skier, Lidziya Hrafeyeva who subsequently made her Paralympic debut during the

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