South Korea competed at the

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Pyeongchang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...

, South Korea, from 9–18 March 2018, as the host nation. In February 2018, the IPC recommended North Korea participate, and so North Korea made its Winter Paralympic debut. Teams representing South Korea and North Korea had planned to enter the Opening Ceremony marching under the

Korean Unification Flag The Korean Unification Flag is a flag designed to represent all of Korea when North and South Korea participate as one team in sporting events. History North and South Korea initially planned to compete as one team at the 1990 Asian Games, and ...

; however, talks between the two teams failed to do so, and they entered separately in the opening ceremony under their own respective flags.

Competitors

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

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Han Sang-min Han Sang-Min (; born 10 March 1985) is a South Korean former footballer, currently manager of Dangjin Citizen. On 22 July 2009, Han signed for K-League side Ulsan Hyundai. In 2011, he joined Persema Persema, an acronym for Persatuan Sepa ...

* Hwang Min-gyu * Lee Chi-won * Yang Jae-rim

Biathlon

* Choi Bo-gue * Kwon Sang-hyeon * Lee Jeong-min *

Sin Eui-hyun Sin Eui-hyun (born April 1, 1980) is a South Korean male cross-country skier and biathlete. He is the first South Korean Paralympic competitor to clinch a gold medal in Winter Paralympics as he achieved it in his home nation at the 2018 Winter ...

* Lee Do-yeon * Seo Vo-ra-mi

Cross-country skiing

* Choi Bo-gue * Kwon Sang-hyeon * Lee Jeong-min *

* Lee Do-yeon * Seo Vo-ra-mi

Para ice hockey

;Summary ;Preliminary round ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game

Snowboarding

* Choi Suk-min * Kim Yun-ho * Park Hang-seung * Park Su-hyeok

Wheelchair curling

;Summary ;Round-robin South Korea has a bye in draws 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 and 17. ;Draw 1 ''Saturday, 10 March, 14:35'' ;Draw 2 ''Saturday, 10 March, 19:35'' ;Draw 4 ''Sunday, 11 March, 14:35'' ;Draw 6 ''Monday, 12 March, 09:35'' ;Draw 8 ''Monday, 12 March, 19:35'' ;Draw 9 ''Tuesday, 13 March, 09:35'' ;Draw 11 ''Tuesday, 13 March, 19:35'' ;Draw 13 ''Wednesday, 14 March, 14:35'' ;Draw 14 ''Wednesday, 14 March, 19:35'' ;Draw 15 ''Thursday, 15 March, 9:35'' ;Draw 16 ''Thursday, 15 March, 14:35'' ;Semifinal ''Friday, 16 March, 15:35'' ;Bronze medal game ''Saturday, 17 March, 9:35''

Notes

References

External links

PyeongChang Official website

International Paralympic Committee PyeongChang website
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