United States at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

United States at the Paralympic Games

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IPC code  USA
NPC United States Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics
At the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi
Competitors 74 in 5 sports
Medals
Rank: 8		 Gold
2		 Silver
7		 Bronze
9		 Total
18
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

The United States competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014. The team consists of 80 athletes (58 men and 22 women), including 6 guides for visually impaired athletes, competing in all five sports.[1]

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Total
Time Rank
Jasmin Bambur Men's Super-G, sitting 1:26.36 7
Men's downhill, sitting DNF
Men's combined, sitting DNF
Men's slalom, sitting DNF
Men's giant slalom, sitting 2:50.99 17
Mark Bathum
Guide: Cade Yamamoto		 Men's Super-G, visually impaired 1:20.71 2nd
Men's downhill, visually impaired 1:23.81 5
Men's combined, visually impaired 2:17.38 2nd
Men's slalom, visually impaired 1:49.13 4
Men's giant slalom, visually impaired DNF
Heath Calhoun Men's Super-G, sitting 1:24.65 4
Men's combined, sitting 2:19.09 2nd
Men's slalom, sitting DNF
Men's giant slalom, sitting 2:35.03 6
Tyler Carter Men's giant slalom, standing 3:00.14 27
Chris Devlin-Young Men's downhill, sitting 1:27.84 10
Men's Super-G, sitting DNF
Men's giant slalom, sitting DNF
Ralph Green Men's Super-G, standing DNF
Men's slalom, standing 1:57.20 17
Men's giant slalom, standing 2:44.87 16
Gerald Hayden Men's slalom, sitting 2:00.16 8
Joel Hunt Men's giant slalom, standing 2:58.33 24
Ian Jansing Men's slalom, standing 2:10.75 28
Jon Lujan Men's Super-G, standing DNF
Men's slalom, standing DNF
Men's giant slalom, standing DNF
Stephen Lawler Men's giant slalom, sitting DNS
Scott Meyer Men's slalom, sitting DNF
Men's giant slalom, sitting DNF
Pat Parnell Men's slalom, standing DNF
Jamie Stanton Men's Super-G, standing 1:24.66 6
Men's combined, sitting 2:22.65 13
Men's slalom, standing 2:02.57 22
Men's giant slalom, standing DNF
Tyler Walker Men's downhill, sitting DNF
Women
Athlete Event Total
Time Rank
Lindsay Ball
Guide: Diane Barras		 Women's giant slalom, visually impaired DNF
Stephanie Jallen Women's Super-G, standing 1:30.14 3rd
Women's combined, standing 2:23.13 3rd
Women's Slalom, standing DNF
Women's giant slalom, standing DNF
Allison Jones Women's downhill, standing 1:34.09 3rd
Women's Super-G, standing 1:30.66 4
Women's combined, standing 2:29.50 4
Women's Slalom, standing DNF
Women's giant slalom, standing 2:48.57 4
Staci Mannella
Guide: Kim Seevers		 Women's Slalom, visually impaired 2:21.05 6
Women's giant slalom, visually impaired 3:10.77 6
Alana Nichols Women's downhill, sitting 1:35.69 2nd
Women's Super-G, sitting DNF
Women's giant slalom, sitting 3:00.24 4
Melanie Schwartz Women's Super-G, standing 1:40.27 9
Women's combined, standing DNF
Women's Slalom, standing 2:31.08 10
Women's giant slalom, standing 3:13.06 14
Laurie Stephens Women's downhill, sitting 1:36.94 3rd
Women's Super-G, sitting 1:32.09 3rd
Women's combined, sitting DNS
Women's Slalom, sitting 2:18.45 4
Women's giant slalom, sitting 3:04.90 6
Danelle Umstead
Guide: Rob Umstead		 Women's downhill, visually impaired 1:36.70 5
Women's Super-G, visually impaired 1:32.04 4
Women's combined, visually impaired 2:42.09 3rd
Women's Slalom, visually impaired 2:16.21 4
Stephani Victor Women's Super-G, sitting DNF

Snowboarding

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tyler Burdick Snowboard cross 57.03 7 56.73 7 55.76 5 1:52.49 8
Keith Gabel 54.02 3 53.61 3 53.49 3 1:47.10 3rd
Dan Monzo 1:04.67 16 1:14.57 22 1:02.85 16 2:07.52 18
Mike Shea 52.29 1 51.89 2 1:00.27 9 1:44.18 2nd
Evan Strong 52.55 2 51.62 1 51.99 1 1:43.61 1st
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cristina Albert Snowboard cross 1:10.55 4 1:30.75 4 1:24.71 5 2:35.26 4
Heidi Jo Duce 1:17.40 6 DSQ 1:20.03 4 2:37.43 5
Megan Harmon 1:40.07 10 1:55.84 9 1:51.02 10 3:31.09 10
Amy Purdy 1:08.61 3 1:06.88 3 1:07.41 3 2:14.29 3rd
Nicole Roundy 1:24.10 8 1:59.54 10 1:35.47 7 2:59.57 8

Biathlon

Visually impaired
Athlete Events Class Factor % Real time Missed shots Result Rank
Jacob Adicoff
Guide: Reid Pletcher		 Men's 7.5 kilometres B3 100% 25:35.6 5+2 25:35.6 14
Kevin Burton
Guide: Gregory Rawlings		 Men's 7.5 kilometres B2 98% 27:01.1 2+2 26:28.7 16
Kevin Burton
Guide: David Chamberlain		 Men's 15 kilometres 43:09.8 2+1+1+2 48:18.0 12
Sitting
Athlete Events Class Factor % Real time Missed shots Result Rank
Daniel Cnossen Men's 7.5 kilometres LW12 100% 24:13.8 3+0 24:13.8 14
Men's 12.5 kilometres 39:01.0 1+0+1+1 39:01.0 11
Men's 15 kilometres 46:27.8 1+1+0+0 48:27.8 10
Travis Dodson Men's 7.5 kilometres LW12 100% 27:35.2 0+5 27:35.2 20
Men's 15 kilometres 50:40.5 2+0+1+2 55:40.5 21
Sean Halsted Men's 7.5 kilometres LW11.5 97% DSQ
Men's 12.5 kilometres 40:46.1 0+0+2+1 39:32.7 12
Men's 15 kilometres 47:57.4 1+0+1+0 48:31.1 11
Augusto Jose Perez Men's 12.5 kilometres 48:40.9 1+0+2+4 48:40.9 19
Aaron Pike Men's 7.5 kilometres LW11.5 97% 26:46.6 2+2 25:58.4 19
Men's 15 kilometres 48:29.0 1+2+2+3 55:01.7 19
Andy Soule Men's 7.5 kilometres LW12 100% 21:48.5 0+0 21:48.5 4
Men's 12.5 kilometres 37:04.7 0+0+0+0 37:04.7 5
Men's 15 kilometres 44:52.6 0+0+0+0 44:52.6 4
Jeremy Wagner Men's 7.5 kilometres LW11.5 97% 26:16.1 0+1 25:28.8 18
Men's 12.5 kilometres 42:06.9 0+0+1+0 40:51.1 16
Men's 15 kilometres 50:55.1 1+0+1+1 52:23.4 18
Oksana Masters Women's 6 kilometres LW12 100% 19:43.2 0+0 19:43.2 4
Women's 10 kilometres 40:22.8 2+2+3+2 40:22.8 8
Standing
Athlete Events Class Factor % Real time Missed shots Result Rank
Omar Bermejo Men's 7.5 kilometres LW6 96% 25:23.8 1+0 24:22.8 18
Men's 12.5 kilometres 38:56.3 0+1+1+0 37:22.8 17
Men's 15 kilometres 48:17.7 1+2+0+0 49:21.8 17

Cross-country skiing

Visually impaired
Athlete Events Class Factor % Qualification Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Jacob Adicoff
Guide: Reid Pletcher		 Men's 1 km sprint B3 100% 3:49.96 8 4:29.4 4 Did not advance
Men's 10 km N/A 25:43.0 7
Men's 20 km N/A 58:37.4 6
Kevin Burton
Guide: David Chamberlain		 Men's 1 km sprint B2 98% 4:39.73 14 Did not advance
Men's 10 km N/A 28:25.8 15
Men's 20 km N/A 1:07:18.6 10
Sitting
Athlete Events Class Factor % Qualification Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Daniel Cnossen Men's 1 km sprint LW12 100% 2:18.01 9 Q 2:23.4 3 Q 2:39.9 6
Men's 10 km N/A 33:02.0 10
Men's 15 km N/A 45:22.4 13
Travis Dodson Men's 1 km sprint LW12 100% 2:27.55 19 Did not advance
Men's 10 km N/A 35:49.6 23
Sean Halsted Men's 1 km sprint LW11.5 97% 2:25.57 17 Did not advance
Men's 10 km N/A 34:21.9 16
Men's 15 km N/A 44:57.9 9
Augusto Perez Men's 15 km N/A 51:24.2 17
Aaron Pike Men's 1 km sprint LW11.5 97% 2:20.86 14 Did not advance
Men's 10 km N/A 34:00.0 14
Men's 15 km N/A 45:20.6 12
Brian Price Men's 15 km LW11.5 97% N/A 52:19.5 19
Andy Soule Men's 1 km sprint LW12 100% 2:19.31 11 Q 2:34.0 3 Q 2:38.0 5
Men's 10 km N/A 32:56.1 9
Men's 15 km N/A 42:53.8 5
Jeremy Wagner Men's 1 km sprint LW11.5 97% 2:22.35 15 Did not advance
Men's 10 km N/A 35:40.5 22
Monica Bascio Women's 1 km sprint LW11 94% 2:56.81 18 Did not advance
Women's 5 km N/A 18:50.4 16
Women's 12 km N/A 41:56.2 7
Oksana Masters Women's 1 km sprint LW12 100% 2:34.81 3 2:52.3 2 2:47.6 4
Women's 5 km N/A 17:04.8 3rd
Women's 12 km N/A 39:16.0 2nd
Tatyana McFadden Women's 1 km sprint 94% 2:35.22 4 2:57.9 2 2:45.7 2nd
Women's 5 km N/A 17:27.8 7
Women's 12 km N/A 40:38.2 5
Beth Requist Women's 1 km sprint 94% 3:09.79 19 Did not advance
Women's 5 km N/A 20:17.4 19
Women's 12 km N/A 46:29.1 16
Jacob Adicoff
Guide: Reid Pletcher
Tatyana McFadden		 Mixed relay N/A 29:06.7 6
Omar Bermejo
Kevin Burton
Guide: David Chamberlain
Augusto Perez
Brian Price		 Open relay N/A 29:58.3 9
Standing
Athlete Events Class Factor % Qualification Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Omar Bermejo Men's 1 km sprint LW6 96% 4:48.86 30 Did not advance
Men's 10 km N/A 29:51.8 29
John Oman Men's 1 km sprint 97% 4:57.99 31 Did not advance
Men's 10 km N/A 31:01.8 32
Men's 20 km N/A 1:17:04.1 18

Ice sledge hockey

Preliminary round
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia (RUS) 3 2 0 1 0 8 1 +7 7
 United States (USA) 3 2 0 0 1 9 3 +6 6
 Italy (ITA) 3 1 0 0 2 3 13 −10 3
 South Korea (KOR) 3 0 1 0 2 4 7 −2 2
March 8, 2014
16:30 MSK		 United States United States 5–1
(1–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 Italy Italy Shayba Arena
March 9, 2014
16:30 MSK		 United States United States 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 South Korea South Korea Shayba Arena
March 11, 2014
16:30 MSK		 United States United States 1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)		 Russia Russia Shayba Arena
Semifinal
March 13, 2014
20:00 MSK		 Canada Canada 0-3
(0–2,0–1,0–0)		 United States United States Shayba Arena
Gold Medal Game
March 15, 2014
20:00 MSK		 United States United States 1-0
 Russia Russia Shayba Arena

Wheelchair curling

The United States qualified a mixed wheelchair curling team as one of the nine highest-ranked nations based on results from the last three World Wheelchair Curling Championships.

Team
Position Curler
Skip Patrick McDonald
Third David Palmer
Second Jimmy Joseph
Lead Penny Greely
Alternate Meghan Lino
Standings

Final round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L PF PA
Russia Andrei Smirnov 8 1 60 38
Canada Jim Armstrong 7 2 66 42
China Wang Haitao 5 4 54 45
Great Britain Aileen Neilson 5 4 53 56
Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 4 5 47 68
United States Patrick McDonald 4 5 56 42
Sweden Jalle Jungnell 4 5 59 49
South Korea Kim Myung-jin 3 6 41 74
Norway Rune Lorentsen 3 6 45 62
Finland Markku Karjalainen 2 7 61 58
Results

Draw 1

Saturday, March 8, 9:30

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6

United States (McDonald) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4

Draw 2

Saturday, March 8, 15:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States (McDonald) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 5

South Korea (Kim) 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 9

Draw 3

Sunday, March 9, 9:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States (McDonald) 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 8

Norway (Lorentsen) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5

Draw 5

Monday, March 10, 9:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States (McDonald) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2

Canada (Armstrong) 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 X 7

Draw 6

Monday, March 10, 15:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia (Smirnov) 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6

United States (McDonald) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 5

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 11, 15:30

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States (McDonald) 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 7

Finland (Karjalainen) 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 6

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 12, 9:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States (McDonald) 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 X 10

China (Wang) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2

Draw 10

Wednesday, March 12, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden (Jungnell) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3

United States (McDonald) 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 X 8

Draw 11

Thursday, March 13, 9:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
Great Britain (Neilson) 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 8

United States (McDonald) 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2014 U.S. Paralympic Team Named". United States Olympic Committee. February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014.