# 2023 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships

The 2023 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships was held from 21 to 29 January 2023 in Östersund, Sweden. Originally scheduled to take place in the Swedish region of Jämtland and include nordic, alpine and snowboard competitions following the successful inaugural edition of the 2021 Combined Snow Sports World Championships in Lillehammer.

## Schedule

| Date | Event |
| 21 January | Biathlon 7.5 km Sprint |
| 22 January | Cross-Country Skiing 18 km Individual Start Classic |
| 24 January | Cross-Country Skiing Sprint free |
| 25 January | Biathlon 10 km Individual Start (penalty loop) |
| 27 January | Biathlon 12.5 km Individual Start (penalty time) |
| 28 January | Cross-Country Skiing 10 km Individual Start Free |
| 29 January | Cross- Country Skiing Mixed & Open Relay 4 x 2.5km |

## Medalists
### Para Biathlon

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men´s 7.5km Sprint | Sitting | Collin Cameron (CAN) | Aaron Pike (USA) | Yerbol Khamitov (KAZ) |
| Men´s 7.5km Sprint | Standing | Marco Maier (GER) | Mark Arendz (CAN) | Serhii Romaniuk (UKR) |
| Men´s 7.5km Sprint | Visually impaired | Oleksandr Kazik (UKR) | Zebastian Modin (SWE) | Nico Messinger (GER) |
| Men´s 10km Middle | Sitting | Taras Rad (UKR) | Aaron Pike (USA) | Sin Eui-hyun (KOR) |
| Men´s 10km Middle | Standing | Mark Arendz (CAN) | Grygorii Vovchynskyi (UKR) | Serhii Romaniuk (UKR) |
| Men´s 10km Middle | Visually impaired | Oleksandr Kazik (UKR) | Nico Messinger (GER) | Zebastian Modin (SWE) |
| Men´s 12.5km Individual | Sitting | Aaron Pike (USA) | Scott Meenagh (GBR) | Yerbol Khamitov (KAZ) |
| Men´s 12.5km Individual | Standing | Mark Arendz (CAN) | Grygorii Vovchynskyi (UKR) | Benjamin Daviet (FRA) |
| Men´s 12.5km Individual | Visually impaired | Oleksandr Kazik (UKR) | Anthony Chalençon (FRA) | Maksym Murashkovskyi (UKR) |
| Women´s 7.5km Sprint | Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | Anja Wicker (GER) | Andrea Eskau (GER) |
| Women´s 7.5km Sprint | Standing | Natalie Wilkie (CAN) | Brittany Hudak (CAN) | Bohdana Konashuk (UKR) |
| Women´s 7.5km Sprint | Visually impaired | Leonie Maria Walter (GER) | Linn Kazmaier (GER) | Johanna Recktenwald (GER) |
| Women´s 10km Middle | Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | Anja Wicker (GER) | Andrea Eskau (GER) |
| Women´s 10km Middle | Standing | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) | Bohdana Konashuk (UKR) | Brittany Hudak (CAN) |
| Women´s 10km Middle | Visually impaired | Leonie Maria Walter (GER) | Oksana Shyshkova (UKR) | Carina Edlinger (AUT) |
| Women´s 12.5km Individual | Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | Andrea Eskau (GER) | Christina Picton (CAN) |
| Women´s 12.5km Individual | Standing | Natalie Wilkie (CAN) | Bohdana Konashuk (UKR) | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) |
| Women´s 12.5km Individual | Visually impaired | Linn Kazmaier (GER) | Johanna Recktenwald (GER) | Leonie Maria Walter (GER) |

### Para Cross-Country

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men´s 18km Individual - Classic | Sitting | Giuseppe Romele (ITA) | Collin Cameron (CAN) | Pavlo Bal (UKR) |
| Men´s 18km Individual - Classic | Standing | Witold Skupień (POL) | Taiki Kawayoke (JPN) | Grygorii Vovchynskyi (UKR) |
| Men´s 18km Individual - Classic | Visually impaired | Zebastian Modin (SWE) | Jake Adicoff (USA) | Thomas Oxaal (NOR) |
| Men´s Sprint - Free Style | Sitting | Yerbol Khamitov (KAZ) | Taras Rad (UKR) | Cristian Ribera (BRA) |
| Men´s Sprint - Free Style | Standing | Marco Maier (GER) | Grygorii Vovchynskyi (UKR) | Nazar Shevchyk (UKR) |
| Men´s Sprint - Free Style | Visually impaired | Jake Adicoff (USA) | Nico Messinger (GER) | Oleksandr Kazik (UKR) |
| Men´s 10km - Free Style | Sitting | Giuseppe Romele (ITA) | Collin Cameron (CAN) | Taras Rad (UKR) |
| Men´s 10km - Free Style | Standing | Mark Arendz (CAN) | Witold Skupień (POL) | Benjamin Daviet (FRA) |
| Men´s 10km - Free Style | Visually impaired | Zebastian Modin (SWE) | Jake Adicoff (USA) | Oleksandr Kazik (UKR) |
| Women´s 18km Individual - Classic | Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | Anja Wicker (GER) | Aline Rocha (BRA) |
| Women´s 18km Individual - Classic | Standing | Vilde Nilsen (NOR) | Natalie Wilkie (CAN) | Brittany Hudak (CAN) |
| Women´s 18km Individual - Classic | Visually impaired | Linn Kazmaier (GER) | Leonie Maria Walter (GER) | Oksana Shyshkova (UKR) |
| Women´s Sprint - Free Style | Sitting | Aline Rocha (BRA) | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | Anja Wicker (GER) |
| Women´s Sprint - Free Style | Standing | Natalie Wilkie (CAN) | Vilde Nilsen (NOR) | Sydney Peterson (USA) |
| Women´s Sprint - Free Style | Visually impaired | Carina Edlinger (AUT) | Linn Kazmaier (GER) | Johanna Recktenwald (GER) |
| Women´s 10km - Free Style | Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | Anja Wicker (GER) | Aline Rocha (BRA) |
| Women´s 10km - Free Style | Standing | Vilde Nilsen (NOR) | Natalie Wilkie (CAN) | Sydney Peterson (USA) |
| Women´s 10km - Free Style | Visually impaired | Linn Kazmaier (GER) | Leonie Maria Walter (GER) | Carina Edlinger (AUT) |
| Open 4×2.5km Relay Relay Classic/Free Style | Open 4×2.5km Relay Relay Classic/Free Style | Germany Sebastian Marburger Linn Kazmaier Nico Messinger Marco Maier | Norway Kjartan Haugen Vilde Nilsen Trygve Steinar Larsen Thomas Oxaal | Ukraine Dmytro Suiarko Grygorii Vovchynskyi Vasyl Kravchuk Iaroslav Reshetynskyi |
| Mixed 4×2.5km Relay Relay Classic/Free Style | Mixed 4×2.5km Relay Relay Classic/Free Style | United States Aaron Pike Danielle Aravich Kendall Gretsch Jake Adicoff | Ukraine Pavlo Bal Bohdana Konashuk Taras Rad Liudmyla Liashenko | Germany Anja Wicker Steffen Lehmker Alexander Ehler Leonie Maria Walter |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Sweden)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 8 | 12 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE)* | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |