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Dibjyoti Dutta

***Dibyojyoti Dutta*** (born 2nd September 1999) is a Bengali television actor. He is best known for portraying the main characters in *Joyee*,  *Chuni Panna,  Desher Mati*, *Anurager Chhowa , sooraj in Choo kar mere maan ko ( StarPlus serial )*

''He also appeared in a music video named as 'Dekhechhi Rupsagore' with 'Ditipriya Roy' released in August 2022 and in its sequel 'He Shokha' with 'Anushka Goswami' released on 14th February 2024 in the character 'Satyen'.''

He also acted in 2019 Zee Bangla mahalaya as 'Sri Krishna', in 2022 Star Jalsa mahalaya as 'Sri Vishnu' and in 2024 Star Jalsa mahalaya as 'Mahadev'. 

He also likes dancing, martial arts, gym, poetry, singing. He is a spiritual person. 

## Television
*Joyee as Ribhu/Main Male Lead (2017-2019)
*Chuni Panna as Nirbhik/Main lead (2019-2020)
*Desher Mati as Kyan / Main Lead (2021)
*Anurager Chhowa as Dr. Surjo Sengupto / Main lead (2022-)

## Related pages
*Moumita Gupta
*Dolon Roy
*Joyee
*Chuni Panna
*Desher Maati
*Anurager Chhowa
Rahul Banerjee

**Arunoday Banerjee**, known as **"Rahul"** (, born 16 October 1983–29 March 2026) was a Bengali Indian movie and television actor. Banerjee died by drowning whilst filming in Talsari, Odisha, on 29 March 2026, aged 42.

## Television
* *Tumi Asbe Bole* (2014 - 2016) as Rahul Deb Roy, STAR Jalsha
* *Swapno Udaan* (2017) as Rupayan Sen, STAR Jalsha
*Ardhangini  (2018-Present ) as Umapati STAR Jalsha

## References
Mitch Pileggi

**Mitchell Craig** "**Mitch**" **Pileggi** (born April 5, 1952) is an American actor. He was born in Portland, Oregon. Pileggi is best known for his role as Walter Skinner on *The X-Files*. He had a recurring role on *Stargate Atlantis* as Colonel Steven Caldwell. He appeared in the 2008 movie *Flash of Genius*. In 2008, he began a recurring role as Ernest Darby in *Sons of Anarchy*. He starred as Harris Ryland in the TNT revival of *Dallas* (2012–2014). 

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Flag of Monaco

The national **flag of Monaco** () has two equal horizontal bands, red (top) and white (bottom).
## References
Flag of Montenegro

The **flag of Montenegro** was created in 2004.

## Appearance 
It has a red field surrounded by a golden border; charged with the Coat of arms of Montenegro at the centre. The coat of arms in the flag occupies  of its height. The width of the golden border is  the width of the hoist-side.
Ushashi Ray

**Ushasi Ray** ();  is a Bengali Television Actress. she is best Known for her lead role in Star Jalsha's Milon Tithi and Zee Bangla's Bokul Kotha.

## Notable Works
* Milon Tithi as Ahona (2015-2017)
* Jay Kaali Kolkattawali
* Bokul Kotha as Bokul (2017- Present)
## References
Constance Towers

**Constance Mary Towers** (born May 20, 1933) is an American actress and singer.

Towers made her movie debut in the Technicolor picture *Bring Your Smile Along* (1955). She would later be known for her roles in John Ford's westerns *The Horse Soldiers* (1959) and *Sergeant Rutledge* (1960). She would later appear in Samuel Fuller's thrillers *Shock Corridor* (1963) and *The Naked Kiss* (1964).

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*Interview, May 17, 2017; accessed May 18, 2017.
History of pizza

The **history of pizza** begins when different ancient cultures produced flatbread with toppings. Toppings are food added to pizza, like pepperoni, cheese or sausage. Foods similar to pizza have been made since the Neolithic Age. The food that came before pizza was probably focaccia (a flatbread to which toppings were added). The word *pizza* was first documented in AD 997 in Gaeta, Italy. The word came later in parts of Central and Southern Italy.

The innovation that led to flatbread pizza was the use of tomato as a topping. For some time after the tomato was brought to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century, it was believed by many Europeans to be poisonous.

Modern pizza was developed in Naples, Italy, when tomato was added to focaccia in the late 18th century. Pizza, though, was mainly eaten *in* the country of Italy.

By the late 18th century, it was common for the poor in and around Naples to add the tomato to their yeast-based flatbread. That's when pizza began.

Pizzas need to be baked at temperatures of 200250&nbsp;°C. Not many household ovens could reach such temperatures before the late 1800s. Because of this, pizza was made at home, and then given to the town bakery to cook.

In June 1889, Raffaele Esposito, a chef from Naples, created the "Margherita" in honour of Queen Margherita. It was the first pizza to include cheese. Most pizzas include cheese as a topping.

Pizza first made its appearance to the United States in the 19th century when Italian immigrants came to the country. It was very popular with Italian people in New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and St. Louis.

Allied troops in Italy came to enjoy pizza and other Italian foods during World War II.

The first printed reference to the word *pizza* in the U.S. was in 1904 in *The Boston Journal*.

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Ebony Reigns

**Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng** (16 February 1997 – 8 February 2018), known by the stage name **Ebony**, was a Ghanaian dancehall/Afrobeats artist widely known for her hit songs "Poison" and "Kupe". She was discovered by Bullet, a member of Ruff n Smooth fame. She was born in Accra, Ghana.

In April 2017, Reigns was arrested for exposing her breast while wearing a mini-skirt at a passport office in Accra as she attempted to travel to Tokyo for her concert.

Reigns was killed in a car crash on 8 February 2018 while returning from Sunyani to Accra after a visit. She was one week shy from her 21st birthday.

## References
Lovebug Starski

**Kevin Smith** (May 16, 1960 – February 8, 2018), best known by his stage name **Lovebug Starski**, was an American MC, musician, and record producer. He was born in The Bronx, New York.

Starski began his career as a record boy in 1971 as hip-hop. He eventually became a DJ at the Disco Fever club in 1978. He was one of two people who may have come up with the term "hip-hop".

Starski died of a heart attack in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 8, 2018 at the age of 57.

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Nebojša Glogovac

**Nebojša "Glogi" Glogovac** (30 August 1969 – 9 February 2018) was a Serbian actor. He was born in Trebinje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was known for his roles in *Tomorrow Morning* (2006), *Klopka* (2007), *72 Days* (2010) and *The Constitution* (2016).

Glogovac died on 9 February 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia of brain cancer at the age of 48.

## References
## Other websites
* Nebojša Glogovac at imdb.com
Sandipta Sen

**Sandipta Sen** (born 27 August 1986) In 2014 she was awarded the Tele Academy Award for Best Actress for her role of Turpur in *Tapur Tupur*.

## TV shows
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List of Victorious episodes

***Victorious*** is an American teen sitcom that premiered on Nickelodeon on March 27, 2010, and aired until February 2, 2013. The series stars Victoria Justice as Tori Vega, a teenage girl who attends Hollywood Arts High School, a performing arts school with a group of students. It was announced on August 10, 2012, that the series would not be renewed.

## Episodes 
### Season 1 (2010–11)
### Season 2 (2011)
* A 90-minute *iCarly* crossover special, "iParty with Victorious", aired on June 11, 2011. Despite it being a crossover episode, it is an *iCarly*-produced episode instead of a *Victorious* episode.

### Season 3 (2012)
### Season 4 (2012–13)
Erskine Bowles

**Erskine Boyce Bowles** (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and politician from North Carolina. He was the president of the University of North Carolina system from 2005 to 2010. He was as White House Chief of Staff from 1997–98. Bowles also ran for the United States Senate from North Carolina in 2002 and 2004 but lost both times.

Bowles was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. His parents are Jessamine Woodward Boyce Bowles and Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles Jr.. Bowles grew up in Greensboro and graduated from Virginia Episcopal School. Then he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. He graduated with a business degree. He was in the United States Coast Guard for a short time. Next, Bowles studied at Columbia Business School. He earned an MBA. After graduation, Bowles worked for the financial firm Morgan Stanley in New York City.

## References
Allan Hills 84001

**Allan Hills 84001** (commonly abbreviated **ALH84001**) is a meteorite that was found in Allan Hills, Antarctica on December 27, 1984, by a team of American meteorite hunters from the ANSMET project. Like other members of the group of SNCs (shergottite, nakhlite, chassignite), ALH84001 is thought to be from Mars. However, it does not fit into any of the previously discovered SNC groups. On discovery, its mass was .

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Jan Maxwell

**Janice Elaine Maxwell** (November 20, 1956 &ndash; February 11, 2018) was an American stage and television actress. She was a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Drama Desk Award winner (2005, 2010). She was born in Fargo, North Dakota.

Maxwell was known for her performance in the musical *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (2005) and *Follies* (2012). Her other Broadway credits include, *Dancing at Lughnasa* (1992), ''A Doll's House* (1997), *The Sound of Music* (1998) and *The Dinner Party* (2001).

In television, Maxwell starred in *The Divide* (2014), *The Good Wife* (2014), and *Gossip Girl* (2009–2011). From 1994 to 2003, she appeared in four episodes of the NBC drama *Law & Order'', each time as a different character.

Maxwell died of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis complicated from breast cancer in New York City on February 11, 2018 at the age of 61.

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Nicholas Shehadie

**Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie** (15 November 1925 – 11 February 2018) was an Australian rugby union sportsperson and politician. He was born in Sydney. He served as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 1973 to 1975. He was a national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career Test appearances for Australia between 1947 and 1958.

Shehadie was an inductee into both the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame and the IRB Hall of Fame.

From 1957 until his death, Shehadie was married to former Governor of New South Wales Dame Marie Bashir.

Shehadie died on 11 February 2018 in Sydney at the age of 92.

## Orders
***1 January 1971** Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for service to Local Government.
***1 January 1976** Knight Bachelor for his service as Lord Mayor of Sydney.
***11 June 1990** Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for "service to the media, to sport and to community".
* **17 May 2001** Knight of the Order of St John

## References
## Other websites
*Mosman Sporting Wall of Fame 
*Australian Lebanese Historical Society Inc. 
*Nicholas Shehadie Test statistics at ESPN Scrum
*Wallaby Hall of Fame
*Official Website of the Governor of New South Wales
Austin Asche

**Keith John Austin Asche**, AC, QC (28 November 1925 &ndash; 16 December 2024) was an Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne. He served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1993 through 1997. He was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory serving from 1986 through 1987.

Asche was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. John in 1993 and made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1994. He was made Honorary Freeman of the City of Darwin in 2007.

Asche died on 14 December 2024, at the age of 99.

## References
Neil Conn

**Neil Raymond Conn** (born 17 August 1936) is an Australian economist and politician. He served as Administrator of the Northern Territory (1997-2000).

Conn was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as Lord Prior of the Order of Saint John in 2014. He was succeeded by Sir Malcolm Ross in 2016.

## References
Peter Sinclair

Rear Admiral **Peter Ross Sinclair** (born 16 November 1934) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy. He served as the 35th Governor of New South Wales from 8 August 1990 to 1 March 1996.

In 1987 he was appointed Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet, a position which later changed to Maritime Commander, Australia.

## References
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson

**Marjorie Jackson-Nelson** (born 13 September 1931) is an Australian politician and Olympic athlete. She is a former Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete.

Jackson-Nelson finished her sporting career with two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, six individual world records and every Australian State and National title she contested from 1950–1954.

## References
## Other websites
* Biography at the Governor of South Australia website
* Peter Nelson Leukaemia Research Fellowship Fund
Leneen Forde

**Mary Marguerite "Leneen" Forde** (born 12 May 1935) is a Canadian-born Australian educator and politician. She was a former Chancellor of Griffith University. She served as the 22nd Governor of Queensland from 1992 until 1997.

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James Gobbo

**Sir James Augustine Gobbo** AC, CVO, QC (22 March 1931 – 7 November 2021) was an Australian jurist and politician. He was the 25th Governor of Victoria serving from 1997 through 2000. He was born in Melbourne.

Gobbo was made Knight Bachelor in 1981 and became a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1993 and a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (KStJ) in 1997. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001.

Gobbo died on 7 November 2021 at the age of 90.

## References
Ted Egan

**Edward Joseph "Ted" Egan** AO (6 July 1932 – 4 December 2025) was an Australian folk musician and a former public servant. He served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 2003 to 2007.

Egan died on 4 December 2025 in Alice Springs, Australia at the age of 93.

## References
## Other websites
* Egan's official website
* Television interview with Egan (ABC's *Enough Rope*, August 2004)
* Official Administrator's site 
* VIDEO: Egan on the crisis in Indigenous Australia (2009) on ABC Fora
Guy Green

**Sir Guy Stephen Montague Green**, AC, KBE, CVO (26 July 1937 &ndash; 22 July 2025) was an Australian jurist. A former Chief Justice of the Tasmanian Supreme Court and he was the Governor of Tasmania from 1995 to 2003. He was the first Tasmanian-born governor of the state, although not the first Australian-born. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania.

Green died on 22 July 2025 in Hobart, Tasmania from a short-illness, four days before his 88th birthday.

## References
John Landy

**John Michael Landy** (12 April 1930 &ndash; 24 February 2022) was an Australian middle-distance runner and politician. Landy was born in Melbourne. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run. He held the world records for the 1500 metre run and the mile race. He also won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Landy was also the 26th Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006.

Landy died on 24 February 2022 in Castlemaine, Australia from problems caused by Parkinson's disease at the age of 91.

## References
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* *The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It*, by Neal Bascomb, 2004,
William Cox

**William John Ellis Cox**, AC, RFD, ED, QC (born 1 April 1936) is an Australian politician. He was Governor of Tasmania from 15 December 2004 to 2 April 2008. Before he was the state's Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor.

## References
Swara Bhaskar

**Swara Bhaskar Chitrapu ** () is an Indian actress who works in the Hindi film industry. She is best known for her supporting work in mainstream productions and starring roles in independent films. She has won two Screen Awards and has been nominated for Filmfare Awards three times.

Bhaskar was the daughter of naval officer Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar. She was born and raised in Delhi. After receiving her bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Delhi, she enrolled herself at the Jawaharlal Nehru University to complete her master's in Sociology. Bhaskar made her film debut with a supporting role in the 2009 drama *Madholal Keep Walking.* The drama did not make much money. She achieved wider recognition for her supporting role of a bride-to-be in the commercially successful romantic comedy *Tanu Weds Manu* (2011). Her performance in the film was well received by critics. She was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

## References
Paul Danblon

**Paul Danblon** (25 July 1931 – 8 February 2018) was a Belgian composer, opera director, administrator, and journalist. He was one of the first people of scientific journalism on RTBF (Radio télévision belge de la communauté française). He was born in Ghent, Belgium.

In 1954, Danblon joined the RTBF current events programme, ''Carnets de l'Actualité*. He went on to specialize in producing and presenting popular science programmes such as *La Bouteille à encre*, *Connaître*, and *Le point de la médecine*. He is the author of two books in the area:
**150 ans de sciences (1830–1980) * (Paul Legrain, Brussels, 1980) 
**L'espace'' (Lombard, Brussels, 1964)

Danblon died of pulmonary edema in Brussels, Belgium on 8 February 2018 at the age of 87.

## References
Algebraic fraction

An **algebraic fraction** is a fraction where the top and the bottom are algebraic expressions. Two examples of algebraic fractions are \frac{3x}{x^2+2x-3} and \frac{\sqrt{x+2}}{x^2-3}.

A **rational fraction** is an algebraic fraction where the top and the bottom are polynomials. \frac{3x}{x^2+2x-3} is a rational fraction, but \frac{\sqrt{x+2}}{x^2-3} is not. This is because the top has a square root function.

## Operations 
### Multiplication 
\frac{x^2+9x+20}{x^2-4} \cdot \frac{x+2}{x+4}

= \frac{{\color{Red}(x+4)}(x+5)}{{\color{Red}(x+2)}(x-2)} \cdot \frac{\color{Red}x+2}{\color{Red}x+4}

= \frac{x+5}{x-2}

### Division 
Turn the equation into multiplication by flipping one of the fractions. After that, do what is shown above.

\frac{x^2+9x+20}{x^2-4} {\color{Green}\div} \frac{\color{Orange}x+2}{\color{Blue}x+4} = \frac{x^2+9x+20}{x^2-4} {\color{Green}\cdot} \frac{\color{Blue}x+4}{\color{Orange}x+2}
Gross regional domestic product

**GRDP** or **gross regional domestic product**  is usually the measure of a region's economy. The more familiar gross domestic product (GDP) refers to the economy of a country.

## References
Andorra at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Andorra** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They competed in para-alpine skiing. The country first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002.  The 2018 Winter Paralympics was Andorra’s fifth Winter Paralympics.  

## Team 
The International Paralympic Committee confirmed that Andorra will compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in January 2018.

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Argentina at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Argentina** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  The people were Carles Codina and Enrique Plantey. Codina competed in para-snowboarding. Plantey competed in para-alpine skiing.

## Team 
Argentina sent two people to  Pyeongchang, South Korea.  They were Carles Codina and Enrique Plantey. Codina competed in para-snowboarding. Plantey competed in para-alpine skiing. From January 18 to 20, Plantey raced at the World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.  He finished 13th.  The mono-ski he used for the 2014 Winter Paralympics cost $7,000.  His town paid for it.

## Para-snowboarding 
### Snowboarders 
Carles Codina went to the Winter Paralympics for the second time in 2018.  He had gone to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Codina went to a World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland in January 2018. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

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Armenia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Armenia** sent athletes to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The country sent one para-alpine skier, Sasun Hakobyan, who qualified for the Winter Games in November 2017, and was named to the team before any of the country's Olympic athletes.

## Team 
Armenia sent one person to the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Sasun Hakobyan (Սասուն Հակոբյան) was chosen to represent Armenia in December 2017.  He was selected for the Paralympics before any of the country's Olympic people. The team left for South Korea on 5 March 2018.

In late February,  Armenian National Paralympic Committee President Hakob Abrahamyan was trying to add one person to the team.  He wanted alpine skier Sasun Hakobyan to go to Pyeongchang too.  The problem was the skier missed a qualifying competition.  Armenia asked the International Paralympic Committee to allow him to compete anyway. In September 2017, this decision was reviewed and upheld.  The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still had concerns about doping in Russian sport.  All the conditions the IPC required of the Russians were not met.

## Para-alpine skiing 
### Skiers 
Sasun Hakobyan qualified for the Winter Paralympics in November 2017. In early 2017, he participated in an international skiing competition in Iran. He is coached by Stas Nazaryan.

## History 
Armenia first went to the Winter Paralympics for the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. The only sport the country has competed in is para-alpine skiing.  From 1998 to 2014, Armenia has been represented by standing skier Mher Avanesyan. His finish of 34th in standing slalom at the 2014 Sochi Games was his best result to date. Armenia had yet to medal going into the 2018 Winter Games.

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Australia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Australia** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team is competing in two sports: para-alpine skiing and para-snowboarding. Team members include co-captains Mitchell Gourley and Joany Badenhorst. Gourley first represented Australia at the Winter Paralympics in 2006, and has gone to every Winter Paralympics since. Badenhorst was the first woman from Australia to compete in para-snowboarding at the Paralympic Games. The 2018 Winter Paralympic Games will are on Seven Network. It is the first time the Paralympic Games will be on a commercial television station in Australia.

## Team 
Mitchell Gourley and Joany Badenhorst were announced team co-captains in October 2017. Being named captain meant they had the responsibility to work with the Australian Paralympic Committee and Chef de Mission Nick Dean to unify a team that would compete in two sports: para-alpine skiing and para-snowboarding. On 20 February 2018, the Australian Paralympic Committee shared their updated team list. It included 13 people. Shaun Pianta and sighted guide Jeremy O’Sullivan earned the right to go to the Games. They were waiting for approval from the International Paralympic Committee before the Australian Paralympic Committee officially said they were on Team Australia.

## Preparation 
It is expected that the final Australian team will be between 10 and 12 athletes across two sports – para-alpine skiing and para-snowboard. There is the aim to finish in the top 15 nations on the medal table. This target was set by the Australian Sports Commission’s Australia’s Winning Edge policy. She skis in front of Jensen. While going down a mountain, she tells him about pitch, rhythm and snow conditions.
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## Para-snowboarding 
### Snowboarders 
Joany Badenhorst won a gold medal at a World Cup event a month before the start of the 2018 Games. She won two bronze medals at World Cup events in 2017.

Badenhorst was the first woman from Australia to compete in para-snowboarding at the Paralympic Games.

### Schedule and results 
The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March, running from 10:30&nbsp;AM to 5:00&nbsp;PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30&nbsp;AM - 4:55&nbsp;PM for men and women in all classes.

## Media 
The 2018 Winter Paralympic Games will are on Seven Network. It is the first time the Paralympic Games will be on a commercial television station in Australia. Seven will show highlight shows in the morning and the evening on each day of the Winter Games.

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Austria at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Austria** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Austria is sending 13 people to compete in three sports: para-alpine skiing, para-snowboarding and cross-country skiing.

## Team 
Austria is sending 13 people to compete in three sports: para-alpine skiing, para-snowboarding and cross-country skiing.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Austria") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Secretary General Petra Huber and Chef de Mission Julia Voglmayr traveled to South Korea for a meeting with the Chef de Missions of 32 other countries in March 2017, a year before the Games were scheduled to start. Grochar won silver at the end of 2016/2017 World Cup season.  Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill.  It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM.  Claudia Lösch, Markus Salcher, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl and Simon Wallner were registered to start. In the women's Super-G sitting race, Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold, Claudia Loesch of Austria won silver, and Momoka Muraoka of Japan won bronze. In the men's Super-G standing race, Theo Gmur of Switzerland won gold, Arthur Bauchet of France won silver, and Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze. Carina was awarded the Golden Lion as "Rookie of the Year" at the Leonidas Sports Gala 2017.  It is a place where people can celebrate winning Paralympic medals.

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Belarus at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Belarus** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  People competed in para-Nordic skiing.  The team included a number of para-Nordic skiers.  Several had gone to the Winter Paralympics before.  The country has a history of doing well at the Winter Paralympics, having first gone in 1994.  Going to South Korea, they had already won 23 Winter Paralympic medals.

Yury Holub, Dzmitry Loban, Lidziya Hrafeyeva, and  Sviatlana Sakhanenka won medals on 10 March in the biathlon. This was the first day of competition at the Winter Paralympics.

## Team 
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Belarus") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

## History 
Belarus has competed in every Winter Paralympics since 1994.  Going to Pyeongchang, they had already won 23 medals at the Winter Games. Most of these medals were in cross country skiing, with only 3 medals won in another sport: biathlon. Almost half the Belarus's medals in cross country skiing were won by sit skier Liudmila Vauchock.  Belarus won 3 bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi.  They ranked eighteenth for total medals. Their medals were won by Basil Shapteboy () and Jadwiga Skorobogataya ().

## Russian doping scandal 
15 National Paralympic Committees and the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation signed a letter expressing support for the National Paralympic Committee of Russia in August 2017.  The countries included Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Montenegro, and South Korea.  They asked the IPC Governing Board to consider letting Russia compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  The letter was signed weeks before the IPC Governing Board met in Abu Dhabi. In September 2017, this decision was reviewed and upheld.  The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still had concerns about doping in Russian sport.  All the conditions the IPC required of the Russians were not met.

## Para-Nordic skiing 
### Skiers 
#### Vasili Shaptsiaboi 
Vasili Shaptsiaboi was 38-years-old at the 2018 Games.  He went to the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Games, winning 3 Paralympic bronze medals at these Games.

#### Liudmila Vauchock 
Liudmila Vauchock has gone to the Paralympics before.

### Results 
In the men's 7.5&nbsp;km sitting event, Daniel Cnossen of the United States won gold, Dzmitry Loban of Belarus won silver and Collin Cameron of Canada won bronze. In the men's 7.5&nbsp;km visually impaired race,  Vitaliy Luk'yanenko of Ukraine won gold, Yury Holub of Belarus won silver and Anatolii Kovalevskyi of Ukraine won bronze. In the women's 6&nbsp;km biathlon sitting race,  Kendall Gretsch of the United States won gold, Oksana Masters won silver and Lidziya Hrafeyeva of Belarus won bronze. In the women's 6&nbsp;km biathlon visually impaired race,  Mikhalina Lysova won gold,  Oksana Shyshkova of Ukraine won silver and Sviatlana Sakhanenka of Belarus won bronze.

## References
Belgium at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Belgium** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There were three skiers for Belgium. They were Jasper Balcaen, Eléonor Sana and guide skier Chloé Sana.

## Team 
Belgium sent three people to Pyeongchang. They competed in para-alpine skiing. The team included Jasper Balcaen, Eléonor Sana and guide skier Chloé Sana. She was selected to be the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30&nbsp;AM to 1:30&nbsp;PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30&nbsp;AM and 1:00&nbsp;PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

### Results 
Belgian B2 classified skier Eleonor Sana won bronze in the women's downhill vision impaired race.

**Men**

**Women**

## References
Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Bosnia and Herzegovina** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  Only one person was on the team.  It was 19-year-old para-alpine skier Ilma Kazazic.

## Team 
Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by only one person at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Ilma Kazazic competes in slalom and giant slalom.  The other people are team coach Leon Svetlin, doctor Mirsad Muftić, and chef-de-mission Osman Hadžić. Before 2018, only three people represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Winter Paralympics.  They were Nijaz Memic in 2010 and Ilma Kazazic and Senad Turkovic.  All three are para-alpine skiers.

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Brazil at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Brazil** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team included two men and one woman.  Two people competed in para-Nordic skiing.  One competed in para-snowboarding.  Aline Rocha is the first woman to be part of the Brazilian team at the Winter Paralympics.  It is the second time Brazil went to the Winter Paralympics.  They first went in 2014 to the Winter Paralympics in Sochi.

## Team 
Brazil sent 3 people to Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  Two were para-Nordic skiers and one was a para-snowboarder. The country wanted to send 5 people to South Korea.

## Para-Nordic skiing 
### Skiers 
#### Aline Rocha 
In 2017 when she was 26-years-old, Aline Rocha finished well in important ski races. Her finishes meant she had the right to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. He competed at a World Cup in Oberried, Germany in January 2018.  He was in the 7.5&nbsp;km.  He finished 11th with a time of 23 minutes and 54 seconds. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

## References
Bulgaria at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Bulgaria** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  The country is sending one person, para-Nordic skier Svetoslav Georgiev. Georgiev competed at the Paralympics before.  In 2014, he finished 16th in the 1&nbsp;km sprint qualification race.

## Team 
Bulgaria is sending one person to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The person is blind skier Svetoslav Georgiev. Chairman of the Bulgarian Paralympic Association Iliya Lalov said they do not have high expectations.  The country is good at Summer Paralympics.  They are not good at winter sports like skiing.  That was in 2014.  The most recent recent ranking was in January 2018.  He was ranked 36th.

Georgiev is a member of the National Sports Academy Ski Club.  He is coached by Ivan Birnikov.  When he was young, his father encouraged him to practice sport.  He started skiing when he was a 7-year-old.  He started competing internationally in 2011. He was Bulgaria's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.  He has also represented Bulgaria in para-athletics.

## References
Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Kazakhstan** sent people  to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team spent two years preparing for the Winter Paralympics.

## Team 
Six people and one guide skier from Kazakhstan went to  Pyeongchang, South Korea for the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  All are competing in para-Nordic skiing.  There are six men and one woman. 
### IPC response
In September 2017, this decision was reviewed and upheld.  The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still had concerns about doping in Russian sport.  All the conditions the IPC required of the Russians were not met.

## Hockey 
Kazakhstan did not join sledge hockey in 2018. The country is preparing for the future. They want to compete in sledge hockey in the future. Kazakhstan created a program in early 2018.  Toyota became a sponsor in October 2017.

## Para-Nordic skiing 
Two years before the start of the Games, Kazakhstan wanted to win medals in South Korea.  Because of sponsorship, many team members got new prostheses while in Germany.  Kolyadin said of his new prosthetic, "They created a new prosthesis. When I got it, I tried it. Now I am accustomed to using it. I think I will win by using it in the race. It takes time to learn new technology. But there is 100% control - I like it."  The team went to Russia for World Cup events.  They did more training in Russia.  They also went to a competition in Finland. The team returned to Almaty three weeks before the Games started.  This was so they could do additional training.

The national team had about fifteen people. Only seven are going to South Korea. Their average age is from about 27 years old to 40 years old.

## References
Iceland at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Iceland** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Iceland sent one man to Pyeongchang.  He competed in para-alpine skiing.

## Team 
Iceland sent one man to Pyeongchang. He competed in para-alpine skiing.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Iceland") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

## References
Greece at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Greece** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  One person is representing Greece.  It is snowboarder Konstantinos Petrakis. It is the first time a snowboarder has represented Greece at the Winter Paralympics. Greece first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002.  The 2018 Games are the fifth time they sent a team to the Winter Paralympics.

## Team 
Greece is going to have a team that includes one snowboarder, Konstantinos Petrakis.  It is the first time a snowboarder has represented Greece at the Winter Paralympics.

## References
Georgia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Georgia** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team has two people who are competing in para-Nordic skiing.  One is a man and one is a woman.

## Team 
Georgia leaves to go to  Pyeongchang on March 6.  Georgia, North Korea and Tajikstan are the three countries making their first appearance Winter Paralympics.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Georgia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

## Para-Nordic skiing 
### Skiers 
Temuri Dadiani competes in three sports: cycling, wheelchair fencing and para-Nordic skiing. He competed in cycling at the 2017 Invictus Games. He has a Guinness World Record.  It is for doing 44 push-ups in one minute. Dadiani was in the military.  While an officer in Afghanistan in August 2011, he was hit by a landmine.  Doctors amputated both his legs.

Nino Sabashvili had a goal of winning a Paralympic medal.  Her first sport is para-armwrestling.  The sport is not on the program for the Summer or Winter Paralympic Games.  She started para-Nordic skiing so she could compete in a sport that is on the program.  She is very good at para-armwrestling. At the 2016 World Para Armwrestling Championships in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, she won two silver medals.

## References
Hungary at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Hungary** sent people  to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  The country is sending three people to the games: One blind skier and his guide in para-alpine skiing and one woman para-Nordic skiing.  Hungary is returning to the Paralympics after having not gone to the 2014 Games in Sochi. Zsolt Balogh will be the first person who is blind to represent Hungary at the Winter Paralympics.

## Team 
In June 2017, the National Paralympic Committee of Hungary, Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottság (MPB), announced the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) had given them a quota of at least three spots.  There were two spots for para-Nordic skiing and one spot for para-alpine skiing. The spot for para-alpine skiing was because of the performance of blind skier Zsolt Balogh and his guide skier Bence Bocsi. The para-Nordic skiing spots were earned by Krisztina Lőrincz.  She is an LW10.5 classified sit skier.

Zsolt Balogh and his guide skier Bence Bocsi, and Krisztina Lőrincz were officially named to the team in November 2017. Balogh is the first person who is blind to represent Hungary at the Winter Paralympics.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Hungary") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

## History 
Hungary first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002.  Their best results were at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. Agnes Vas competed in the women's slalom sitting race.  She finished ninth.

## Para-Nordic skiing 
### Skiers 
Krisztina Lőrincz is an LW10.5 sit skier, competing in both cross country skiing and biathlon.

One of the main reasons Lőrincz participates in para-Nordic skiing is she enjoys shooting.  Otherwise, she prefers cycling to skiing.  She narrowly missed out on going to the 2014 Winter Paralympics after trying, and failing, to qualify for the Games.  Since January 2017, she has been coached by Kristóf Lágler.  Her qualifying for the 2018 Winter Paralympics was easier because of the ban on Russian skiers from participating.

Krisztina Lőrincz represented Hungary at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in adapted rowing. She finished 11th.  Outside of sports, she works as a human resources specialist.  She was in a car accident in 2005.  Because of that, she has a disability.

### Schedule and results 
On 12 March, the 15&nbsp;km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  The sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The 7.5&nbsp;km race standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

## References
France at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**France** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  There will be twelve people from France. Four people from France competed in para-snowboarding. Five people competed in para-alpine skiing. Six skiers and 2 guide skiers competed in para-alpine skiing.  Marie Bochet was chosen to carry the flag during the Opening Ceremony.

## Team 
People from France went to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and para-snowboarding.  People on the team were Benjamin Daviet and Cécile Hernandez.  She was chosen 100 days before the 2018 Games started. The first people were included on the team in September 2017. The list included Thomas Clarion.

### Before the Games 
At the 9 January 2018 World Cup in Zagreb, François won gold in the men's sitting slalom race.  At 41-years-old, it was his first World Cup victory.  It also made him one of the oldest people to win a World Cup event. Bochet went to Slovenia in January 2018.  She competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora.  Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.

The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program was Super-G. All skiers raced between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March.  The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

### Results 
Marie Bochet from France won gold in the women's downhill standing.  Andrea Rothfuss from Germany won silver.  Mollie Jepsen from Canada won bronze. Theo Gmur won a gold medal in the men's downhill standing race.  Arthur Bauchet of France won silver.  Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze.  In the men's Super-G standing race, Theo Gmur of Switzerland won gold, Arthur Bauchet of France won silver, and Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze.

## Para-snowboarding 
### Snowboarders 
There were 3 snowboarders from France at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

## References
Denmark at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Denmark** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There will be at least one person competing in para-snowboarding.

## Team 
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Denmark") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

## Background 
In autumn of 2017, responsibility for sending a team to the Paralympics was changed from Parasport Denmark, the National Paralympic Committee of Denmark, to  National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF).  The decision was made because people wanted to make Olympic and Paralympic sport more equal. Her gold medals were in the  biathlon 7.5 kilometres free technique B 1-3 race.

## Para-snowboarding 
### Snowboarders 
Daniel Wagner is a two sport competitor.  He was part of the Denmark team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where he won a gold medal.  Wagner was the world champion in the long jump. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March.  It goes from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM.  Men and women in all classes are racing at that time.

## References
Czech Republic at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Czech Republic** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. People are competing two sports: para-alpine skiing and sledge hockey. There were 24 sportspeople, 16 support people and 4 administrators.  First allocated four sports in para-alpine skiing, the country won two more spots and are sending six skiers.  The sledge hockey team goes to South Korea after qualifying at a tournament in Sweden.  They had financial difficulties before the Winter Paralympics because of corruption in sports funding.  This made it more difficult to train and compete for the 2018 Games.

## Team 
In June 2017, the Executive Committee of the Czech Paralympic Committee (ČPV) was told by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) they had been given four spots to send people to the 2018 Winter Paralympics to compete in para-alpine skiing.  It included people in two sports: para-alpine skiing and sledge hockey. There were 24 sportspeople, 16 support people and 4 administrators.  Three of these spots were for men, and one was for a woman.

## Sledge hockey 
The team had a goal of winning a bronze at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  About the corruption, team captain Zdeněk Šafránek said, "The subsidy scandal has radically reduced the amount we receive. For the sake of illustration, the Czech Paralympic Committee has now gotten less money than last year's sledge hockey players, and it has to be divided into a lot of sports."  Teams participating in the tournament included Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, Japan and Great Britain. They play South Korea on 11 March. They play the United States on 12 March. The Czech Republic plays Japan on 13 March.
; Preliminary round

## Media coverage 
Some of the Paralympics would be broad on television by ČT TV and ČT Sport.  Live streaming of the Winter Games was also made available free on ČT Sport's website.

## References
Croatia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Croatia** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One person representing Croatia is para-alpine skier Dino Sokolovič.  He stopped skiing in 2016 for 20 months because of an injury.

## Team 
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Croatia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

## Para-alpine skiing 
### Skiers 
Dino Sokolovič is a standing skier.  He was injured in 2016.  Because of the injury, he did not ski for 20 months.

### Before the Games 
Dino Sokolovič  went to Slovenia in January 2018.  He competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora.

## References
China at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**China** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea. China had never won a medal at the Winter Paralympics prior to the start of the 2018 Winter Games.  They have a team competing in wheelchair curling.

## History 
China had never won a medal at the Winter Paralympics prior to the start of the 2018 Winter Games. The best finish they had was fourth at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  Their wheelchair curling team finished fourth.  China's best individual finish was also in 2014. Peng Yuanyuan finished fifth in the  women's cross-country skiing 5&nbsp;km classic style standing. In September 2017, this decision was reviewed and upheld.  The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still had concerns about doping in Russian sport.  All the conditions the IPC required of the Russians were not met.

## Wheelchair curling 
The team starts playing on 10 March when they go against Sweden.

## References
Finland at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Finland** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  They competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and wheelchair curling.

## Team 
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Finland") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

## Para-alpine skiing 
### Skiers 
Santeri Kiiveri finished sixth at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in the super combined.

## Para-Nordic skiing 
### Skiers 
Sini Pyy went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.  Neither Estonia nor Latvia are going to the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

### Roster 
Sari Karjalainen competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.

## References