great_britain winter paralympics great_britain competed held vancouver canada team athletes united_kingdom athletes northern_ireland elect hold irish citizenship article irish constitution able selected represent great_britain ireland paralympics northern irish athlete compete taking alpine skiing discipline additionally british overseas territories compete separately britain paralympic competition order eligible games athletes disability fell paralympics disability categories great_britain fielded athletes total team wheelchair seven athletes alpine skiing team failed win medal time games british athletes competed squad finished results overall outcome described disappointing came closest medal finishing fourth giant visually impaired athletes britain hosting games london hosts summer paralympics disability classification participant paralympics disability grouped disability categories condition sustained injury illness cerebral wheelchair athletes overlap categories visual including les physical disability fall strictly categories example multiple paralympic sport classifications dependent specific physical demands competition events given code numbers letters describing type event classification athletes competing events code athletes visual codes athletes stand compete athletes compete sitting paralympics alpine skiing events grouped athletes sitting standing visually impaired events contain target shooting component blind visually impaired athletes able compete use acoustic signals signal intensity varies dependent athlete target wheelchair added games open athletes physical disability lower body requires everyday use wheelchair stones played hand leaning wheelchair pushed delivery stick alpine skiing britain alpine skiing team consisted men women guide competing having previously taken salt_lake_city british previous games experience rose raced northern irish athlete compete achieved team highest finish missing medal single place seconds women visually impaired giant achieved finishes preparations disrupted broken suffered november failed finish disqualified giant rolling start men women wheelchair britain wheelchair team consisted athletes representing scotland finished fifth world championships team team won silver medal event games competing seventh paralympics won bronze medals previous silver medalist wheelchair fencing summer games paralympic wheelchair played according rules modification sweeping sport open male female athletes competed mixed teams requirement team member sex format round robin tournament nation played group stage qualifying medal playoffs great_britain won group games beating teams switzerland germany japan finished sixth position meant advance medal matches
Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics