great_britain winter paralympics great_britain competed winter paralympics italy team able athletes united_kingdom athletes northern_ireland elected hold irish citizenship article irish constitution eligible represent great_britain ireland paralympics northern irish athletes took team vancouver competitors disabilities organised paralympic categories games great_britain entered total athletes games individuals alpine skiing teams athletes ice hockey athletes wheelchair team won single silver medal debut sport wheelchair finished seventeenth medal table addition medal finishes alpine skiing ice hockey team great_britain placed seventeenth medal table single silver medal zero gold bronze medals following british athletes won medals games discipline sections names bold 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 wheelchair making appearance games open athletes physical disability lower body required everyday use wheelchair stones played hand leaning wheelchair pushed delivery stick alpine skiing britain entered men woman games athletes competed britain appeared second games time sitting events having switched use sit standing uses prosthetic leg british participants athletes members run national ski charity disability raced events respective categories downhill giant highest finish placed sixth men sitting downhill seconds outside medal positions crashed event finish failed finish rose giant miller completed course events best finish tenth downhill calculated time ensure fair event athletes differing disabilities compete times achieved modified factor percentage produce result known calculated time time decides result races actual times recorded listed women ice hockey britain ice hockey team took final qualification spot games winning qualifying tournament italy november team athletes included previously participated sailing named initial squad unable complete high blood pressure condition replaced britain competed pool alongside teams canada italy norway having suffered heavy defeats matches team beat hosts italy final pool match finish group classification rounds lost sweden beating italy finish seventh position wheelchair british wheelchair team skip team won world championships january glasgow won world championships considered strong contenders medal time wheelchair included paralympic sport team previous games experience paralympics appearance competing sixth paralympics previously won bronze medals summer paralympics previous silver wheelchair fencing summer games team received preparation great_britain olympic funding came team coach personal coach men olympic skip 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 britain won group games teams denmark sweden italy united_states lost matches switzerland norway canada record wins loses meant finished group stage second place advanced directly medal rounds end semifinal sweden britain stole went win match final team faced canada trailing final end skip opportunity stone tournament open hit canadian stone successful scored britain won gold medal threw hard shot tracked inch wide meant canada scored win leaving british team silver
Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Paralympics