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| Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | GBR |
| NPC | British Paralympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Vancouver | |
| Competitors | 12 in 2[2][3] sports |
| Flag bearer | Michael McCreadie[1] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 2010 Winter Paralympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The team was known by it shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes.
The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom; athletes from Northern Ireland, who may elect to hold Irish citizenship under the pre-1999 article 2 of the Irish constitution, are able to be selected to represent either Great Britain or Ireland at the Paralympics.[4] Kelly Gallagher became the first Northern Irish athlete to compete in the Winter Paralympics by taking part in the alpine skiing discipline. Additionally some British overseas territories compete separately from Britain in Paralympic competition. In order to be eligible to take part in the Games athletes had to have a disability that fell into one of the five Paralympics disability categories.
Great Britain fielded twelve athletes in total; a team of five in wheelchair curling, and seven athletes in alpine skiing. The team failed to win a medal for the first time since the 2002 Games, when just two British athletes competed, and although several of the squad finished with top ten results, the overall outcome was described as disappointing. Kelly Gallagher came closest to a medal, finishing fourth in the giant slalom for visually impaired athletes.[5][6] Britain hosted the next Games when London hosts the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
- ^ "Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony" (PDF). IPC. 12 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2010.
- ^ "The ParalympicsGB Vancouver 2010 team". ParalympicsGB. Retrieved 13 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "NI skier Kelly Gallagher named in GB Paralympic team". BBC Sport. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "Full text of the constitution" (PDF). Department of the Taoiseach. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "Britain disappoints in Paralympics Downhill". Planet Ski. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "GB skiers suffer Paralympic Super-G disappointment". BBC Sport. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.