Kim Yunji Wins Gold...First Korean Woman to Claim Winter Paralympic Title

Victory in Women's Sitting 12.5 km Biathlon Sprint

Kim Yunji (19, BDH Paras), a star athlete in disabled sports, became the first Korean female athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Paralympics.

On the 8th (local time), Kim Yoonji celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's sprint sitting 12.5km final of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics Para biathlon held at the Tesero Cross-Country Stadium in Italy. Photo by Yonhap News

On March 8 (Korean time), at the Tesero Cross Country Stadium in Italy, Kim Yunji claimed the gold medal in the women's sprint sitting 12.5 km biathlon at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Paralympics, finishing with a time of 38:00.1 and defeating Anja Wicker of Germany.

With this achievement, Kim Yunji set a milestone by becoming the first Korean female athlete in Winter Paralympics history to win an individual gold medal.

Moreover, this gold medal is the first for Korea at an overseas Winter Paralympics, and also marks the first gold in eight years since Sin Euihyun won at the PyeongChang 2018 Games in cross-country skiing.

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