Dzmitry Loban

Dzmitry Loban (born 3 May 1981) is a Belarusian male cross-country skier and biathlete.^[1] He has competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2010, 2014 and 2018 claiming 2 medals in his Paralympic career.^[2]

Dzmitry Loban

Personal information
Nationality	Belarusian
Born	(1981-05-03) May 3, 1981 (age 44)
Spouse	Lidziya Hrafeyeva
Sport
Country	Belarus
Sport	Paralympic Nordic skiing (Paralympic cross-country skiing and Paralympic biathlon)
Disability class	LW12
Medal record Representing  Belarus Winter Paralympics Men's Paralympic biathlon Pyeongchang 2018 7.5km sitting Men's Paralympic cross-country skiing Pyeongchang 2018 1.5km sprint classic sitting Vancouver 2010 10km classic sitting

Career

Dzmitry made his Paralympic debut during the 2010 Winter Paralympics and managed to claim a solitary bronze medal in the men's 10km cross-country skiing event.^[3] He went on to represent Belarus at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and went medalless during the competition. He was also selected to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, his third Paralympic event. Dzmitry clinched a silver medal in the men's 7.5km sitting biathlon event as a part of the 2018 Winter Paralympics.^[4]

Coincidentally Dzmitry's wife, Lidziya Hrafeyeva also represented Belarus at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.^[5]

Biography

Dzmitry Loban was affected in a train accident at the age of 22 as he lost both of his legs above the knee which prompted him to take the sport of Paralympic Nordic skiing in 2007.^[6]

He married fellow Belarusian Paralympic Nordic skier, Lidziya Hrafeyeva who subsequently made her Paralympic debut during the 2018 Winter Paralympics.^[7]