Oksana Masters Roars to Paralympic Redemption at Milan Cortina with 11th Gold Medal

March 10, 2026

TL;DR

Oksana Masters won her 11th Paralympic gold medal in the women's sprint sitting Para cross-country skiing at Milan Cortina.
She described the win as "redemption" for her second-place finish in the same event at the previous Paralympics.
Masters overcame a challenging season that included surgery, a bone infection, and a concussion.
This is her second gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games, having also won the women's sprint sitting Para biathlon.
Masters has 7 Winter Paralympic gold medals and 4 Summer Paralympic gold medals, with a total of 21 medals.
She was born in Ukraine with birth defects potentially related to the Chernobyl accident and was adopted by an American mother.
Masters had her left leg amputated at age nine and her right leg at age 14.

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