Stillwater High Grad Wins 3 Medals At 2022 Winter Paralympics

STILLWATER, MN — Stillwater Area High School graduate Sydney Peterson will return to the U.S. with a medal of each color after her stellar performances at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing.

Peterson, who graduated in 2020, launched her Paralympics on March 6 with a silver medal in her debut — a long-distance cross-country race — before earning a bronze medal in the women’s spring free standing race.

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She capped her inaugural Paralympics by helping the U.S. team win a gold medal in the mixed 4x2.5-kilometer relay race, its first-ever gold medal in a mixed relay. Peterson raced with Oksana Masters, Dan Cnossen, and Jake Adicoff and guide Sam Wood.

Peterson, 20, of Lake Elmo, told the Team USA website that it was “so much better being a part of a team” and thanked everyone who helped them to the top of the podium.

“There were five of us out there today, and I think all of us had great races,” Peterson told Team USA.

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The U.S. Paralympics team finished with 20 medals: six gold, 11 silver and three bronze. China finished in first with 61 medals, including 18 golds, while Ukraine finished in second place with 29 medals, including 11 golds.

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