Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics
Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics | |
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Governing body | Badminton World Federation |
Events | 30 (men: 15; women: 15) |
Games | |
Paralympic alpine skiing has been competed at the Winter Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1976. Events include men's and women's downhill, Super G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined.
Since the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, a three category system is used. The three categories are: sitting, standing and visually impaired.[1][2]
Summary[]
Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
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1 | 1976 | 28 | Switzerland |
2 | 1980 | 22 | Austria |
3 | 1984 | 56 | Austria |
4 | 1988 | 43 | Austria |
5 | 1992 | 48 | United States |
6 | 1994 | 66 | United States |
7 | 1998 | 54 | United States |
8 | 2002 | 53 | United States |
9 | 2006 | 24 | Germany |
10 | 2010 | 30 | Germany |
11 | 2014 | 30 | Russia |
12 | 2018 | 30 | Slovakia |
13 | 30 |
Events[]
Event | Class | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Years |
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Men's combined | Standing | • • • • • |
• • • • • • • |
• | • | 4 | ||||||||
Visually impaired |
• • | • | • | 3 | ||||||||||
Sitting | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
Men's downhill | Standing | • • • • • • • |
• • • • • • • |
• • • • | • • • • • • |
• • • • | • • • • | • | • | • | 9 | |||
Visually impaired |
• • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
Sitting | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
Men's slalom | Standing | • • • • • |
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• • • • | • • • • • • |
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• • • • | • | • | • | 11 | |
Visually impaired |
• • | • • | • • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||||
Sitting | • | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
Men's giant slalom | Standing | • • • • • |
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• • • • | • | • | • | 11 | |
Visually impaired |
• • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||
Sitting | • | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
Men's Super-G | Standing | • • • • | • • • • • • |
• • • • • |
• • • • | • | • | • | 7 | |||||
Visually impaired |
• • • | • • • | • • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
Sitting | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
Women's combined | Standing | • • • • | • • • • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||
Visually impaired |
• • | • | • | 3 | ||||||||||
Sitting | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
Women's downhill | Standing | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | 9 | |||
Visually impaired |
• • | • • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
Sitting | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
Women's slalom | Standing | • • • • | • • • • • |
• • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 11 | |
Visually impaired |
• | • • | • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||||
Sitting | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
Women's giant slalom | Standing | • • • • • |
• • • • • |
• �� • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 11 | |
Visually impaired |
• • | • • | • | • | • • | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||
Sitting | • | • | • | • | • • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
Women's Super-G | Standing | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | 7 | |||||
Visually impaired |
• | • | • • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
Sitting | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
Total Events | 28 | 22 | 56 | 44 | 48 | 66 | 54 | 53 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Medal table[]
[6] NPCs in italics no longer compete at the Winter Paralympics
As of 2018 Winter Paralympics
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 91 | 96 | 70 | 257 |
2 | Austria (AUT) | 90 | 87 | 87 | 264 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 56 | 39 | 36 | 131 |
4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 45 | 39 | 24 | 108 |
5 | France (FRA) | 39 | 41 | 34 | 114 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 26 | 37 | 46 | 109 |
7 | West Germany (FRG) | 25 | 20 | 22 | 67 |
8 | New Zealand (NZL) | 16 | 6 | 9 | 31 |
9 | Slovakia (SVK) | 15 | 18 | 18 | 51 |
10 | Spain (ESP) | 15 | 14 | 10 | 39 |
11 | Australia (AUS) | 11 | 6 | 15 | 32 |
12 | Italy (ITA) | 10 | 17 | 21 | 48 |
13 | Sweden (SWE) | 10 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
14 | Japan (JPN) | 8 | 14 | 19 | 41 |
15 | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
16 | Norway (NOR) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
18 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
19 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 |
20 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
21 | Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
22 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
23 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
26 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
27 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (28 nations) | 485 | 477 | 461 | 1423 |
Multiple medalists[]
The table shows athletes with either 6 or more gold medals or ten or more total medals.[7]
Athlete | Nation | Paralympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Gerd Schönfelder | Germany (GER) | 1992–2010 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
Reinhild Moeller | West Germany (FRG) / Germany (GER) |
1980–2006 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
Rolf Heinzmann | Switzerland (SUI) | 1980–2002 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Hans Burn | Switzerland (SUI) | 1988–2002 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
Sarah Will | United States (USA) | 1992–2002 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
Sarah Billmeier | United States (USA) | 1992–2002 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
Lana Spreeman | Canada (CAN) | 1980–1994 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
Martin Braxenthaler | Germany (GER) | 1998–2010 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Henrieta Farkašová | Slovakia (SVK) | 2010–2018 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
United States (USA) | 1988–1998 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
Chris Waddell | United States (USA) | 1992–2002 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
Bruno Oberhammer | Italy (ITA) | 1984–1998 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
West Germany (FRG) / Germany (GER) |
1988–2002 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | |
Bernard Baudean | France (FRA) | 1976–1994 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
Michael Milton | Australia (AUS) | 1992–2006 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
West Germany (FRG) / Germany (GER) |
1984–1994 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
Pascale Casanova | France (FRA) | 1998–2006 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
Lauren Woolstencroft | Canada (CAN) | 2002–2010 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Tristan Mouric | France (FRA) | 1984–1994 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
Rik Heid | United States (USA) | 1988–1994 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
Kuniko Obinata | Japan (JPN) | 1998–2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
United States (USA) | 1988–1994 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
Josef Meusburger | Austria (AUT) | 1976–1988 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Cato Zahl Pedersen | Norway (NOR) | 1980–1994 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Brian Santos | United States (USA) | 1992–1994 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Nations[]
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See also[]
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- Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiing at the Youth Olympic Games
- Alpine skiing World Cup
- FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
- World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
References[]
- ^ IPC Alpine Skiing Reduces Racing Classes to Three Categories, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), November 3, 2004
- ^ Levelling the playing field, canada.com, March 10, 2010
- ^ IPC Historical Results Database, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- ^ Paralympic Winter Sports Programme Build-Up Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, The Paralympian, No. 1/2002
- ^ Team handbook and guide Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, British Paralympic Association, February 10, 2010
- ^ IPC Historical Results Database - Athlete Search - Search by Sport, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- ^ "All-Time Paralympic Winter Games Multi-Medallists - Alpine Skiing". IPC. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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