Henrieta Farkašová
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Born | Rožňava, Czechoslovakia | 3 May 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henrieta Farkašová (born 3 May 1986)[1] is a Slovak alpine skier, eleven-time Paralympic champion and seventeen-time world champion in the B3 (classification) category.
Biography[]
Farkašová's motto is: "Impossible is nothing".
Farkašová won three gold medals at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, at Whistler Creekside in the Women's giant slalom, Women's Super combined, Women's Super-G, visually impaired and a silver medal in Women's downhill, visually impaired.
Farkašová clinched the sixth gold medal of her Paralympic career when she won the women's visually impaired downhill event during the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[2]
In 2019 she received Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability.
Farkašová skiing guide was Natália Šubrtová. Her new skiing guide is Michal Červeň.
References[]
- ^ "FARKAŠOVÁ Henrieta". International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
- ^ "Alpine Skiing | Athlete Profile: Henrieta FARKASOVA - Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
External links[]
- Henrieta Farkasova at the International Paralympic Committee
- Henrieta Farkasova at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Slovak female alpine skiers
- Paralympic alpine skiers of Slovakia
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Slovakia
- Paralympic silver medalists for Slovakia
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Laureus World Sports Awards winners
- Paralympic Sport Awards — Best Female winners
- People from Rožňava
- European alpine skiing biography stubs
- Slovak winter sports biography stubs
- Paralympic medalist stubs