Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics
Appearance
Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics | |
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Governing body | WA |
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 Turin, a three-category system is used. The three categories are: sitting, standing, and visually impaired.[1][2]
Summary
[edit]Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
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1 | 1976 | 28 | |
2 | 1980 | 22 | |
3 | 1984 | 56 | |
4 | 1988 | 43 | |
5 | 1992 | 48 | |
6 | 1994 | 66 | |
7 | 1998 | 54 | |
8 | 2002 | 53 | |
9 | 2006 | 24 | |
10 | 2010 | 30 | |
11 | 2014 | 30 | |
12 | 2018 | 30 | |
13 | 2022 | 30 |
Events
[edit]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 | • • • • • |
• • • • • • |
• • • • • • • |
• • • • • • • |
• • • • | • • • • • • |
• • • • • |
• • • • | • | • | • | 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
[edit][6] NPCs in italics no longer compete at the Winter Paralympics
As of 2022 Winter Paralympics
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 95 | 92 | 89 | 276 | |
2 | 92 | 97 | 70 | 259 | |
3 | 83 | 61 | 50 | 194 | |
4 | 45 | 39 | 25 | 109 | |
5 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 120 | |
6 | 27 | 39 | 49 | 115 | |
7 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 57 | |
8 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 34 | |
9 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 39 | |
10 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 54 | |
11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 | |
12 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 47 | |
13 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 32 | |
14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 | |
15 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |
16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
17 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | |
18 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 | |
19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (29 entries) | 516 | 507 | 480 | 1,503 |
Multiple medalists
[edit]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 | 1992–2010 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 22 | |
Reinhild Moeller | 1980–2006 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |
Rolf Heinzmann | 1980–2002 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
Hans Burn | 1988–2002 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
Sarah Will | 1992–2002 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
Sarah Billmeier | 1992–2002 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |
Lana Spreeman | 1980–1994 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |
Martin Braxenthaler | 1998–2010 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
Henrieta Farkašová | 2010–2018 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
Greg Mannino | 1988–1998 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
Chris Waddell | 1992–2002 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
Bruno Oberhammer | 1984–1998 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
Markus Pfefferle | 1988–2002 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | |
Bernard Baudean | 1976–1994 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
Michael Milton | 1992–2006 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
Alexander Spitz | 1984–1994 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
Pascale Casanova | 1998–2006 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
Lauren Woolstencroft | 2002–2010 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
Tristan Mouric | 1984–1994 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
Rik Heid | 1988–1994 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
Kuniko Obinata | 1998–2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
Nancy Gustafson | 1988–1994 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
Josef Meusburger | 1976–1988 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
Cato Zahl Pedersen | 1980–1994 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
Brian Santos | 1992–1994 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Nations
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See also
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics.
- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.