New Zealand sent a delegation to take part in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The country fielded two athletes, both in alpine skiing.[2]

The country was also represented by four officials - a chef de mission, a coach, an assistant coach and a physiotherapist.[2]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Adam Hall Alpine skiing Men's slalom, standing 15 March

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Adam Hall,[3] who has spina bifida and who previously represented New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, will compete in the Slalom and Giant slalom.

Peter Williams,[3] who also has spina bifida and will be making his Paralympic Games début, will compete in the slalom, giant slalom and Super G. Unlike his compatriot, he will be using a monoski.[2][4]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank Time Diff Rank
Adam Hall Slalom standing 0:50.95 0.00 1 0:54.45 +1.85 6 1:45.40 0.00 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Super-G standing 1:23.34 +3.23 7 — 1:23.34 +3.23 7
Super combined standing 1:26.44 +5.07 10 50.58 +2.24 4 2:17.02 +5.18 8
Peter Williams Slalom sitting 57.38 +9.81 25 1:08.2 +19.8 22 2:05.55 +23.92 22
Giant slalom sitting 1:34.16 +16.35 27 1:37.70 +18.53 22 3:11.86 +34.46 20

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony" (PDF). IPC. 12 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Vancouver 2010: The New Zealand Paralympic Games Team Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, Paralympics New Zealand
  3. ^ a b List of New Zealand's athletes, official website of the 2010 Paralympics
  4. ^ Paralympics New Zealand provides contradictory information as to which of the two athletes will be competing in the Super G, but the schedule indicates that it will be Williams.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_at_the_2010_Winter_Paralympics
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