Alpine skiing is a Paralympic sport that is contested at the Winter Paralympic Games. The first Winter Paralympics, held in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, included slalom, giant slalom and alpine combination.
Since the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, a three category system is used. The three categories are: sitting, standing and visually impaired.[1]
At the 2010 Winter Paralympics, events for both men and women were held in five disciplines: downhill (since 1984), slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom (super-G) (since 1992), and combined.
A total of 514 gold medals, 506 silver medals and 494 bronze medals have been awarded since 1976 and have been won by skiers from 26 National Paralympic Committees (NPC).
| Table of contents | |
|---|---|
| Men |
Downhill • Slalom • Giant slalom • Super-G • Combined |
| Women |
Downhill • Slalom • Giant slalom • Super-G • Combined |
Men
Downhill
Slalom
- ^ In the 1988 men's slalom LW3, all four skiers were disqualified
Giant slalom
Super-G
Combined
Women
Downhill
Slalom
Giant slalom
Super-G
Combined
Statistics
Athlete medal leaders
| Athlete | Nation | Paralympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerd Schönfelder |  Germany (GER)
|
1992–2010 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| Reinhild Möller | West Germany (FRG) / Germany (GER)
|
1980–2006 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Henrieta Farkašová |  Slovakia (SVK)
|
2010–2022 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Rolf Heinzmann |  Switzerland (SUI)
|
1980–2002 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Hans Burn | Switzerland (SUI)
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1988–2002 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| Andrea Rothfuss | Germany (GER)
|
2006–2022 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 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 |
| Greg Mannino | 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 |
| Markus Pfefferle | 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)
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1992–2006 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Alexander Spitz | 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 |
| Jakub Krako | Slovakia (SVK)
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2010–2018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Rik Heid | United States (USA)
|
1988–1994 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Kuniko Obinata |  Japan (JPN)
|
1998–2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Marie Bochet | France (FRA)
|
2014–2022 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Anna Schaffelhuber | Germany (GER)
|
2010–2018 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Momoka Muraoka | Japan (JPN)
|
2018–2022 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Jon Santacana Maiztegui |  Spain (ESP)
|
2002–2018 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Nancy Gustafson | United States (USA)
|
1988–1994 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Josef Meusburger |  Austria (AUT)
|
1976–1988 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Anna-Lena Forster | Germany (GER)
|
2014–2022 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Giacomo Bertagnolli | Italy (ITA)
|
2018–2022 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Arthur Bauchet | France (FRA)
|
2018–2022 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Cato Zahl Pedersen |  Norway (NOR)
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1980–1994 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Jesper Pedersen | Norway (NOR)
|
2018–2022 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Brian Santos | United States (USA)
|
1992–1994 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Medals per year
- Key
- bolded numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Paralympic Games.
| Nation | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia (AUS)
|
– | – | – | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 32 | |
| Austria (AUT)
|
34 | 21 | 48 | 27 | 16 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 280 |
 Belgium (BEL)
|
– | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||
| Canada (CAN)
|
3 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 13 | – | 10 | 6 | 107 |
 Czech Republic (CZE)
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1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | |||||
| Czechoslovakia (TCH)
|
3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
 Denmark (DEN)
|
– | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||||||
| France (FRA)
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5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 120 |
| Germany (GER)
|
22 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 137 | ||||
 Great Britain (GBR)
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– | – | 1 | – | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| Italy (ITA)
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– | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | 54 | |
| Japan (JPN)
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– | – | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 47 |
 Liechtenstein (LIE)
|
– | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Netherlands (NED)
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||
 Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)
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4 | – | 4 | |||||||||||
 New Zealand (NZL)
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– | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 35 | |
| Norway (NOR)
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– | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 5 | 19 | |
 Poland (POL)
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– | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 8 | |
 Russia (RUS)
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2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 16 | 21 | |||||||
| Slovakia (SVK)
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5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | – | 51 | |||||
 South Korea (KOR)
|
– | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||
| Spain (ESP)
|
– | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 39 | ||
 Sweden (SWE)
|
– | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | 3 | 34 | ||
| Switzerland (SUI)
|
10 | 9 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 108 |
| United States (USA)
|
– | 6 | 34 | 28 | 42 | 39 | 32 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 258 |
| West Germany (FRG)
|
17 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 67 | |||||||||
 Yugoslavia (YUG)
|
– | – | 1 | – | 1 | |||||||||
| Year | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 |
Medal sweep events
These are events where athletes from one nation won all three medals.
| Games | Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Örnsköldsvik | Men's combined | IV B | Horst Morokutti (AUT)
|
Adolf Hagn (AUT)
|
Willi Berger (AUT)
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| 1980 Geilo | Men's slalom | 2B | Gerhard Langer (AUT)
|
Anton Berger (AUT)
|
Anton Ledermaier (AUT)
|
| 1984 Innsbruck | Men's giant slalom | LW9 | Peter Bartlome (SUI)
|
Walter Kälin (SUI)
|
Robert Cadisch (SUI)
|
| 1988 Innsbruck | Women's downhill | B2 | Elisabeth Kellner (AUT)
|
Edith Hoelzl (AUT)
|
Gabriele Berghofer (AUT)
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| 1988 Innsbruck | Women's giant slalom | B2 | Elisabeth Kellner (AUT)
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Gabriele Berghofer (AUT)
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Edith Hoelzl (AUT)
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| 1992 Tignes-Albertville | Women's downhill | LW2 | Sarah Billmeier (USA)
|
Cathy Gentile-Patti (USA)
|
Roni Sasaki (USA)
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| 1998 Nagano | Men's giant slalom | LW2 | Jason Lalla (USA)
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Monte Meier (USA)
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Greg Mannino (USA)
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| 2002 Salt Lake | Men's giant slalom | LW11 | Harald Eder (AUT)
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Juergen Egle (AUT)
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Andreas Schiestl (AUT)
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| 2002 Salt Lake | Women's giant slalom | LW10-11 | Sarah Will (USA)
|
Muffy Davis (USA)
|
Lacey Heward (USA)
|
| 2002 Salt Lake | Women's downhill | LW10-12 | Sarah Will (USA)
|
Muffy Davis (USA)
|
Stephani Victor (USA)
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| 2002 Salt Lake | Women's Super-G | LW2 | Sarah Billmeier (USA)
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Allison Jones (USA)
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Sandy Dukat (USA)
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| LW10-12 | Sarah Will (USA)
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Muffy Davis (USA)
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Lacey Heward (USA)
|
See also
References
- General
- "IPC Historical Results Database - Participation and Medallist Reports". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- Specific
- ^ IPC Alpine Skiing Reduces Racing Classes to Three Categories, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), November 3, 2004
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Medalists".
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Medalists".
- ^ Multi-Medallists - Alpine Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
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