Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Alpine skiing
at the X Paralympic Winter Games
VenueWhistler Blackcomb
Dates13–21 March 2010
Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Combined   men   women
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Super-G men women
Whistler, Vancouver, the finals of the Alpine skiing.

The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March, and 21 March 2010. Events scheduled for 13 March, however, were postponed due to weather conditions – specifically, low visibility.[1]

In the Women's sitting giant slalom, Alana Nichols of the United States – a Paralympic champion in basketball from Beijing in 2008 – won her first of two skiing gold medals, becoming a rare winter-summer gold medalist. On 18 March, Viviane Forest became the first Canadian athlete to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Paralympics, by winning the Women's Downhill for Visually Impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball.[2][3]

Lauren Woolstencroft sets the gold medal record with 5 gold medals, for most gold medals won by any Winter Paralympian at a single Games.[4]

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 7 4 4 15
2  Canada (CAN) 6 4 3 13
3  Slovakia (SVK) 6 2 3 11
4  United States (USA) 3 5 3 11
5  Austria (AUT) 3 4 4 11
6  France (FRA) 1 4 1 6
7  Spain (ESP) 1 2 0 3
7  Switzerland (SUI) 1 2 0 2
9  Japan (JPN) 1 1 5 7
10  New Zealand (NZL) 1 0 0 1
11  Italy (ITA) 0 2 2 4
12  Australia (AUS) 0 1 3 4
13  Czech Republic (CZE) 0 0 1 1

Events

The competition events are:

Each event has separate men's and women's competitions and separate standing, sitting, and visually impaired classifications. Visually impaired skiers compete with the help of a sighted guide. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[5]

Women's events

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
visually
impaired
 Viviane Forest
Guide: Lindsay Debou
Canada (CAN)
1:27.51  Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
Slovakia (SVK)
1:28.17  Danelle Umstead
Guide: Rob Umstead
United States (USA)
1:30.18
sitting  Alana Nichols
United States (USA)
1:23.31  Laurie Stephens
United States (USA)
1:28.26  Claudia Lösch
Austria (AUT)
1:29.89
standing  Lauren Woolstencroft
Canada (CAN)
1:25.54  Solène Jambaqué
France (FRA)
1:29.94  Andrea Rothfuß
Germany (GER)
1:30.58
Super-G
visually
impaired
 Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
Slovakia (SVK)
1:33.81  Viviane Forest
Guide: Lindsay Debou
Canada (CAN)
1:37.54  Anna Kuliskova
Guide: Michaela Hubacova
Czech Republic (CZE)
1:38.02
sitting  Claudia Lösch
Austria (AUT)
1:33.89  Alana Nichols
United States (USA)
1:36.68  Anna Schaffelhuber
Germany (GER)
1:38.25
standing  Lauren Woolstencroft
Canada (CAN)
1:26.46  Melania Corradini
Italy (ITA)
1:31.92  Andrea Rothfuß
Germany (GER)
1:32.47
Giant slalom
visually
impaired
 Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
Slovakia (SVK)
2:56.65  Sabine Gasteiger
Guide: Stefan Schoner
Austria (AUT)
3:02.18  Viviane Forest
Guide: Lindsay Debou
Canada (CAN)
3:11.17
sitting  Alana Nichols
United States (USA)
2:57.57  Stephani Victor
United States (USA)
3:01.78  Kuniko Obinata
Japan (JPN)
3:08.71
standing  Lauren Woolstencroft
Canada (CAN)
2:34.03  Andrea Rothfuß
Germany (GER)
2:41.60  Petra Smarzova
Slovakia (SVK)
2:41.63
Slalom
visually
impaired
 Sabine Gasteiger
Guide: Stefan Schoner
Austria (AUT)
2:00.56  Viviane Forest
Guide: Lindsay Debou
Canada (CAN)
2:01.45  Jessica Gallagher
Guide: Eric Bickerton
Australia (AUS)
2:04.35
sitting  Claudia Lösch
Austria (AUT)
2:12.05  Stephani Victor
United States (USA)
2:12.63  Kuniko Obinata
Japan (JPN)
2:18.60
standing  Lauren Woolstencroft
Canada (CAN)
1:51.97  Andrea Rothfuß
Germany (GER)
1:58.35  Karolina Wisniewska
Canada (CAN)
1:58.84
Super Combined
visually
impaired
 Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
Slovakia (SVK)
2:34.61  Viviane Forest
Guide: Lindsay Debou
Canada (CAN)
2:35.94  Danelle Umstead
Guide: Rob Umstead
United States (USA)
2:48.75
sitting  Stephani Victor
United States (USA)
2:40.71  Claudia Lösch
Austria (AUT)
2:44.28  Alana Nichols
United States (USA)
2:47.54
standing  Lauren Woolstencroft
Canada (CAN)
2:22.67  Solène Jambaqué
France (FRA)
2:34.82  Karolina Wisniewska
Canada (CAN)
2:35.47

Men's events

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
visually
impaired
 Jon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
Spain (ESP)
1:18.23  Mark Bathum
Guide: Slater Storey
United States (USA)
1:18.63  Gerd Gradwohl
Guide: Karl-Heinz Vachenauer
Germany (GER)
1:20.40
sitting  Christoph Kunz
Switzerland (SUI)
1:18.19  Taiki Morii
Japan (JPN)
1:18.63  Akira Kano
Japan (JPN)
1:19.19
standing  Gerd Schönfelder
Germany (GER)
1:20.80  Marty Mayberry
Australia (AUS)
 Michael Brugger
Switzerland (SUI)
1:22.78
Super-G
visually
impaired
 Nicolas Berejny
Guide: Sophie Troc
France (FRA)
1:21.55  Jakub Krako
Guide: Juraj Medera
Slovakia (SVK)
1:21.71  Miroslav Haraus
Guide: Martin Makovnik
Slovakia (SVK)
1:22.75
sitting  Akira Kano
Japan (JPN)
1:19.98  Martin Braxenthaler
Germany (GER)
1:20.63  Taiki Morii
Japan (JPN)
1:20.98
standing  Gerd Schönfelder
Germany (GER)
1:20.11  Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
France (FRA)
1:21.24  Hubert Mandl
Austria (AUT)
1:21.97
Giant slalom
visually
impaired
 Jakub Krako
Guide: Juraj Medera
Slovakia (SVK)
2:41.99  Jon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
Spain (ESP)
2:42.20  Gianmaria dal Maistro
Guide: Tommaso Balasso
Italy (ITA)
2:44.25
sitting  Martin Braxenthaler
Germany (GER)
2:37.40  Christoph Kunz
Switzerland (SUI)
2:40.35  Takeshi Suzuki
Japan (JPN)
2:45.61
standing  Gerd Schönfelder
Germany (GER)
2:23.92  Robert Meusburger
Austria (AUT)
2:26.08  Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
France (FRA)
2:26.33
Slalom
visually
impaired
 Jakub Krako
Guide: Juraj Medera
Slovakia (SVK)
1:45.82  Jon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
Spain (ESP)
1:46.91  Gianmaria dal Maistro
Guide: Tommaso Balasso
Italy (ITA)
1:48.32
sitting  Martin Braxenthaler
Germany (GER)
1:41.63  Josh Dueck
Canada (CAN)
1:46.29  Philipp Bonadimann
Austria (AUT)
1:46.34
standing  Adam Hall
New Zealand (NZL)
1:45.40  Gerd Schönfelder
Germany (GER)
1:45.97  Cameron Rahles-Rahbula
Australia (AUS)
1:47.69
Super Combined
visually
impaired
 Jakub Krako
Guide: Juraj Medera
Slovakia (SVK)
2:14.61  Gianmaria dal Maistro
Guide: Tommaso Balasso
Italy (ITA)
2:16.18  Miroslav Haraus
Guide: Martin Makovnik
Slovakia (SVK)
2:16.31
sitting  Martin Braxenthaler
Germany (GER)
2:10.16  Jürgen Egle
Austria (AUT)
2:12.80  Philipp Bonadimann
Austria (AUT)
2:12.96
standing  Gerd Schönfelder
Germany (GER)
2:11.84  Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
France (FRA)
2:12.04  Cameron Rahles-Rahbula
Australia (AUS)
2:13.85

Competition Schedule

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Day Date Start Event
Day 2 Sat 13 Mar, 11:30 Downhill Men & Women (all classes)
Day 3 Sun 14 Mar, 11:30 Super-G Men & Women (Standing)
Day 4 Mon 15 Mar, 11:30 Super-G Men & Women (Sitting & Visually Impaired)
Day 5 Tue 16 Mar, 9:30 Super Combined Men & Women (all classes)
13:00
Day 7 Thu 18 Mar, 10:00 Giant Slalom Men & Women (Standing)
13:00
Day 8 Fri 19 Mar, 10:00 Giant Slalom Men & Women (Sitting & Visually Impaired)
13:00
Day 9 Sat 20 Mar, 10:00 Slalom Men & Women (Standing)
13:00
Day 10 Sun 21 Mar, 10:00 Slalom Men & Women (Sitting & Visually Impaired)
13:00

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.
  1. "Vancouver 2010 revises Paralympic alpine event schedule due to forecasted weather conditions; tickets valid for date on ticket", Vancouver 2010 official website, 13 March 2010
  2. Vancouver Sun, "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada’s Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold", Mike Beamish, 18 March 2010 (Retrieved 19 March 2010)
  3. Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul", John Korobanik, 11 March 2010 (Retrieved 19 March 2010)
  4. Vancouver Sun, "Woolstencroft wins fifth gold medal", CanWest News Service, 21 March 2010 (Retrieved 21 March 2010)
  5. Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, 13 March 2010
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