Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill

Women's downhill skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Sestriere on 11 and 12 March.

Alpine skiing - Women's downhill
at the IX Paralympic Winter Games
VenueSestriere
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2010

There were three events. Each was contested by skiers from a range of disability classes, and the standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Visually impaired

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The visually impaired event took place on 12 March. It was won by Pascale Casanova, representing   France.[1]

Rank Name Country Class Real
time
Calc
time
Difference
  Pascale Casanova
Guide: Benedicte Sainas
  France B2 1:43.62 1:28.79
  Sabine Gasteiger
Guide: Emil Gasteiger
  Austria B3 1:43.17 1:32.61 +3.82
  Silvia Parente
Guide: Lorenzo Migliari
  Italy B1 2:48.42 1:34.37 +5.58
4 Carmen Garcia Rigav
Guide: Marina Romero
  Spain B3 1:57.44 1:45.42 +16.63
5 Natasha De Troyer
Guide: Eric Maurice Dejager
  Belgium B2 2:04.91 1:47.03 +18.24
- Anna Kuliskova
Guide: Martin Kulisek
  Czech Republic B2

Sitting

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The sitting event took place on 12 March. It was won by Laurie Stephens, representing   United States.[2][3]

Rank Name Country Class Real
time
Calc
time
Difference
  Laurie Stephens   United States LW12-1 1:46.86 1:29.96
  Kuniko Obinata   Japan LW12-2 1:46.70 1:30.89 +0.93
  Claudia Loesch   Austria LW11 1:50.34 1:31.30 +1.34
4 Lacey Heward   United States LW11 1:56.71 1:36.57 +6.61
- Stephani Victor   United States LW12-2 DNS
- Tatsuko Aoki   Japan LW10-2 DNF
- Kimberly Joines   Canada LW12-1 DNF

Standing

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The standing event took place on 11 March. It was won by Solène Jambaqué, representing   France.[4]

Rank Name Country Class Real
time
Calc
time
Difference
  Solène Jambaqué   France LW9-2 1:32.31 1:28.00
  Reinhild Möller   Germany LW4 1:30.23 1:30.00 +2.00
  Iveta Chlebakova   Slovakia LW6/8-2 1:30.43 1:30.43 +2.43
4 Lauren Woolstencroft   Canada LW3-1 1:37.91 1:31.64 +3.64
5 Danja Haslacher   Austria LW2 1:38.33 1:33.05 +5.05
6 Melania Corradini   Italy LW6/8-1 1:33.31 1:33.12 +5.12
7 Allison Jones   United States LW2 1:40.58 1:35.18 +7.18
8 Sandy Dukat   United States LW2 1:40.95 1:35.53 +7.53
9 Elitsa Storey   United States LW2 1:42.69 1:37.17 +9.17
10 Liz Miller   Great Britain LW4 1:40.44 1:40.19 +12.19
11 Arly Fogarty   Canada LW5/7-2 1:43.36 1:41.59 +13.59
12 Katja Saarinen   Finland LW2 1:50.33 1:44.40 +16.40
13 Naomi Sasaki   Japan LW6/8-2 1:50.03 1:50.03 +22.03

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Downhill Visually impaired" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Torino 2006: Alpine Skiing: Women's Downhill sitting". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Women's Super-G Sitting" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2012(source for the skiers' classifications).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ "Women's Downhill Standing" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2012.