Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

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] The snowboard cross event was a demonstration sport until 2014.

Alpine skiing
at the X Paralympic Winter Games
VenueWhistler Blackcomb
Dates13–21 March
2006
2014
Whistler, Vancouver, the finals of the Alpine skiing.

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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany (GER)74415
2  Canada (CAN)64313
3  Slovakia (SVK)62311
4  United States (USA)35311
5  Austria (AUT)34411
6  France (FRA)1416
7  Spain (ESP)1203
  Switzerland (SUI)1203
9  Japan (JPN)1157
10  New Zealand (NZL)1001
11  Italy (ITA)0224
12  Australia (AUS)0134
13  Czech Republic (CZE)0011
Totals (13 entries)30312990

Events

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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

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

Men's events

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

Competition schedule

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Vancouver 2010 revises Paralympic alpine event schedule due to forecasted weather conditions; tickets valid for date on ticket" Archived 17 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 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" Archived 23 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Mike Beamish, 18 March 2010 (Retrieved 19 March 2010)
  3. ^ Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" Archived 24 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 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