Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics
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Paralympic alpine skiing has been competed at the Winter Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1976. Events include men's and women's downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined.
Since the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, a three-category system is used. The three categories are: sitting, standing, and visually impaired.[http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Sport_News/2004_11_03_a.html?calendar.box.year=2023&calendar.box.month=2 IPC Alpine Skiing Reduces Racing Classes to Three Categories], International Paralympic Committee (IPC), November 3, 2004[http://www.canada.com/health/Levelling+playing+field/2665752/story.html Levelling the playing field], canada.com, March 10, 2010
Summary
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!width=50|Year !width=100|Events !width=200|Best Nation | |||
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align=center|1 | align=center|1976 | align=center|28 | {{flagIOC2|SUI|1976 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|2 | align=center|1980 | align=center|22 | {{flagIOC2|AUT|1980 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|3 | align=center|1984 | align=center|56 | {{flagIOC2|AUT|1984 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|4 | align=center|1988 | align=center|43 | {{flagIOC2|AUT|1988 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|5 | align=center|1992 | align=center|48 | {{flagIOC2|USA|1992 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|6 | align=center|1994 | align=center|66 | {{flagIOC2|USA|1994 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|7 | align=center|1998 | align=center|54 | {{flagIOC2|USA|1998 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|8 | align=center|2002 | align=center|53 | {{flagIOC2|USA|2002 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|9 | align=center|2006 | align=center|24 | {{flagIOC2|GER|2006 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|10 | align=center|2010 | align=center|30 | {{flagIOC2|GER|2010 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|11 | align=center|2014 | align=center|30 | {{flagIOC2|RUS|2014 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|12 | align=center|2018 | align=center|30 | {{flagIOC2|SVK|2018 Winter Paralympics}} |
align=center|13 | align=center|2022 | align=center|30 | {{flagIOC2|AUT|2022 Winter Paralympics}} |
Events
[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/ IPC Historical Results Database], International Paralympic Committee (IPC)[http://www.paralympic.org/paralympian/20021/2002108.htm Paralympic Winter Sports Programme Build-Up] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707003136/http://www.paralympic.org/paralympian/20021/2002108.htm |date=2010-07-07 }}, The Paralympian, No. 1/2002[http://www.paralympics.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=1224&filetitle=Vancouver+2010+Team+Handbook Team handbook and guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609152605/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=1224&filetitle=Vancouver+2010+Team+Handbook |date=2011-06-09 }}, British Paralympic Association, February 10, 2010
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align=left rowspan="3" | Men's combined | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||
align=centre | Visually impaired | • • | • | • | 3 | ||||||||||
align=centre | Sitting | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
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|align=left rowspan="3" | Men's downhill | Standing | • • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • | • | • | • | 9 | |||
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|align=left| Visually | • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
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|align=left| Sitting | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
align=left rowspan="3" | Men's slalom | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • | • | • | 11 | |
align=left| Visually impaired | • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||||
align=left| Sitting | • | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
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|align=left rowspan="3" | Men's giant slalom | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • | • | • | 11 | |
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|align=left| Visually | • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||
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|align=left| Sitting | • | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
align=left rowspan="3" | Men's Super-G | Standing | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • | • | • | 7 | |||||
align=left| Visually impaired | • • • | • • • | • • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
align=left| Sitting | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
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|align=left rowspan="3" | Women's combined | Standing | • • • • | • • • • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||
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|align=left| Visually | • • | • | • | 3 | ||||||||||
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|align=left| Sitting | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
align=left rowspan="3" | Women's downhill | Standing | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | 9 | |||
align=left| Visually impaired | • • | • • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
align=left| Sitting | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
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|align=left rowspan="3" | Women's slalom | Standing | • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 11 | |
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|align=left| Visually | • | • • | • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||||
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|align=left| Sitting | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
align=left rowspan="3" | Women's giant slalom | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | 11 | |
align=left| Visually impaired | • • | • • | • | • | • • | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||
align=left| Sitting | • | • | • | • | • • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||
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|align=left rowspan="3" | Women's Super-G | Standing | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | 7 | |||||
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|align=left| Visually | • | • | • • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
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|align=left| Sitting | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
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align=center colspan="2" |Total Events | 28 | 22 | 56 | 44 | 48 | 66 | 54 | 53 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Medal table
[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/index.html?type=sport#athlete IPC Historical Results Database - Athlete Search - Search by Sport], International Paralympic Committee (IPC) NPCs in italics no longer compete at the Winter Paralympics
As of 2022 Winter Paralympics
{{Medals table
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| gold_USA = 92 | silver_USA = 97 | bronze_USA = 70
| gold_AUT = 95 | silver_AUT = 92 | bronze_AUT = 89
| gold_GER = 83 | silver_GER = 61 | bronze_GER = 50
| gold_SUI = 45 | silver_SUI = 39 | bronze_SUI = 25
| gold_FRA = 42 | silver_FRA = 42 | bronze_FRA = 36
| gold_CAN = 27 | silver_CAN = 39 | bronze_CAN = 49
| gold_ESP = 15 | silver_ESP = 14 | bronze_ESP = 10
| gold_NZL = 17 | silver_NZL = 7 | bronze_NZL = 10
| gold_AUS = 11 | silver_AUS = 6 | bronze_AUS = 15
| gold_SWE = 12 | silver_SWE = 12 | bronze_SWE = 10
| gold_SVK = 18 | silver_SVK = 18 | bronze_SVK = 21
| gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 0
| gold_ITA = 12 | silver_ITA = 20 | bronze_ITA = 22
| gold_JPN = 11 | silver_JPN = 15 | bronze_JPN = 21
| gold_RUS = 8 | silver_RUS = 6 | bronze_RUS = 7
| gold_NOR = 9 | silver_NOR = 5 | bronze_NOR = 2
| gold_CZE = 5 | silver_CZE = 5 | bronze_CZE = 5
| gold_CHN = 3 | silver_CHN = 9 | bronze_CHN = 7
| gold_TCH = 3 | silver_TCH = 4 | bronze_TCH = 1
| gold_GBR = 3 | silver_GBR = 9 | bronze_GBR = 15
| gold_NPA = 1 | silver_NPA = 1 | bronze_NPA = 2
| gold_NED = 2 | silver_NED = 3 | bronze_NED = 1
| gold_CRO = 1 | silver_CRO = 0 | bronze_CRO = 0
| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 0
| gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 0
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 8
| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 2
| gold_LIE = 0 | silver_LIE = 0 | bronze_LIE = 1
| gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 0 | bronze_YUG = 1
}}
=Multiple medalists=
Image:Gerd Schönfelder.jpg is the most decorated alpine skier in the history of the Paralympic Games.]]
The table shows athletes with either 6 or more gold medals or ten or more total medals.{{cite web|title=All-Time Paralympic Winter Games Multi-Medallists - Alpine Skiing|url=https://www.paralympic.org/sdms/hira/web/multiMedallists/type/winter/alpine-skiing|publisher=IPC|access-date=12 March 2018}}
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Athlete
! Nation ! Paralympics !style="background-color: gold" |Gold !style="background-color: silver"|Silver !style="background-color: #cc9966"|Bronze ! Total |
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align=left| {{sortname|Gerd|Schönfelder}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|GER}} | 1992–2010 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
align=left| {{sortname|Reinhild|Moeller}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|FRG}} / | 1980–2006 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
align=left| {{sortname|Rolf|Heinzmann}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|SUI}} | 1980–2002 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
align=left| {{sortname|Hans|Burn}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|SUI}} | 1988–2002 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
align=left| {{sortname|Sarah|Will}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|USA}} | 1992–2002 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
align=left| {{sortname|Sarah|Billmeier}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|USA}} | 1992–2002 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
align=left| {{sortname|Lana|Spreeman}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|CAN}} | 1980–1994 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
align=left| {{sortname|Martin|Braxenthaler}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|GER}} | 1998–2010 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
align=left| {{sortname|Henrieta|Farkašová}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|SVK}} | 2010–2018 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
align=left| {{sortname|Greg|Mannino}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|USA}} | 1988–1998 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
align=left| {{sortname|Chris|Waddell}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|USA}} | 1992–2002 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
align=left| {{sortname|Bruno|Oberhammer}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|ITA}} | 1984–1998 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
align=left| {{sortname|Markus|Pfefferle}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|FRG}} / | 1988–2002 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
align=left| {{sortname|Bernard|Baudean}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|FRA}} | 1976–1994 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
align=left| {{sortname|Michael|Milton|Michael Milton (skier)}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|AUS}} | 1992–2006 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
align=left| {{sortname|Alexander|Spitz}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|FRG}} / | 1984–1994 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
align=left| {{sortname|Pascale|Casanova|dab=skier}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|FRA}} | 1998–2006 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
align=left| {{sortname|Lauren|Woolstencroft}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|CAN}} | 2002–2010 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
align=left| {{sortname|Tristan|Mouric}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|FRA}} | 1984–1994 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
align=left| {{sortname|Rik|Heid}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|USA}} | 1988–1994 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
align=left| {{sortname|Kuniko|Obinata}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|JPN}} | 1998–2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
align=left| {{sortname|Nancy|Gustafson|dab=skier}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|USA}} | 1988–1994 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
align=left| {{sortname|Josef|Meusburger}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|AUT}} | 1976–1988 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
align=left| {{sortname|Cato Zahl|Pedersen}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|NOR}} | 1980–1994 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
align=left| {{sortname|Brian|Santos}}
| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|USA}} | 1992–1994 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Nations
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See also
{{Commons category|Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics}}
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References
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{{Paralympic Games Alpine skiing}}
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