Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics

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{{Infobox Paralympic sport

|sport = alpine skiing

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|womenevents = 15

|menevents = 15

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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

class=wikitable
width=50|Games

!width=50|Year

!width=100|Events

!width=200|Best Nation

align=center|1align=center|1976align=center|28{{flagIOC2|SUI|1976 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|2align=center|1980align=center|22{{flagIOC2|AUT|1980 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|3align=center|1984align=center|56{{flagIOC2|AUT|1984 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|4align=center|1988align=center|43{{flagIOC2|AUT|1988 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|5align=center|1992align=center|48{{flagIOC2|USA|1992 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|6align=center|1994align=center|66{{flagIOC2|USA|1994 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|7align=center|1998align=center|54{{flagIOC2|USA|1998 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|8align=center|2002align=center|53{{flagIOC2|USA|2002 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|9align=center|2006align=center|24{{flagIOC2|GER|2006 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|10align=center|2010align=center|30{{flagIOC2|GER|2010 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|11align=center|2014align=center|30{{flagIOC2|RUS|2014 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|12align=center|2018align=center|30{{flagIOC2|SVK|2018 Winter Paralympics}}
align=center|13align=center|2022align=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

{{ParalympicYearWinterHeader|sport=Alpine skiing|header=Event}}
align=left rowspan="3" | Men's combinedStanding

4
align=centre | Visually
impaired
3
align=centre | Sitting2
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left rowspan="3" | Men's downhill

Standing


9
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left| Visually
impaired

8
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left| Sitting

7
align=left rowspan="3" | Men's slalomStanding





11
align=left| Visually
impaired
6
align=left| Sitting 8
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left rowspan="3" | Men's giant slalom

Standing





11
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left| Visually
impaired

9
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left| Sitting

8
align=left rowspan="3" | Men's Super-GStanding

7
align=left| Visually
impaired
7
align=left| Sitting 7
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left rowspan="3" | Women's combined

Standing 4
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left| Visually
impaired

3
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left| Sitting

2
align=left rowspan="3" | Women's downhillStanding 9
align=left| Visually
impaired
8
align=left| Sitting7
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left rowspan="3" | Women's slalom

Standing
11
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left| Visually
impaired

6
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left| Sitting

8
align=left rowspan="3" | Women's giant slalomStanding

11
align=left| Visually
impaired
9
align=left| Sitting 8
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left rowspan="3" | Women's Super-G

Standing 7
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left| Visually
impaired

7
bgcolor="#F4F9FC"

|align=left| Sitting

7
bgcolor=lightgray

|

align=center colspan="2" |Total Events282256444866545324303030

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

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIPCteam

| event =

| team =

| 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}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Athlete

! Nation

! Paralympics

!style="background-color: gold" |Gold

!style="background-color: silver"|Silver

!style="background-color: #cc9966"|Bronze

! Total

align=left| {{sortname|Gerd|Schönfelder}}

| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|GER}}

| 1992–2010

| 16

| 4

| 2

| 22

align=left| {{sortname|Reinhild|Moeller}}

| align=left| {{FlagIPCteam|FRG}} /
{{FlagIPCteam|GER}}

| 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}} /
{{FlagIPCteam|GER}}

| 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}} /
{{FlagIPCteam|GER}}

| 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

References

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{{Paralympic Games Alpine skiing}}

{{ParalympicSports}}

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