Stephani Victor
{{Short description|American paralympican alpine skier}}
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| birth_place = Ames, Iowa, U.S.
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's para alpine skiing}}
{{Medal|Country|{{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 2002 Salt Lake City | Downhill}}
{{MedalGold| 2006 Torino | Slalom}}
{{MedalGold| 2010 Vancouver | Sitting combined}}
{{MedalSilver| 2010 Vancouver | Sitting slalom}}
{{MedalSilver| 2010 Vancouver | Sitting giant slalom}}
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Stephani Victor (born August 29, 1969) is an LW 12–2 alpine skier Paralympic multi medalist.
Early life and education
Stephani Victor was born on August 29, 1969, in Ames, Iowa. She finished high school in Sewickley, Pennsylvania and graduated from a film studies program at the University of Southern California in 1992.{{cite web|title=Stephani Victor|url=https://www.teamusa.org/para-alpine-skiing/athletes/stephani-victor|website=Team USA|accessdate=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005050732/https://www.teamusa.org/para-alpine-skiing/athletes/stephani-victor|archive-date=5 October 2017|url-status=dead}}
Personal life
Stephani Victor lost her legs after she was pinned between two cars. "The seemingly insurmountable challenge of no longer having legs was so difficult and extreme beyond my imagination that it forced me to fight to maintain my independence. The fight began with a single pull-up in my hospital bed and evolved into a relentless search for the sport I could dedicate myself to." That search led her to Marcel Kuonen, then-head coach at the National Ability Center in Park City, Utah. Kuonen, himself a former Swiss Ski Team racer, saw Victor's potential and sparked in her the vision to recreate herself as the best alpine ski racer in the world, despite having no legs. Their teamwork and partnership developed into a lifelong committed union, and in 2004, on a glacier in Zermatt, Switzerland, Kuonen proposed to Victor. They married in Deer Valley, Utah, in 2005. {{cite web|title=Living her life like it's golden|url=https://www.parkrecord.com/news/living-her-life-like-its-golden/}}
Career
Competing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the women's super combined sitting event. She also won silver medals in the women's sitting slalom and the women's sitting giant slalom.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?games=2010PWG&gender=all&medal=medals&npc=USA&sport=all|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|location=Germany|title=Athlete Search Results|accessdate=February 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408140011/https://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?games=2010PWG&gender=all&medal=medals&npc=USA&sport=all|archive-date=April 8, 2016|url-status=live}}
Awards and honours
Victor was named the Paralympic Sportswoman of the year by the United States Olympic Committee in 2009.{{cite web|title=Athlete BIo|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=564&personid=912903|website=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000542/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=564&personid=912903|archive-date=5 October 2017|url-status=live}}
References
{{Reflist}} https://www.paralympic.org/stephani-victor
External links
{{Commons}}
- [https://www.stephanivictor.com/athlete/ Official website]
- {{USOPC profile|VI/Stephani-Victor}}
- {{IPC athlete|stephani-victor|old_id=912903}}
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Category:American female alpine skiers
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Category:Paralympic alpine skiers for the United States
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
Category:Medalists at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:20th-century American sportswomen
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