Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics

Governing body| WA
Events| 30 (men: 15; women: 15)
Games

* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

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* Medalists

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.[1][2]

## Summary

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Games  | Year  | Events  | Best Nation

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1 | 1976 | 28 |  Switzerland
2 | 1980 | 22 |  Austria
3 | 1984 | 56 |  Austria
4 | 1988 | 43 |  Austria
5 | 1992 | 48 |  United States
6 | 1994 | 66 |  United States
7 | 1998 | 54 |  United States
8 | 2002 | 53 |  United States
9 | 2006 | 24 |  Germany
10 | 2010 | 30 |  Germany
11 | 2014 | 30 |  Russia
12 | 2018 | 30 |  Slovakia
13 | 2022 | 30 |  Austria

## Events

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Event | Class | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Years

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Men's combined | Standing | • • • •
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Visually
impaired |  |  | • • |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • |  | 3
Sitting |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • |  | 2
Men's downhill | Standing |  |  | • • • •
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• • | • • • • | • • • • | • | • | • |  | 9
Visually
impaired |  |  | • • | • • • |  | • • | • • | • | • | • | • |  | 8
Sitting |  |  |  |  | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • |  | 7
Men's slalom | Standing | • • • •
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• • • | • • • • | • • • •
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• | • • • • | • | • | • |  | 11
Visually
impaired |  |  |  |  |  | • • | • • | • • | • | • | • |  | 6
Sitting |  |  |  | • | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • |  | 8
Men's giant slalom | Standing | • • • •
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• | • • • • | • | • | • |  | 11
Visually
impaired |  |  | • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • |  | 9
Sitting |  |  |  | • | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • |  | 8
Men's Super-G | Standing |  |  |  |  | • • • • | • • • •
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• | • • • • | • | • | • |  | 7
Visually
impaired |  |  |  |  | • • • | • • • | • • | • | • | • | • |  | 7
Sitting |  |  |  |  | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • |  | 7
Women's combined | Standing | • • • • |  | • • • • |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • |  | 4
Visually
impaired |  |  | • • |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • |  | 3
Sitting |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • |  | 2
Women's downhill | Standing |  |  | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • |  | 9
Visually
impaired |  |  | • • | • • |  | • | • | • | • | • | • |  | 8
Sitting |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |  | 7
Women's slalom | Standing | • • • • | • • • •
• | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • |  | 11
Visually
impaired |  |  |  |  |  | • | • • | • | • | • | • |  | 6
Sitting |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |  | 8
Women's giant slalom | Standing | • • • •
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• | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • |  | 11
Visually
impaired |  |  | • • | • • | • | • | • • | • | • | • | • |  | 9
Sitting |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • • | • | • | • |  | 8
Women's Super-G | Standing |  |  |  |  | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • |  | 7
Visually
impaired |  |  |  |  | • | • | • • | • | • | • | • |  | 7
Sitting |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |  | 7
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Total Events | 28 | 22 | 56 | 44 | 48 | 66 | 54 | 53 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 30 |

## Medal table

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[6] NPCs in italics no longer compete at the Winter Paralympics

As of 2022 Winter Paralympics

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Austria (AUT)| 95| 92| 89| 276
2|  United States (USA)| 92| 97| 70| 259
3|  Germany (GER)| 83| 61| 50| 194
4|  Switzerland (SUI)| 45| 39| 25| 109
5|  France (FRA)| 42| 42| 36| 120
6|  Canada (CAN)| 27| 39| 49| 115
7|  Slovakia (SVK)| 18| 18| 21| 57
8|  New Zealand (NZL)| 17| 7| 10| 34
9|  Spain (ESP)| 15| 14| 10| 39
10|  Italy (ITA)| 12| 20| 22| 54
11|  Sweden (SWE)| 12| 12| 10| 34
12|  Japan (JPN)| 11| 15| 21| 47
13|  Australia (AUS)| 11| 6| 15| 32
14|  Norway (NOR)| 9| 5| 2| 16
15|  Russia (RUS)| 8| 6| 7| 21
16|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 5| 5| 5| 15
17|  Great Britain (GBR)| 3| 9| 15| 27
18|  China (CHN)| 3| 9| 7| 19
19|  Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 3| 4| 1| 8
20|  Netherlands (NED)| 2| 3| 1| 6
21|  Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)| 1| 1| 2| 4
22|  Finland (FIN)| 1| 1| 0| 2
23|  Croatia (CRO)| 1| 0| 0| 1
24|  Denmark (DEN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
South Korea (KOR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
26|  Poland (POL)| 0| 0| 8| 8
27|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 0| 2| 2
28|  Liechtenstein (LIE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Yugoslavia (YUG)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (29 entries)| 516| 507| 480| 1,503

### Multiple medalists

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German Gerd Schönfelder 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.[7]

Athlete  | Nation  | Paralympics  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total

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Gerd Schönfelder |  Germany (GER) | 1992–2010  | 16  | 4  | 2  | 22
Reinhild Moeller |  West Germany (FRG) /
Germany (GER) | 1980–2006  | 16  | 2  | 1  | 19
Rolf Heinzmann |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1980–2002  | 12  | 2  | 0  | 14
Hans Burn |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1988–2002  | 6  | 5  | 3  | 14
Sarah Will |  United States (USA) | 1992–2002  | 12  | 1  | 0  | 13
Sarah Billmeier |  United States (USA) | 1992–2002  | 7  | 5  | 1  | 13
Lana Spreeman |  Canada (CAN) | 1980–1994  | 1  | 6  | 6  | 13
Martin Braxenthaler |  Germany (GER) | 1998–2010  | 10  | 1  | 1  | 12
Henrieta Farkašová |  Slovakia (SVK) | 2010–2018  | 9  | 2  | 1  | 12
Greg Mannino |  United States (USA) | 1988–1998  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 12
Chris Waddell |  United States (USA) | 1992–2002  | 5  | 5  | 2  | 12
Bruno Oberhammer |  Italy (ITA) | 1984–1998  | 3  | 5  | 4  | 12
Markus Pfefferle |  West Germany (FRG) /
Germany (GER) | 1988–2002  | 1  | 8  | 3  | 12
Bernard Baudean |  France (FRA) | 1976–1994  | 6  | 4  | 1  | 11
Michael Milton |  Australia (AUS) | 1992–2006  | 6  | 3  | 2  | 11
Alexander Spitz |  West Germany (FRG) /
Germany (GER) | 1984–1994  | 4  | 4  | 3  | 11
Pascale Casanova |  France (FRA) | 1998–2006  | 3  | 6  | 2  | 11
Lauren Woolstencroft |  Canada (CAN) | 2002–2010  | 8  | 1  | 1  | 10
Tristan Mouric |  France (FRA) | 1984–1994  | 6  | 3  | 1  | 10
Rik Heid |  United States (USA) | 1988–1994  | 2  | 5  | 3  | 10
Kuniko Obinata |  Japan (JPN) | 1998–2010  | 2  | 3  | 5  | 10
Nancy Gustafson |  United States (USA) | 1988–1994  | 7  | 1  | 0  | 8
Josef Meusburger |  Austria (AUT) | 1976–1988  | 6  | 2  | 0  | 8
Cato Zahl Pedersen |  Norway (NOR) | 1980–1994  | 6  | 1  | 0  | 7
Brian Santos |  United States (USA) | 1992–1994  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 6

## Nations

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## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics.

* Sports portal

* Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
* Alpine skiing at the Youth Olympic Games
* Alpine skiing World Cup
* FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
* World Para Alpine Skiing Championships

## References

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1. ^ IPC Alpine Skiing Reduces Racing Classes to Three Categories, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), November 3, 2004
2. ^ Levelling the playing field, canada.com, March 10, 2010
3. ^ IPC Historical Results Database, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
4. ^ Paralympic Winter Sports Programme Build-Up Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, The Paralympian, No. 1/2002
5. ^ Team handbook and guide Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, British Paralympic Association, February 10, 2010
6. ^ IPC Historical Results Database - Athlete Search - Search by Sport, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
7. ^ "All-Time Paralympic Winter Games Multi-Medallists - Alpine Skiing". IPC. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

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Sports at the Paralympic Games

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