Lara Falk

Australian skier and sighted guide

Lara Falk

Personal information

Full name| Lara Falk
Nationality|  Australia
Born|  (1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 28)
Sport
Country| Australia
Sport| Para-alpine skiing
Event| Giant slalom slalom

Medal record

Guide for men's para-alpine skiing

Lara Falk (born 1 February 1997)[1] is an Australian skier and sighted guide for visually impaired skiers. She was Patrick Jensen's guide at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Falk lives in Cooriemungle, Victoria and is studying a Bachelor of Urban, Rural and Environmental Planning at La Trobe University.[1]

Falk is the guide for Paralympic skier Patrick Jensen.[2][1] At the 2016/17 World Para- alpine Skiing Europa Cup event in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, they won the bronze medal in the Men’s Super-G and giant slalom visually impaired. At the 2017 World Para-alpine skiing World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy, they finished ninth in the men's slalom Slalom Visually Impaired.[1]

At the 2018 Winter Paralympics, Jensen with his guide Falk finished 11th in the men's giant slalom visually impaired and did not finish in the men's slalom visually impaired.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Lara Falk". Australian Paralympic Committee. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
2. ^ Anshell, Nick (20 February 2018). "Lara Falk earns selection in the Australian Paralympic team for PyeongChang games". North Queensland Register. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
3. ^ "Patrick Jensen". 2018 Winter Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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Head coaches shown in italics

Alpine skiing|

* Mitchell Gourley
* Patrick Jensen
* Jonty O'Callaghan
* Victoria Pendergast
* Melissa Perrine
* Shaun Pianta
* Mark Soyer
* Sam Tait
* Christian Geiger (guide) for Perrine
* Lara Falk (guide) for Jensen
* Jeremy O'Sullivan (guide) for Pianta

Snowboarding|

* Joany Badenhorst
* Simon Patmore
* Sean Pollard
* Ben Tudhope

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