Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill

Alpine skiing - Women's downhill
at the IX Paralympic Winter Games
Venue Sestriere

Women's downhill skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Sestriere on 11 and 12 March.

There were three events. Each was contested by skiers from a range of disability classes, and the standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Visually impaired

The visually impaired event was competed on 12 March. It was won by Pascale Casanova, representing  France.[1]

RankNameCountryClassReal
time
Calc
time
Difference
1st, gold medalist(s)Pascale Casanova
Guide: Benedicte Sainas
 FranceB21:43.621:28.79
2nd, silver medalist(s)Sabine Gasteiger
Guide: Emil Gasteiger
 AustriaB31:43.171:32.61+3.82
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Silvia Parente
Guide: Lorenzo Migliari
 ItalyB12:48.421:34.37+5.58
4Carmen Garcia Rigav
Guide: Marina Romero
 SpainB31:57.441:45.42+16.63
5Natasha De Troyer
Guide: Eric Maurice Dejager
 BelgiumB22:04.911:47.03+18.24
-Anna Kuliskova
Guide: Martin Kulisek
 Czech RepublicB2

Sitting

The sitting event was competed on 12 March. It was won by Laurie Stephens, representing  United States.[2][3]

RankNameCountryClassReal
time
Calc
time
Difference
1st, gold medalist(s)Laurie Stephens United StatesLW12-11:46.861:29.96
2nd, silver medalist(s)Kuniko Obinata JapanLW12-21:46.701:30.89+0.93
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Claudia Loesch AustriaLW111:50.341:31.30+1.34
4Lacey Heward United StatesLW111:56.711:36.57+6.61
-Stephani Victor United StatesLW12-2DNS
-Tatsuko Aoki JapanLW10-2DNF
-Kimberly Joines CanadaLW12-1DNF

Standing

The standing event was competed on 11 March. It was won by Solène Jambaqué, representing  France.[4]

RankNameCountryClassReal
time
Calc
time
Difference
1st, gold medalist(s)Solène Jambaqué FranceLW9-21:32.311:28.00
2nd, silver medalist(s)Reinhild Möller GermanyLW41:30.231:30.00+2.00
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Iveta Chlebakova SlovakiaLW6/8-21:30.431:30.43+2.43
4Lauren Woolstencroft CanadaLW3-11:37.911:31.64+3.64
5Danja Haslacher AustriaLW21:38.331:33.05+5.05
6Melania Corradini ItalyLW6/8-11:33.311:33.12+5.12
7Allison Jones United StatesLW21:40.581:35.18+7.18
8Sandy Dukat United StatesLW21:40.951:35.53+7.53
9Elitsa Storey United StatesLW21:42.691:37.17+9.17
10Liz Miller Great BritainLW41:40.441:40.19+12.19
11Arly Fogarty CanadaLW5/7-21:43.361:41.59+13.59
12Katja Saarinen FinlandLW21:50.331:44.40+16.40
13Naomi Sasaki JapanLW6/8-21:50.031:50.03+22.03

References

  1. "Women's Downhill Visually impaired" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  2. "Torino 2006: Alpine Skiing: Women's Downhill sitting". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  3. "Women's Super-G Sitting" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2012 (source for the skiers' classifications).
  4. "Women's Downhill Standing" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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