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Adrienne Rivera is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in four events in alpine skiing.
She was diagnosed with bone cancer and as a result lost a leg at the age of 14. Following her career in sports she became an aerospace engineer. [1]
She won the gold medal in the Women's Giant Slalom LW2 event and the bronze medal in the Women's Super-G LW2 event. [2] [3]
She also competed in the Women's Downhill LW2 event and the Women's Slalom LW2 event but did not win a medal. [4] [5]
The 1994 Winter Paralympics were held in Lillehammer, Norway. Australia sent six male skiers, who won three gold, two silver and four bronze medals. Australia, at the time, achieved their best ever performance at a Winter Paralympics, finishing 5th overall in the alpine skiing competition, 9th in the medal standings, and 11th in the total medal count out of 31 nations.
Austria competed at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 59 competitors from Austria won 70 medals including 34 gold, 19 silver and 17 bronze and finished 1st in the medal table.
The United States competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 45 competitors from the United States won 7 gold medals, 17 silver medal and 6 bronze medal and finished 6th in the medal table.
Switzerland competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 32 competitors from Switzerland won 23 medals including 8 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze and finished 5th in the medal table.
Denmark competed at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in held in Innsbruck, Austria. Five competitors from Denmark did not win any medals and so finished last in the medal table.
France competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 16 competitors won 13 medals, including 5 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze. France finished 7th in the medal table.
Peter Poetscher is an Austrian para-alpine skier. He represented Austria at the 1994 Winter Paralympics and he competed in four events in alpine skiing:
Christine Winkler is an Austrian para-alpine skier. She represented Austria at the 1980 Winter Paralympics and at the 1984 Winter Paralympics. She competed in three events in 1980 and in three events in 1984. She won a medal in each event; in total, she won three gold medals and three silver medals.
Helga Erhart is an Austrian para-alpine skier. She represented Austria at the 1994 Winter Paralympics. In total, she won three medals: one gold medal and two silver medals.
Sarah Billmeier is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States in alpine skiing at the 1992, 1994, 1998 and 2002 Winter Paralympics. In total she won seven gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze medal.
Tristan Mouric is a French Paralympic athlete who competed both at the Summer and Winter Paralympics. In total, he won seven gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal.
Martha Hill is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States at the 1984 Winter Paralympics and at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in alpine skiing.
Lynda Chyzyk is a Canadian para-alpine skier. She represented Canada at the 1984 Winter Paralympics and at the 1988 Winter Paralympics. In total she won one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals.
Sandra Lynes is a Canadian para-alpine skier. She represented Canada at the 1992 Winter Paralympics and at the 1994 Winter Paralympics.
Andreas Schmid is an Austrian para-alpine skier. He represented Austria at the 1998 Winter Paralympics and at the 2006 Winter Paralympics.
Rik Heid is an American para-alpine skier. He represented the United States at the Winter Paralympics in 1988, 1992 and 1994. In total he won two gold medals, five silver medals and three bronze medals.
Roni Sasaki is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States at the 1992 Winter Paralympics in alpine skiing. She was born with one leg and she competed in LW2-classification events.
Nadine Laurent is a French Paralympic alpine skier. She won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Paralympic Games in Albertville.
Nicola Lechner is an Austrian Paralympic alpine skier. She represented Austria in Paralympic Alpine skiing at the 1998 Paralympic Winter Games in Nagano, and 2002 Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. She won a total of five medals: three silver medals and two bronze medals.
Nadja Obrist is an Austrian Paralympic alpine skier. She represented Austria in Paralympic Alpine skiing at the 1994 Paralympic Winter Games in Lillehammer and 1998 Paralympic Winter Games in Nagano. She won five medals: three medals silver and two bronze.