Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics

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
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

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

Medal table

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

As of 2022 Winter Paralympics

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

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
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

See also

• 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

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.