Austria sent competitors the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Austria sent 13 people to compete in three sports: para-alpine skiing, para-snowboarding, and cross-country skiing.
Austria sent 13 people to compete in three sports: para-alpine skiing, para-snowboarding, and cross-country skiing. [1] [2]
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Austria") that participated in the 2018 Games.
Name | Sport | Gender | Classification | Events | ref |
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Heike Eder | para-alpine skiing | male | sitting | slalom, giant slalom | [3] [4] |
Carina Edlinger | para-Nordic skiing | female | cross country skiing | [3] [5] | |
Julian Edlinger | para-Nordic skiing | male | guide skier | cross country skiing | [3] [5] [4] |
Markus Gfatterhofer | para-alpine skiing | male | sitting | slalom, giant slalom | [3] [6] [4] |
Thomas Grochar | para-alpine skiing | male | standing | super combined, Super-G, slalom, giant slalom | [3] [4] |
Christoph Gmeiner | para-alpine skiing | male | guide skier | Super-G, super combined, slalom, giant slalom | [3] [6] |
Claudia Lösch | para-alpine skiing | female | sitting | downhill, Super-G, super combined, slalom, giant slalom | [3] [4] |
Patrick Mayrhofer | para-snowboarding | male | slalom, snowboard cross | [3] [4] | |
Gernot Morgenfurts | para-alpine skiing | male | vision impaired | Super-G, super combined, slalom, giant slalom | [3] [6] |
Nico Pajantschitsch | para-alpine skiing | male | standing | downhill, Super-G, super combined, slalom, giant slalom | [3] [4] |
Roman Rabl | para-alpine skiing | male | sitting | downhill, super combined, slalom, giant slalom | [3] [4] |
Markus Salcher | para-alpine skiing | male | downhill, Super-G, super combined, giant slalom | [3] [4] | |
Reinhold Schett | para-snowboarding | male | slalom, snowboard cross | [3] [4] | |
Simon Wallner | para-alpine skiing | male | sitting | downhill, Super-G, super combined, slalom, giant slalom | [3] [4] |
Martin Würz | para-alpine skiing | male | standing | super combined, Super-G, slalom, giant slalom | [3] [4] |
Secretary General Petra Huber and Chef de Mission Julia Voglmayr traveled to South Korea for a meeting with the Chef de Missions of 32 other countries in March 2017, a year before the Games were scheduled to start. [1]
If someone from Austria wins a medal, they will get a cash reward of between €4000 and €8000. [4]
Gernot Morgenfurts decided he wanted to start skiing after his multiple sclerosis became worse. He physically prepared himself before starting the sport in 2015. [6] Later that year, he participated in the Austria Cup. [6] Morgenfurts started competing internationally during the 2016/2017 World Cup season. [6] Because of problems with his sight, he needs a guide skier. For the 2018 Games, that skier is Christoph Gmeiner. [6] They use headsets to talk to each other during races. [6] Pyeongchang 2018 is his first major international skiing competition. [6]
Morgenfurts was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 30 years before the start of the 2018 Games. As the disease has progressed, his vision has become worse. [6]
Thomas Grochar is a standing skier. [7] Grochar won silver at the end of 2016/2017 World Cup season. [7]
Thomas Grochar went to Slovenia in January 2018. He competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora. [8]
The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Claudia Lösch, Markus Salcher, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl and Simon Wallner are registered to start. [3]
The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. Claudia Lösch, Markus Salcher, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and guide Christoph Gmeiner should start in this event. [3]
The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. Claudia Lösch, Markus Salcher, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and guide Christoph Gmeiner are scheduled to start. [3]
The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go. Claudia Lösch, Heike Eder, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Markus Gfatterhofer, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and guide Christoph Gmeiner are registered to start in the slalom. [3]
The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March. Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions. Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end. Claudia Lösch, Heike Eder, Markus Salcher, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Markus Gfatterhofer, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and his guide Christoph Gmeiner should all start in this event. [3]
Carina is blind. Her brother, Julian, is her guide skier. [5] She first competed for Austria in 2016. At the 2017 World Championships in Finsterau, Germany, Carina won 2 gold medals and 1 bronze medal. [5] [9] Carina was awarded the Golden Lion as "Rookie of the Year" at the Leonidas Sports Gala 2017. [9]
On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM. Carina Edlinger and guide Julian Edlinger are scheduled to start. The pair are then scheduled to start in the sprint classic qualification. It takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM - 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals. The classic race takes place on 17 March. Carina Edlinger and guide Julian Edlinger are scheduled to participate in the 7.5 km race. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30. [3]
Patrick Mayrhofer and Reinhold Schett are scheduled to start in the snowboard cross event. The program has the race starting on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. [3] The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM - 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes. Patrick Mayrhofer and Reinhold Schett are both scheduled to start. [3]
Austria, Switzerland and Germany are co-hosting "Alpenhaus" in Pyeongchang. [10] It is a place where people can celebrate winning Paralympic medals. [10]
Melissa Perrine is a B2 classified visually impaired para-alpine skier from Australia. She has competed at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi and 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang in the downhill, super-G, super combined, slalom and giant slalom events. At the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, she won three gold, one silver and one bronze medals. At the 2018 Winter Paralympics, she won two bronze medals.
Victoria "Tori" Pendergast is an Australian F58 athletics shot put competitor and LW12.1 classified Para-alpine skier. When she competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, she became Australia's first female sit skier at the Winter Paralympics. She competed in two events, finishing seventh in women's slalom sit-ski and tenth in the women's giant slalom sit-ski. She also won a silver and a bronze medal in the slalom and super-G at the 2013 North America Cup, and a bronze medal in the giant slalom at the 2013 IPC World Cup in Thredbo.
Claudia Lösch is a successful Austrian Paralympian and alpine monoskier. She won gold medals in the slalom and super slalom at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. She also won a silver medal at the Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's Super-G.
Christian Geiger is an Australian Alpine skier, Paralympic alpine ski coach and sighted guide for visually impaired skiers. He was Jessica Gallagher's guide skier at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, winning a bronze medal. He represented Australia at the 2008 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships and the 2009 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, but his career was cut short when he was severely injured in a traffic collision in 2009. He became Jessica Gallagher's sighted guide in 2013, and guided her to silver medals in women's slalom and giant slalom at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Thredbo. Geiger was Melissa Perrine's guide and coach at the 2018 Winter Paralympics where she won two bronze medals.
Anna-Lena Forster is a German para-alpine skier who competed at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Paralympics, winning five medals.
Alexey Sergeyevich Bugaev is a Russian para-alpine skier who competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, winning five medals.
Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea. The thirty events occurred from 10 to 18 March 2018.
The Snowboarding competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held on 12 and 16 March 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre in Gangneung, South Korea.
Japan sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The group from Japan competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and sledge hockey.
Tajikistan sent competitors the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Two people will be competing in para-Nordic skiing in Tajikistan's first appearance at the Winter Paralympics. They trained in Germany and China before the start of the Games.
Uzbekistan sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Only one skier from Uzbekistan was selected to go. Yokutkhon Kholbekova is going to compete in para-Nordic skiing. Saodat Numanova was selected to referee para-alpine skiing events. 2018 is the second time Uzbekistan will go to the Winter Paralympics.
Armenia sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The country sent one para-alpine skier, Sasun Hakobyan. He qualified for the Winter Games in November 2017, and was named to the team before any of the country's Olympic people.
Bosnia and Herzegovina sent a competitor to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The 19-year-old para-alpine skier Ilma Kazazic was their sole competitor.
Czech Republic sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The sportspeople are competing two sports: para-alpine skiing and sledge hockey. There were 24 sportspeople, 16 support people and 4 administrators. First allocated four sports in para-alpine skiing, the country won two more spots and are sending six skiers. The sledge hockey team goes to South Korea after qualifying at a tournament in Sweden. They had financial difficulties before the Winter Paralympics because of corruption in sports funding. This made it more difficult to train and compete for the 2018 Games.
The Netherlands sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Four people competed in para-snowboarding. Five people competed in para-alpine skiing. Anna Jochemsen and Jeffrey Stuut are standing skiers. Linda van Impelen, Jeroen Kampschreur and Niels de Langen have all competed in all 5 para-alpine sit-ski events. Lisa Bunschoten, Bibian Mentel and Chris Vos all competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. Renske van Beek was the only snowboarder on Team Netherlands who did not go to Sochi.
Serbia sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One person on the team is para-Nordic skier Milos Zaric. In addition to para-Nordic skier, Zaric is also a para-athlete. He is the world champion in the men's F55 javelin.
Spain sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team from Spain had 4 people. They included 2 snowboarders and 2 skiers. Blind skier Jon Santacana and guide skier Miguel Galindo Garces competed at the Paralympics before in 2002, 2006, 2010 and the 2014. Astrid Fina Paredes went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Snowboarder Víctor González will be going to his first Paralympic Games.
Mehmet Çekiç is a Turkish Paralympic alpine skier who competes in the LW4 disability class of men's slalom, standing and giant slalom, standing events. He represented his country, Turkey, at the 2014 Sochi and 2018 PyeongChang Paralympics.
Carina Edlinger is an Austrian female visually impaired Paralympic cross-country skier.