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Born | Gloggnitz, Lower Austria, Austria | 29 April 2005||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Visually impaired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | B2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Barbara Aigner (born 29 April 2005) is an Austrian visually impaired para alpine skier who competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Aigner made her debut at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships where she won the gold medal in the giant slalom event. [1]
Aigner competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a silver medal in the slalom and a bronze medal in the giant slalom. [2] [3] [4]
Aigner's twin brother, Johannes, and older sister Veronika are both visually impaired para skiers. [5]
The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March, and 21 March 2010. Events scheduled for 13 March, however, were postponed due to weather conditions – specifically, low visibility.
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Melissa Perrine is a B2 classified visually impaired para-alpine skier from Australia. She has competed at the four Winter Paralympics from 2010 to 2022. 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.
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