Chile at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

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Chile at the
2018 Winter Paralympics
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IPC code CHI
NPC Chile Paralympic Committee
Website www.paralimpico.cl
in PyeongChang, South Korea
Competitors4 in 1 sport
Medals
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Silver
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Bronze
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Total
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Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

Chile sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There were 4 people in para-alpine skiing. The skiers went to races to be allowed to go to South Korea. Starting in November 2017, they went to 15 races in Europe, the United States and Canada to get ready. Santiago Vega went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Nicolás Bisquert, Diego Seguel and Julio Soto were going to their first Paralympic Games.

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Team

Chile had 4 people at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. [1] In the past, Diego Seguel was part of Team Chile at competitions around the world in another sport: para-athletics. [2] All four had 220 points by February 2018. They needed to have 220 total points or more in the time between when the 2014 Winter Paralympics ended and February 2018. [1] Vega competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics for Chile. He was the only member of the team to do that. The 2018 Games will be the first for Bisquert, Seguel and Soto. [1]

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Chile") that participated in the 2018 Games.

Team Chile
NameSportGenderClassificationEventsref
Nicolás Bisquert para-alpine skiing male LW10.2 slalom, giant slalom, super giant, downhill [1] [3]
Diego Seguel para-alpine skiing maleslalom, giant slalom [1] [3]
Julio Soto para-alpine skiing maleLW2slalom, giant slalom [1] [3]
Santiago Vega para-alpine skiing maleLW4slalom, giant slalom [1] [3] [4]

Results

Alpine skiing

For the super combined event, the first run is the super-G and the second run is the slalom.

Men
AthleteClassEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nicolas Bisquertt LW10-2 Downhill, sitting 1:31.0813
Super-G, sitting DNF
Super combined, sitting DNF
Giant slalom, sitting 1:09.755DNF
Slalom, sitting 59.391255.2391:54.629
Diego Seguel LW12-1 Giant slalom, sitting 1:23.6925DNF
Slalom, sitting DNF
Julio Soto LW2 Giant slalom, standing 1:25.94361:27.81282:53.7528
Slalom, standing DNF
Santiago Vega LW4 Giant slalom, standing 1:15.7530DNF
Slalom, standing DNF

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