| Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | CZE |
| NPC | Czech Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Turin | |
| Competitors | 5 in 1 sport |
| Flag bearer | Anna Kulíšková |
| Medals Ranked 17th |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Czechoslovakia (1976–1992) | |
The Czech Republic participated in the ninth Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 5 |
They were:
At the opening ceremonies of these Paralympic Games, the flag-bearer for the Czech Republic was Anna Kulíšková.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Anna Kulíšková | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G, visually impaired | 14 March |
All five athletes representing the Czech republic participated in the Alpine skiing event.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final/Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Stanislav Loska [1] | Men's super-G standing | — | 1:18.41 | +6.54 | 39 | |||||
| Men's giant slalom standing | 1:01.16 | +4.04 | 11 | 56.70 | +6.29 | 28 | 1:57.86 | +9.25 | 16 | |
| Men's slalom standing | 46.05 | +3.24 | 21 | 41.43 | +3.12 | 18 | 1:27.48 | +5.47 | 18 | |
| Jan Dostál [2] | Men's downhill standing | — | 1:31.23 | +12.74 | 37 | |||||
| Men's super-G standing | — | 1:19.03 | +7.16 | 43 | ||||||
| Men's giant slalom standing | 1:09.64 | +12.52 | 40 | 1:00.22 | +9.81 | 40 | 2:21.39 | +21.25 | 36 | |
| Men's slalom standing | 49.20 | +6.39 | 35 | 44.58 | +6.27 | 29 | 1:33.78 | +11.78 | 29 | |
| Michal Nevrkla [3] | Men's downhill standing | — | 1:31.30 | +12.81 | 39 | |||||
| Men's super-G standing | — | 1:17.66 | +5.79 | 35 | ||||||
| Men's giant slalom standing | 1:08.83 | +11.71 | 38 | 58.22 | +7.81 | 36 | 2:07.05 | +18.44 | 33 | |
| Men's slalom standing | 48.23 | +5.42 | 31 | 43.01 | +4.70 | 25 | 1:31.24 | +9.23 | 26 | |
| Radim Kozlovský [4] | Men's super-G sitting | — | 1:22.55 | +9.72 | 26 | |||||
| Men's giant slalom sitting | 1:03.35 | +5.16 | 14 | 57.20 | +4.56 | 14 | 2:00.55 | +9.72 | 13 | |
| Men's slalom sitting | 55.65 | +11.91 | 25 | DNF | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final/Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Anna Kulíšková [5] Guide: Martin Kulíšek | Women's downhill Visually impaired | — | DNF | |||||||
| Women's super-G Visually impaired | — | 1:25.99 | +1.75 | | ||||||
| Women's giant slalom Visually impaired | 1:14.53 | +9.74 | 5 | 1:05.46 | +7.19 | 4 | 2:19.99 | +15.48 | 4 | |
| Women's slalom Visually impaired | DNQ | |||||||||
The first competition for members of the team was downhill skiing at the Borgata ski slope, one of the most dreaded, and the results were disappointing. Anna Kulíšková did not finish her runs in the competition. She lost her footing and ended up in the safety net. Her teammate Michal Nevrkla lost control at the same place in the course, but he regained his footing, finishing the competition in 39th place. In the same competition, Jan Dostál finished in 37th place. Stanislav Loska and Radim Kozlovský did not take part in this competition.
Two days later was the super G competition. In this event Anna Kulíšková won the silver medal; her first medal in her 4-year-long competitive career. Sabine Gasteiger from Austria took home the gold medal. Radim Kozlovský also entered the super G events, finishing in 26th place.
In the giant slalom, the Czech men were not as successful as Anna Kulíšková. Stanislav Loska started very well in first round, and from 11th place, he was shooting for a place in top ten. Taking big risks in the second round, he ended up in a collision, and he finished in 16th place. Michal Nevrkla and Jan Dostál also participated in this competition, finishing in 33rd and 36th place, respectively.
The next day was the giant slalom event with Anna Kulíšková. She wanted to repeat her silver medal success from the super G event. She was too slow and cautious in the first round and ending up finishing just short of medal standing in 4th place.
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