| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Niedernsill, Austria |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Austria |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
Medal record | |
Martina Altenberger is an Austrian Paralympic alpine skier. She represented Austria in Para-alpine skiing, at the 1988 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbbruck, winner of three gold medals. [1]
She competed at the 1986 World Disabled Ski Championships. [2]
She competed in the Innsbruck 1988 Winter Paralympics in the LW6 / 8 category, Altenberger won three gold medals: in the giant slalom (with a time of 1: 45.59, besting the American Kathy Pitcher , who won silver in 2: 00.57 and the Polish Eszbieta Dadok, bronze in 2: 06.05, [3] slalom (time 1: 15.63; in 2nd place Gunilla Ahren in 1: 19.09 and in third place Eszbieta Dadok in 1: 37.46), [4] and downhill (race ended in 1: 13.87, ahead of Nancy Gustafson in 1: 14.51 and Gunilla Ahrenin 1: 17.64. [5]
She trained with Skiclub Niedernsill. [6]
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