Martina Altenberger

Martina Altenberger

Personal information
Born	Niedernsill, Austria
Sport
Country	Austria
Sport	Alpine skiing
Medal record Alpine skiing Representing   Austria Paralympic Games 1988 Innsbruck Downhill LW6/8 1988 Innsbruck Giant slalom LW6/8 1988 Innsbruck Slalom LW6/8

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]

Career

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]

References

1. "Martina Altenberger - Alpine skiing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
2. "Disabled skiers sweep worlds". Skiing. September 1986.
3. "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing – womens-giant-slalom-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
4. "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing – womens-slalom-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
5. "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing – womens-downhill-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
6. "Unsere Chronik". Skiclub Niedernsill (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-26.