New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
IPC code	NZL
NPC	Paralympics New Zealand
Website	paralympics.org.nz
in Vancouver
Competitors	2 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Adam Hall [1]
Officials	4
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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New Zealand sent a delegation to take part in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The country fielded two athletes, both in alpine skiing. ^[2]

The country was also represented by four officials - a chef de mission, a coach, an assistant coach and a physiotherapist. ^[2]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Adam Hall	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom, standing	15 March

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Adam Hall, ^[3] who has spina bifida and who previously represented New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, will compete in the Slalom and Giant slalom.

Peter Williams, ^[3] who also has spina bifida and will be making his Paralympic Games début, will compete in the slalom, giant slalom and Super G. Unlike his compatriot, he will be using a monoski. ^{[2] [4]}

Athlete	Event	Run 1			Run 2			Total
		Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Adam Hall	Slalom standing	0:50.95	0.00	1	0:54.45	+1.85	6	1:45.40	0.00
	Super-G standing	1:23.34	+3.23	7	—			1:23.34	+3.23	7
	Super combined standing	1:26.44	+5.07	10	50.58	+2.24	4	2:17.02	+5.18	8
Peter Williams	Slalom sitting	57.38	+9.81	25	1:08.2	+19.8	22	2:05.55	+23.92	22
	Giant slalom sitting	1:34.16	+16.35	27	1:37.70	+18.53	22	3:11.86	+34.46	20

See also

• New Zealand at the Paralympics
• New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Notes and references

1. "Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony" (PDF). IPC. 12 March 2010.
2. Vancouver 2010: The New Zealand Paralympic Games Team Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine , Paralympics New Zealand
3. List of New Zealand's athletes ^{[ dead link ]}, official website of the 2010 Paralympics
4. Paralympics New Zealand provides contradictory information as to which of the two athletes will be competing in the Super G, but the schedule indicates that it will be Williams.

External links

• Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games official website Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
• International Paralympic Committee official website