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| Born | 2 June 1982 (age 42) Albertville, Savoie, France | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Emlyon Business School | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Country | France | |||||||||||
| Sport | Para-alpine skiing | |||||||||||
| Disability | Cerebral palsy | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Romain Riboud (born 2 June 1982 in Albertville) is a French para-alpine skier. He represented France at four Winter Paralympics: in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. In 2002, he won the silver medals in the Men's Giant Slalom LW3,5/7,9 and the Men's Super-G LW3,5/7,9 events. [1] [2]
Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events held 10–23 February in the United States near Salt Lake City, Utah. The downhill, super-G, and combined events were held at Snowbasin, the giant slaloms at Park City, and the slaloms at adjacent Deer Valley.
Paralympic alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. The sport evolved from the efforts of disabled veterans in Germany and Austria during and after the Second World War. The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee Sports Committee. The primary equipment used includes outrigger skis, sit-skis, and mono-skis. Para-alpine skiing disciplines include the downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, super combined, and snowboard.
Andorra sent a delegation to compete at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States from 8–24 February 2002. This was Andorra's seventh consecutive appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The Andorran delegation consisted of three alpine skiers; Victor Gómez, Alex Antor, and Vicky Grau. Their best performance in any event was 24th place by Grau in the women's slalom.
France sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The country fielded seven athletes in cross-country skiing and biathlon, and fourteen in alpine skiing. The team’s flagbearer was alpine skier Romain Riboud.
Robert Fröhle is an Austrian para-alpine skier. He represented Austria at the Winter Paralympics in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
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Sarah Billmeier is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States in alpine skiing at the 1992, 1994, 1998 and 2002 Winter Paralympics. In total she won seven gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze medal.
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Lacey Heward is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States at the 2002 Winter Paralympics and at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in alpine skiing.
Allison Pearl is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in alpine skiing.
Andrew Parr is an American para-alpine skier. He represented the United States at the 2002 Winter Paralympics and at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in alpine skiing.
Rolf Heinzmann is a Swiss para-alpine skier. He represented Switzerland at the Winter Paralympics in 1980, 1984, 1994, 1998 and 2002.
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