The 1998 Winter Paralympics were held in Nagano, Japan from 5–14 March 1998. At the Games, Australia was represented by four male alpine skiers. Australia tied for 16th place with Denmark, out of 21 Nations on the overall medal tally. James Patterson, an LW9 standing skier, won Australia's two medals - one gold and one bronze.
James Lawrence Paterson, is an Australian Paralympic skier who has cerebral palsy.
The 1994 Winter Paralympics were held in Lillehammer, Norway. Australia sent six male skiers, who won three gold, two silver and four bronze medals. Australia, at the time, achieved their best ever performance at a Winter Paralympics, finishing 5th overall in the alpine skiing competition, 9th in the medal standings, and 11th in the total medal count out of 31 nations.
Austria competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 52 competitors from Austria won 44 medals including 20 gold, 10 silver and 14 bronze and finished 2nd in the medal table.
Italy competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 24 competitors from Austria won nine medals including three gold, zero silver and six bronze and finished 10th in the medal table.
Bruno Oberhammer is an Italian para-alpine skier.
Belgium competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Two competitors from Belgium won zero medals and finished 16th in the medal table.
Austria competed at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 59 competitors from Austria won 70 medals including 34 gold, 19 silver and 17 bronze and finished 1st in the medal table.
The United States competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 45 competitors from the United States won 7 gold medals, 17 silver medal and 6 bronze medal and finished 6th in the medal table.
France competed at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 16 competitors won 6 medals, including 4 gold, 2 silver and 0 bronze. France finished 8th in the medal table.
Switzerland competed at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 50 competitors from Switzerland won 37 medals including 5 gold, 16 silver and 16 bronze and finished 7th in the medal table.
Switzerland competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 32 competitors from Switzerland won 23 medals including 8 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze and finished 5th in the medal table.
Denmark competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in held in Innsbruck, Austria. Three competitors from Denmark did not win any medals and so finished last in the medal table. Two athletes competed in alpine skiing and one athlete competed in cross-country skiing.
France competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 16 competitors won 13 medals, including 5 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze. France finished 7th in the medal table.
Bernard Baudean is a French para-alpine skier. He represented France in alpine skiing at six Winter Paralympics: in 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1994. In total, he won six gold medals, four silver medals and one bronze medal.
Peter Poetscher is an Austrian para-alpine skier. He represented Austria at the 1994 Winter Paralympics and he competed in four events in alpine skiing:
Don Garcia is an American para-alpine skier. He represented the United States at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in alpine skiing.
Robert Stroshine is an American para-alpine skier. He represented the United States at the 1988 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.
Rik Heid is an American para-alpine skier. He represented the United States at the Winter Paralympics in 1988, 1992 and 1994. In total he won two gold medals, five silver medals and three bronze medals.
