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The 1994 Winter Paralympics, the sixth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10 to 19 March 1994. These Games marked the second time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics and with the first with the same Organizing Committee, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Ice sledge hockey, which became an immediate crowd favorite, was added to the program.
Stanislav Loska is a veteran on the Czech paralympic team, competing in alpine skiing. The 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver were his fifth Paralympic Games. At the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer he won the bronze medal in slalom. He won the same medal in the world championship in Lech in Austria. At the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano he placed fourth and fifth. In the world championships in Anzère he won the bronze medal in the slalom and an invitation to the 2002 Winter Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City.
Estonia participated in The VI. Winter Paralympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.
Estonia participated in The VII. Winter Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan. Estonian flag bearer at the opening ceremony was Vilma Nugis.
Estonia participated in The V. Winter Paralympic Games in Tignes-Albertville, France.
Cato Zahl Pedersen is a Norwegian skier and multiple Paralympic gold medal winner. He has won a total of fourteen medals at the Paralympic Games, in both Winter and Summer Paralympics. He has no arms, having lost both in a childhood accident.
Kazakhstan, having become independent in 1991, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, with merely two athletes competing in cross-country skiing and biathlon. The country has competed in every edition of the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then. Kazakhstan has obtained only one Paralympic medal: a silver in cross-country skiing, won by Lubov Vorobieva during the country's inaugural participation in the Games in 1994. Along with Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan was the only participating country to have won a medal only at the Winter Paralympic Games, until end to 2016.
Liechtenstein made its Paralympic Games début at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City, entering just one athlete in athletics. The country competed again at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Games, and at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Games. It was then absent from the Paralympics until the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, where it sent just one table tennis player, Peter Frommelt. Liechtenstein was absent from the 2006 and 2010 Winter Games and the 2008 Summer Games.
Belgium participated in the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway. The country sent two competitors, both in alpine skiing. They entered a total of seven events between them.
Norway has participated in every edition of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics, except the second Summer Games in 1964. It was one of the seventeen countries to take part in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, where it sent a delegation of eleven athletes. Norway was the host country of both the 1980 Winter Paralympics, in Geilo, and the 1994 Winter Paralympics, in Lillehammer.
Marie Bochet is a French alpine skier and Paralympic Champion.
Canada competed at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway from March 10 to 19, 1994. 34 athletes competed in all four sports: alpine skiing, ice sledge hockey, ice sledge speed racing, and Nordic skiing.
Kazakhstan competed at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Two competitors from Kazakhstan competed in two biathlon events and six cross-country skiing events. In total Kazakhstan won a single silver medal and finished 20th 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.
Josef Orlitsch is an Austrian para-alpine skier. He represented Austria at the 1994 Winter Paralympics and at the 1998 Winter Paralympics in alpine skiing.
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.
Sandra Lynes is a Canadian para-alpine skier. She represented Canada at the 1992 Winter Paralympics and at the 1994 Winter Paralympics.
Helmut Wolf was an Italian para-alpine skier. He represented Italy at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, at the 1994 Winter Paralympics and at the 1998 Winter Paralympics.
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.
Adrienne Rivera is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in four events in alpine skiing.
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