Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill

The women's downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was scheduled for Saturday, March 13, but was postponed to Thursday, March 18, due to bad weather conditions.[1]

Women's downhill
at the X Paralympic Winter Games
VenueWhistler Blackcomb
DatesMarch 13
2006
2014

Viviane Forest became the first Paralympian to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, by winning the women's downhill for visually impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball.[2][3]

Visually impaired

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In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[4] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[5]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  1 Viviane Forest
Guide: Lindsay Debou
  Canada 1:27.51
  6 Henrieta Farkašová
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
  Slovakia 1:28.17 +0.66
  2 Danielle Umstead
Guide: Rob Umstead
  United States 1:30.18 +2.67
4 4 Sabine Gasteiger
Guide: Stefan Schoner
  Austria 1:32.00 +4.49
5 3 Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
  Australia 1:33.30 +5.79
6 10 Alexandra Frantseva
Guide: Polina Popova
  Russia 1:38.71 +11.20
7 8 Anna Cohi Fornell
Guide: Raquel Garcia Borreguero
  Spain 1:45.94 +18.43
8 7 Natasha de Troyer
Guide: Diego van de Voorde
  Belgium 1:48.85 +21.34
5 Anna Kuliskova
Guide: Michaela Hubacova
  Czech Republic DNF
9 Caitlin Sarubbi
Guide: Gwynn Watkins
  United States DNF

Sitting

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Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  3 Alana Nichols   United States 1:23.31
  2 Laurie Stephens   United States 1:28.26 +6.95
  1 Claudia Lösch   Austria 1:29.89 +6.58
4 6 Stephani Victor   United States 1:36.99 +13.68
4 Kuniko Obinata   Japan DNF
5 Tatsuko Aoki   Japan DNF

Standing

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Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  10 Lauren Woolstencroft   Canada 1:25.54
  7 Solène Jambaqué   France 1:29.94 +4.40
  11 Andrea Rothfuß   Germany 1:30.58 +5.04
4 3 Melania Corradini   Italy 1:30.70 +5.16
5 9 Karolina Wisniewska   Canada 1:30.82 +5.28
6 6 Allison Jones   United States 1:32.32 +6.78
7 4 Petra Smarzova   Slovakia 1:35.23 +9.69
8 1 Marie Bochet   France 1:35.58 +10.04
9 8 Andrea Dziewior   Canada 1:37.53 +11.99
10 12 Iveta Chlebakova   Slovakia 1:37.55 +12.01
11 13 Nathalie Tyack   France 1:45.37 +19.83
2 Karin Fasel   Switzerland DNS
5 Elitsa Storey   United States DNS

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Alpine Skiing Schedule and Results". The official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  2. ^ Vancouver Sun, "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada's Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold" Archived March 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Mike Beamish, March 18, 2010 (Retrieved March 19, 2010)
  3. ^ Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" Archived March 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, John Korobanik, March 11, 2010 (Retrieved March 19, 2010)
  4. ^ OFFICIAL RESULTS / RÉSULTATS OFFICIELS Archived May 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, The Official site for the 2010 Winter Paralympics
  5. ^ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
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