Paralympic alpine skiing
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 Internat ...
has been competed at the
Winter Paralympic Games since they were first held in
1976
Events January
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. Events include men's and women's
downhill,
Super G,
giant slalom,
slalom, and
combined.
Since the
2006 Winter Games in Torino, a three category system is used. The three categories are: sitting, standing and visually impaired.
Summary
Events
Medal table
NPCs in ''italics'' no longer compete at the Winter Paralympics
''As of
2022 Winter Paralympics
The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), was an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter Paralympic Games, as administered by the Inter ...
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Multiple medalists
The table shows athletes with either 6 or more gold medals or ten or more total medals.
Nations
See also
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Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
From 1948 to 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years, with sepa ...
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Alpine skiing at the Youth Olympic Games
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Alpine skiing World Cup
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France ( ...
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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS).
History
The inaugural world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annuall ...
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World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
References
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Sports at the Winter Paralympics
Paralympics