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Snowboarding At The 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's Banked Slalom
The men's banked slalom competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre in South Korea. The competition took place on 16 March 2018. Medal table The ranking in the table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and will be consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table will be ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code. Banked slalom SB-LL1 The following 13 athletes from 10 countries competed. Banked slalom SB-LL2 The following 20 athletes from 13 countries competed. Banked slalom SB-UL The following 22 athletes from 13 countries competed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Snowboarding
Para snowboard is a winter sport consisting of racing down a snow-covered surface while standing or sitting on a snowboard. An adaptation of snowboarding for athletes with physical impairments in Para-snowboarding classification, different classifications, it is governed by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). The Parasports, parasport comprises five events: snowboard cross, team snowboard cross, banked slalom, dual banked slalom, and giant slalom. At the Winter Paralympic Games, Para snowboard events were included as part of the Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, Para alpine skiing programme in 2014 Paralympic Games, 2014, and has been its own Paralympic sport since 2018 Winter Paralympics, 2018. The World Para Snowboard Championships were held for the first time in 2015. History In the 1600s, residents in the Kaçkar Mountains of Turkey used lazboards, rectangular boards with a rope attached to the front, for traversing snow. Around the same time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PyeongChang Organizing Committee For The 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) is an organisation that oversees the planning and development of the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. POCOG's headquarters is located in the host city of PyeongChang with two offices in Gangneung and Seoul. Leadership Kim Jin-sun was appointed as the first president of POCOG. A former Governor of the Gangwon Province, he was Special Ambassador for the Pyeongchang's Olympic Bid. The second president of POCOG, Cho Yang-ho, is Chairman of Hanjin Group. President Cho had enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the Olympic movement and was active in Pyeongchang's bid for the Olympic Winter Games. On May 3, 2016, President Cho resigned on the ground of returning to focus on his company, Hanjin Group. On May 3, 2016, the government announced Lee Hee-beom, a former Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy, as the third president to head POCOG. Last October, with the considerat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Gabel
Keith Gabel (born July 20, 1984) is a Paralympic snowboarder originally from Ogden, Utah. Gabel competed for the United States at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and again in 2018. He won silver in 2018 snowboard cross division SB-LL2 and had won bronze in 2014. He became involved in adaptive sports after he lost his foot in 2000. He also won a silver medal in snowboard cross at the 2016–17 IPC Snowboard World Cup. He won silver medal from South Korea at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. References External links * Keith Gabelat World Para Snowboard The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; ) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nin ... * * * * * 1984 births Living people American male snowboarders Paralympic snowboarders for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Paralymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Murphy (snowboarder)
Carl Murphy (born 17 April 1979) is a New Zealand Para-snowboard cross racer who competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Personal life Murphy was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand on 17 April 1979. He was born missing the lower part of one of his legs and then had the leg amputated at the knee. He works as an architectural designer. Snowboarding Murphy competes in the SB LL2 Para-snowboarding classification, using a specially designed carbon fibre prosthetic leg. He started snowboarding in 1997 and entered his first competition in 2007, winning two gold medals at the New Zealand Championships. In 2008 at the US Championships he won a silver medal in the giant slalom and a bronze in the slalom. In 2009 he was selected for the New Zealand national team. In February 2012 Murphy won a silver medal at the Para-Snowboard World Championships, held in Orcières, France, finishing behind American Evan Strong. Later that year in November he won two gold medals at the IPC Alpine Skiin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Shea (snowboarder)
Mike Shea (born March 31, 1983) is a retired American para-snowboarder. He won a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in the inaugural Snowboard cross event. At the World Para Snowboard Championships in the LL2 division, Shea won gold in the 2015 banked slalom event and bronze in the 2017 snowboard cross event. In 2014 and 2015, Shea was nominated for the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award. Shea retired from snowboarding in 2020. Early life Shea was born on March 31, 1983, in Van Nuys, California to parents Michael and Cynthia Shea. Shortly after he was born, his family moved to Castaic, California where he attended Valencia High School for a little over a year and eventually graduated from Bowman High School. In September 2002, Shea was wakeboarding on Castaic Lake when the ski rope wrapped around his ankle and severed his leg below his knee. At the time, he was growing addicted to alcohol and painkillers which worsened following his accident. He eventually e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsushi Yamamoto
is a leg amputee athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T42 sprint and long jump events. He won silver medals in the long jump at the 2008 and 2016 Paralympics. Yamamoto also competed in snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. He competed in the men's long jump T63 event at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships The 2023 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was the 10th edition of the event and was held in the Charlety St ... held in Paris, France. References External links * * * Living people 1982 births Sprinters with limb difference Japanese disabled sportspeople Japanese male sprinters Japanese male long jumpers Japanese male snowboarders Paralympic athletes for Japan Paralympic snowboarders for Japan Paralympic silver medalists for Japan Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan Athletes (track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Manuel González
Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include: * Víctor Barrio (1987–2016), Spanish bullfighter * Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer) * Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer) * Víctor Hugo Cabrera, actor * Víctor Manuel Camacho, politician * Víctor Carrillo, football referee * Víctor Hermosillo y Celada, politician * Víctor Raul Díaz Chávez, politician * Víctor Casadesús, footballer * Víctor Emeric, politician * Víctor Espárrago, football coach *Víctor Fernández, football coach *Víctor Manuel García Valdés (1897–1969), Cuban painter *Victor Garcia (director) * Victor G. Garcia III, ambassador *Víctor García (Spanish singer) *Víctor García (Mexican singer) *Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde, politician * Víctor García (racing driver) *Víctor García (volleyball) *Víctor Garcia (Spanish director) *Víctor García (runner) * Víctor Hugo García, footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Cintra
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek name ''Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'. The name is popular in Norway and Sweden. Cognate names Cognate names are: * Bulgarian: Andrei, |
Daniel Jørgensen
Daniel Wagner Jørgensen (born 3 June 1993), who also competes as Daniel Wagner, is a leg amputee Danish Paralympic sportsman who has competed in both track and field athletics and snowboarding. As an athlete he specialises in the long jump, but also competes in sprint events. Personal career Jørgensen was born in Vejle, Denmark in 1993. As a youth he was a keen sportsman and took up both snowboarding and gymnastics. In 2008, whilst attempting a double front flip on a trampoline at a gymnastic show he landed badly and dislocated his knee. In the resulting surgery, doctors were sadly forced to amputate his leg. Athletics career As sprinting was part of his old gymnastics training, Jørgensen found he had a talent for running as a disability athlete, taking up disability athletics in 2010. Classified as a T42 athlete, Jørgensen first represented Denmark at an international level when he was chosen for the national team at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Mann (snowboarder)
Mark Mann may refer to: * Mark Mann (artist) (born 1970), American artist * Mark Mann (politician) (fl. 2010s–2020s), American politician See also * Marc Mann (fl. 1980s–2020s), American musician * Marcus Mann (other) {{hndis, Mann, Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Moen
Kristian is a given name in several languages, and is a variant spelling of Christian. Males with the given name Kristian *Kristian Digby (1977–2010), British television presenter and director * Kristian Doolittle (born 1997), American basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Kristian Fulton (born 1998), American football player *Kristian Jensen (born 1971), Danish politician *Kristian Gestrin (1929–1990), Finnish judge and politician * Kristian Hansen Kofoed (1879–1951), Danish civil servant and politician *Kristian Kostov (born 2000), Bulgarian-Russian singer *Kristian Løken (1884–1961), Norwegian army officer *Kristian Craig Robinson, English musician and producer working under the alias Capitol K * Kristian Robinson (baseball) (born 2000), Bahamian baseball player *Kristian Roebuck (born 1981), English badminton player *Kristian Rogers (born 1980), English footballer * Kristian Seeber (born 1980), American drag queen * Kristian Vike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
