Carina Edlinger (born 1998) is an Austrian visually-impaired Paralympic cross-country skier.

Career

She made her Paralympic debut during the

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jungSeo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olymp ...

when she was only 19 years old and claimed her first Paralympic medal (bronze) with the assistance of her elder brother, Julian Edlinger who served as the

sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment. Sports Paralympic Games At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment. Rules are according to the International ...

for Carina. Carina Edlinger clinched a bronze medal in the women's 7.5km classical cross-country skiing event at the

. She competed at the

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 Int ...

and won a gold medal in the 1.5 kilometre sprint and a bronze medal in the 10 kilometre free event.

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* 1998 births Living people Austrian female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Paralympic cross-country skiers for Austria Paralympic gold medalists for Austria Paralympic bronze medalists for Austria Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Austrian blind people Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors People from Bad Ischl Sportspeople from Upper Austria Austrian emigrants to Sweden Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing {{Austria-wintersport-bio-stub