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Juergen Egle is an Austrian para-alpine skier. He represented Austria in alpine skiing at four Winter Paralympics: in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010. In total he won one gold medal, three silver medals and two bronze medals.


Career

In 1998 he won the gold medal in one alpine skiing event: the Men's Slalom LW11. In 2002 he won two silver medals: at the Men's Slalom LW11 event and at the Men's Giant Slalom LW11 event. In 2006 he won two bronze medals: at the Men's Slalom Sitting event and at the Men's Giant Slalom Sitting event. He also competed in the men's super-G sitting event where he finished 13th. In 2010 he won the silver medal at the Men's Super Combined Sitting event. He also won one gold medal and one bronze medal at the 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.


Private life

He also participated in
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See also

* List of Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing


References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Paralympic alpine skiers for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Austria Paralympic silver medalists for Austria Paralympic bronze medalists for Austria Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing 20th-century Austrian sportsmen 21st-century Austrian people {{Austria-Paralympic-medalist-stub