Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's giant slalom

The Women's Giant Slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...

is held at Whistler Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...

. The competition is scheduled for Tuesday, March 16 and Wednesday March 17.

Visually Impaired

In the giant slalom visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairement has a sighted guide

Sighted guide

A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Difference
	1	Henrieta Farkasova Henrieta Farkašová Henrieta Farkašová is an Slovak alpine skier and three time Paralympic Champion.She won three gold at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, at Whistler Creekside in the Women's giant slalom, Women's Super combined, Women's Super-G, visually impaired and a silver medal in Women's downhill, visually... Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Natalia Subrtova Natália Šubrtová Natália Šubrtová is an Slovak alpine skier, sighted guide and three time Paralympic Champion.As the sighted guide for Henrieta Farkašová, she has won three gold at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, at Whistler Creekside in the Women's giant slalom, Women's Super combined, Women's Super-G, visually...		1:25.44		1:31.21		2:56.65

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| || 2 || align=left| Sabine Gasteiger
Guide

Sighted guide

: Stefan Schoner ||align=left| || 1:28.25 || || 1:33.93 || || 3:02.18 ||
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| || 4 || align=left| Viviane Forest

Viviane Forest

Viviane Forest is a multi-sport Paralympic medallist. She was born and raised in Quebec, and currently resides in Edmonton.-Sporting career:Forest played on Canada's gold medal-winning goalball teams in Sydney and Athens....

Guide

Sighted guide

: Lindsay Debou ||align=left| || 1:35.03 || || 1:36.14 || || 3:11.17 ||
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| || 11 || align=left| Kelly Gallagher

Kelly Gallagher (alpine skier)

Kelly Gallagher is a British skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. She is a graduate in mathematics from the University of Bath.-Pre-Paralympics:Gallagher is visually impared and competes with a sighted guide...

Guide

Sighted guide

: Claire Robb ||align=left| || 1:38.65 || || 1:35.88 || || 3:14.53 ||
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| || 3 || align=left| Anna Cohi Fornell
Guide

Sighted guide

: Raquel Garcia Borreguero ||align=left| || 1:37.12 || || 1:38.54 || || 3:15.66 ||
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| || 7 || align=left| Caitlin Sarubbi
Guide

Sighted guide

: Gwynn Watkins ||align=left| || 1:44.57 || 10 || 1:39.05 || || 3:23.62 ||
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| || 12 || align=left| Jessica Gallagher

Jessica Gallagher

Jessica Gallagher is a Paralympic alpine skier from Geelong, Victoria. She was Australia's second female winter Paralympian, and the first Australian woman to win a medal at the Winter Paralympics....

Guide

Sighted guide

: Eric Bickerton ||align=left| || 1:41.24 || || 1:43.40 || || 3:24.64 ||
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| || 5 || align=left| Danelle Umstead

Danelle Umstead

Danelle D’Aquanni Umstead is an American alpine skier and Paralympian.She is part of the US Paralympics team. She competed at the women's slalom, giant slalom, downhill, Super-G and combined at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, with her husband Rob Umstead as her sighted guide...

Guide

Sighted guide

: Rob Umstead ||align=left| || 1:37.90 || || 2:03.74 || || 3:41.64 ||
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| || 13 || align=left| Paquita Ramirez Capitan
Guide

Sighted guide

: Manel Fernandez Flores ||align=left| || 2:06.63 || 11 || 2:10.33 || || 4:16.96 ||
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| || 15 || align=left| Melissa Perrine
Guide

Sighted guide

: Andrew Bor ||align=left| || 1:37.57 || || || || ||
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| || 8 || align=left| Nadja Baumgartner
Guide

Sighted guide

: Chiarina Sawyer ||align=left| || 1:33.49 || || || || ||
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| || 14 || align=left| Nikolina Santek
Guide

Sighted guide

: Vjeran Svaic ||align=left| || || || || || ||
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| || 9 || align=left| Natasha de Troyer
Guide

Sighted guide

: Diego van der Voorde ||align=left| || || || || || ||
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| || 6 || align=left| Alexandra Frantseva
Guide

Sighted guide

: Polina Popova ||align=left| || || || || || ||
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| || 10 || align=left| Anna Kuliskova
Guide

Sighted guide

: Michaela Hubacova ||align=left| || || || || || ||
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Sitting

Rank	Bib	Name	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Difference
	10	Alana Nichols	1:28.04		1:29.53		2:57.57
	8	Stephani Victor	1:29.49		1:32.29		3:01.78	+4.21
	6	Kuniko Obinata Kuniko Obinata is a Paralympic alpine skier from Japan. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 1994, winning a total of two gold, three silver, and three bronze medals up to 2006. At the 2010 Winter Paralympics, she won two bronze medals in the women's sitting class of slalom and giant slalom.-...	1:34.75		1:33.96		3:08.71	+11.14
	1	Tatsuko Aoki	1:33.19		1:35.61		3:08.80	+11.23
	5	Laurie Stephens	1:34.56		1:34.60		3:09.16	+11.59
	7	Ricci Kilgore	1:40.47		1:36.97		3:17.44	+19.87
	3	Anna Schaffelhuber	1:36.13		1:44.16		3:20.29	+22.72
	2	Claudia Lösch Claudia Losch Claudia Losch is a German track and field athlete.Losch won the German indoor championship in the shot put in 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, and 1989...	1:51.57	12	1:31.56		3:23.13	+25.56
	13	Luba Lowery	1:41.06	10	1:45.24		3:26.30	+28.73
10	4	Anita Fuhrer	1:46.56	11	1:53.82	10	3:40.38	+42.81

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| || 14 || align=left| Linnea Ottosson Eide ||align=left| || 1:40.39 || || || || ||
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| || 15 || align=left| Erna Fridriksdottir ||align=left| || 2:00.62 || 13 || || || ||
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| || 9 || align=left| Yoshiko Tanaka

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| || 11 || align=left| Jane Sowerby ||align=left| || || || || || ||
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Standing

Rank	Bib	Name	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Difference
	5	Lauren Woolstencroft Lauren Woolstencroft Lauren Woolstencroft is a Canadian alpine skier. She is an electrical engineer working with BC Hydro. She graduated with an electrical engineering degree from the University of Victoria. She now resides in North Vancouver...	1:15.62	1	1:18.41	1	2:34.03
	10	Andrea Rothfuss	1:21.18	3	1:20.42	2	2:41.60	+7.57
	11	Petra Smarzova	1:20.73	2	1:20.90	3	2:41.63	+7.60
	2	Karolina Wisniewska	1:21.95	4	1:22.08	4	2:44.03	+10.00
	14	Iveta Chlebakova	1:22.45	5	1:22.60	6	2:45.05	+11.02
	1	Solene Jambaque Solène Jambaqué Solene Jambaque is a French alpine skier and two time Paralympic Champion.She competed in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy....	1:23.41	8	1:22.52	5	2:45.93	+11.90
	4	Marie Bochet	1:22.70	6	1:24.07	7	2:46.77	+12.74
	12	Melania Corradini	1:23.73	9	1:24.55	8	2:48.28	+14.25
	8	Allison Jones Allison Jones Allison Jones is a popular casting director who is credited for helping to bring together realistic ensemble casts for such television shows as Freaks and Geeks , Curb Your Enthusiasm, United States of Tara, Parks and Recreation, Arrested Development , and the US version of The Office.She has...	1:23.07	7	1:29.19	11	2:52.26	+18.23
10	3	Marina Perterer	1:27.32	10	1:26.69	10	2:54.01	+19.98
11	13	Arly Fogarty	1:28.90	12	1:26.68	13	2:55.58	+21.55
12	15	Melanie Schwartz	1:30.42	13	1:29.05	12	2:59.47	+25.44
13	21	Elena Kudyakova	1:31.24	14	1:28.32	9	2:59.56	+25.53
14	22	Laura Valeanu	1:35.21	15	1:30.83	14	3:06.04	+32.01
15	18	Hannah Pennington	1:40.82	16	1:37.58	15	3:18.40	+44.37
16	23	Paraskevi Christodoulopoulou	2:32.76	17	2:19.78	16	4:52.54	+2:18.51
	17	Karin Fasel	1:27.72	11	DNF
	6	Inga Medvedeva	DNF
	7	Nathalie Tyack	DNF
	16	Elitsa Storey	DNF
	20	Katja Saarinen	DNF
	19	Ursula Pueyo Marimon	DSQ
	24	Gayane Usnyan	DSQ
	9	Andrea Dziewior	DNS

External links

2010 Winter Plympics schedule and results, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
2010 Winter Paralympics
The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially the X Paralympic Winter Games, or the 10th Winter Paralympics, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing Ceremony in Whistler...

in Vancouver

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