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Austria At The 1988 Winter Paralympics
Austria competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 52 competitors from Austria won 44 medals including 20 gold, 10 silver and 14 bronze and finished 2nd in the medal table. Alpine skiing The medalists are: * Martina Altenberger, Women's Downhill LW6/8 * Martina Altenberger, Women's Giant Slalom LW6/8 * Martina Altenberger, Women's Slalom LW6/8 * Paul Bluschke, Men's Giant Slalom LW10 * Paul Bluschke, Men's Slalom LW10 * Franz Griessbacher, Men's Downhill B1 * Franz Griessbacher, Men's Giant Slalom B1 * Odo Habermann, Men's Downhill B2 * Odo Habermann, Men's Giant Slalom B2 * Elisabeth Kellner, Women's Downhill B2 * Elisabeth Kellner, Women's Giant Slalom B2 * Elisabeth Maxwald, Women's Giant Slalom B1 * Josef Meusburger, Men's Giant Slalom LW4 * Dietmar Schweninger, Men's Slalom LW6/8 * Meinhard Tatschl, Men's Giant Slalom LW6/8 * Gabriele Berghofer, Women's Giant Slalom B2 * Edith Hoelzl, Women's Downhill B2 * Gerhard Lange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Paralympic Committee
The Austrian Paralympic Committee (german: Österreichische Paralympische Committee, OPC) was founded in 1998. Since April 2009 the former Austrian Minister of Health, Youth and Family and former NPC Vice President Maria Rauch-Kallat was elected as President. One of her main goals is to support youth and women with disabilities. Petra Huber takes over the responsibility of Secretary General, the two Vice-Presidents are Hermann Krist and Brigitte Jank. The Austrian Paralympic Committee has its headquarters in Vienna. Tasks of the Austrian Paralympic Committee The main task of the Austrian Paralympic Committee is to enable qualified athletes with physical disabilities, visual impairment and mental impairment to compete at the Paralympics. The Austrian Paralympic Committee supports by raising financial resources for sending the athletes to the Paralympics and coordinates and prepares the participation in cooperation with the sports federations. One important goal of the Austrian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |