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Alpine Skiing At The 2018 Winter Paralympics – Women's Giant Slalom
The Women's giant slalom competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea. The competition took place on 14 March 2018. Medal table Visually impaired In the downhill visually impaired, athlete with a visual impairment have a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded. The first run was started at 09:30, with the second run at 14:15. StandingStanding run 1 results Sitting |
Paralympic Alpine Skiing
Paralympic alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. The sport evolved from the efforts of disabled veterans in Germany and Austria during and after the Second World War. The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee Sports Committee. The primary equipment used includes outrigger skis, sit-skis, and mono-skis. Para-alpine skiing disciplines include the Downhill (ski competition), Downhill, Super giant slalom skiing, Super-G, Giant slalom, Slalom skiing, Slalom, Super Combined and Snowboarding, Snowboard. Para-alpine skiing classification is the classification system for para-alpine skiing designed to ensure fair competition between alpine skiers with different types of disabilities. The classifications are grouped into three general disability types: standing, blind and sitting. A factoring system was created for para-alpine skiing to allow the three classification groupings to fairly compete against each other in the same ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Lösch
Claudia Lösch (born 19 October 1988) is a successful Austrian Paralympian and alpine monoskier. She won gold medals in the slalom and super slalom at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. She also won a silver medal at the Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's Super-G. Life Lösch was born in 1988 in Vienna and at early age she was left paraplegic in 1994. Losch was brought up in Neupölla and graduated from her school in Horn in 2007 before studying political science in Innsbruck.Claudia Lösch geschichte.landesmuseum.net, retrieved 26 January 2014 Losch took up alpine sports where she has been successful in the "women sitting" events. She has won five medals at Paralympics including two gold medals. She has also c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Unstead
Rob or ROB may refer to: Places * Rob, Velike Lašče, a settlement in Slovenia * Roberts International Airport (IATA code ROB), in Monrovia, Liberia People * Rob (given name), a given name or nickname, e.g., for Robert(o), Robin/Robyn * Rob (surname) * ''Rob.'', taxonomic author abbreviation for William Robinson (gardener) (1838–1935), Irish practical gardener and journalist Fictional characters * Rob, a character from the Cartoon Network series ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' * ROB 64, a character in the ''Star Fox'' video game series Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming * '' Castlevania: Rondo of Blood'', a 1993 video game nicknamed ''Castlevania: ROB'' * R.O.B., an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System Reports * '' ISM Report On Business'' (informally, "The R.O.B."), an economic report issued by the Institute for Supply Management * '' Report on Business'', or "ROB", a section of the ''Globe and Mail'' newspaper Other uses in arts, entertainment, and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danelle Umstead
Danelle D’Aquanni Umstead (born February 15, 1972) 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. They took the bronze medal at the downhill and combined. She also competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, winning a bronze medal in the super combined. She competed in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang the downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-g, and the super combined. She has a genetic eye condition called retinitis pigmentosa. On September 12, 2018, Umstead was announced as one of the celebrities being on season 27 of '' Dancing with the Stars''. Her professional partner was Artem Chigvintsev Artem Vladimirovich Chigvintsev (russian: Артём Влади́мирович Чи́гвинцев; born 12 June 1982) is a Russian-American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Wild
Brett derives from a Middle English surname meaning "Briton" or "Breton", referring to the Celtic people of Britain and Brittany, France. Brette can be a feminine name. People with the surname * Adrian Brett (born 1945) English flutist and writer * Agnes Baldwin Brett (1876–1955), American numismatist * Bill Brett, Baron Brett (born 1942), English politician and businessman * Bob Brett (1953−2021), Australian tennis coach * Brian Brett (speedway rider) (1938-2006), English speedway rider * Brian Brett (born 1950), Canadian writer * Charles Brett (1928–2005), Northern Irish lawyer * Charles Brett (MP) (1715–1799), British politician * Dorothy Brett (1883–1977), British-American painter * George Brett (baseball) (born 1953), American baseball player, brother of Ken Brett * George Brett (general) (1886–1963), American general * George Wendell Brett (1912–2005), American philatelist * Henry Brett (polo player) (born 1974), English polo player * Jan Brett (born 1949), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millie Knight
Millicent Genevieve "Millie" Knight (born 15 January 1999) is a British skier and student who competes at international level for ParalympicsGB in alpine skiing in the slalom, giant slalom Super-G, Super Combined and Downhill events with a sighted guide, Brett Wild. When Knight was one year old, she contracted an illness, diagnosed at age three, which resulted in the loss of most of her vision by the age of six. She joined the Great Britain Paralympic skiing team in 2012, and progressed to compete at international-level events. Knight was the British flagbearer at Sochi in 2014 – her debut Paralympics - where, at the age of 15, she was the youngest person ever to compete for ParalympicsGB at the Winter Games. In the same year Knight also became an Honorary Doctor of the University of Kent. Early life and education Knight was born on 15 January 1999 in Canterbury, Kent. She was six when she lost much of her vision; in her left eye she has 5–10% peripheral vision, and in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Sana
Chloe (; ), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root ', which relates to the colors yellow and green. The common scientific prefix ''chloro-'' (e.g. chlorine and chloroplast) derives from the same Greek root. In Greek the word refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring. was one of the many epithets of the goddess Demeter. The name appears in the New Testament, in 1 Corinthians 1:11 in the context of "the house of Chloe", a leading early Christian woman in Corinth, Greece. The French spelling is Chloé. Popularity The name was a popular Ancient Greek girl's name (cf. the Ancient Greek novel Daphnis and Chloe) and remains a popular Greek name today. It has been a very popular name in the United Kingdom since the early 1990s, peaking in popularity later in the 1990s and during the first decade of the 21st century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleonor Sana
Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introduced to England by Eleanor of Aquitaine, who came to marry King Henry II. It was also borne by Eleanor of Provence, who became Queen consort of England as the wife of King Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I. The name was popular in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s, peaking at rank 25 in 1920. It declined below 600 by the 1970s, again rose to rank 32 in the 2010s. Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest-serving first lady of the US was probably the most famous bearer of the name in contemporary history. Common hypocorisms include Elle, Ella, Ellie, Elly, Leonor, Leonora, Leonore, Nella, Nellie, Nelly, and Nora. Origin The name derives from the Provençal name Aliénor, which became Eléonore in '' Langue d'oïl'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Smith (sighted Guide)
Gary or Garry Smith may refer to: Music * Gary Smith (drummer) (born 1950), member of Chase and Survivor * Gary Smith (guitarist), British avant-garde guitarist, improviser and composer * Gary Smith (heavy metal guitarist) * Gary Smith (record producer), entrepreneur, record producer, and artists' manager Politics * Garry R. Smith (born 1957), American politician in South Carolina * Gary Smith Jr. (born 1972), American politician in Louisiana * Gary Smith (political candidate), 2012 New Mexican congressional candidate * Gary Smith, burgess of Woodsboro, Maryland Sports * Gary Smith (cricketer) (born 1958), South African cricketer * Gary Smith (footballer, born 1955), English footballer * Gary Smith (footballer, born 1966), St Kitts and Nevis international footballer * Gary Smith (footballer, born 1968), English football player and coach * Gary Smith (footballer, born 1971), Scottish footballer * Gary Smith (footballer, born 1984), English footballer * Gary Smith (footballer, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Gallagher (alpine Skier)
Kelly Gallagher MBE (born 18 May 1985), is a retired British skier and the first athlete from Northern Ireland to compete in the Winter Paralympics. Gallagher won Britain's first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal during Sochi 2014. Childhood Kelly was born on 18 May 1985 and was raised in Bangor in the north of County Down. Her father, Patrick Gallagher, was an airline pilot. She is a graduate in mathematics from the University of Bath. Pre-Paralympics Kelly has oculocutaneous albinism, is visually impaired and competes with a sighted guide. At the 2009 New Zealand Winter Games Gallagher, competing with guide Claire Robb, won gold in her first ever international race, the giant slalom. She was selected for the British team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in February 2010. Gallagher is funded by the Sport Northern Ireland Athlete Support Programme and supported by the Sports Institute for Northern Ireland and is also backed by Disability Sports NI. 2010 Paralympics Kelly wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Gerkau
Lucien is a male given name. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of Lucius. Lucien, Saint Lucien, or Saint-Lucien may also refer to: People Given name * Lucien of Beauvais, Christian saint *Lucien, a band member of Delta-S *Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon *Lucien Bouchard, French-Canadian politician * Lucien Bourjeily, Lebanese writer and director *Lucien Carr, member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation *Lucien Dahdah, Lebanese politician *Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva (1893-1962), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Privy Council * Lucien Ginsburg, birth name of Serge Gainsbourg * Lucien Greaves, social activist and the spokesman and co-founder of The Satanic Temple *Lucien Jack, the real name of British singer Jack Lucien *Lucien Lagrange, a French-born, Chicago-based architect *Lucien Laurin, race horse trainer of Secretariat *Lucien Littlefield, an American actor in the silent film era (who later also appeared on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noemi Ewa Ristau
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Noemi or Noémi may refer to: * Noémie, a female given name of French origin; also spelt Noémi * Naomi (given name), a given name in many languages; also spelt Noemi * ''Noémi'' (novel), an 1895 historical novel by Sabine Baring-Gould ** Noemi (singer) (born 1982), Italian singer and music video director *** ''Noemi'' (EP), by Noemi * SS ''Noemi'' (1895), a steamship in service 1926–30 * SS ''Noemi'' (1942) a steamship in service 1961–65 * 703 Noëmi, a minor planet orbiting the sun * "Noémi", a part of the novel ''The Man with the Golden Touch'' by Mór Jókai *Noémi (novel), an 1895 novel by Sabine Baring-Gould See also * Naomi (other) Naomi or Naomie may refer to: People and biblical figures * Naomi (given name), a female given name and a list of people with the name * Naomi (biblical figure), Ruth's mother-in-law in the Old Testament Book of Ruth * Naomi (Romanian singer) (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
