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Disabled Skiing At The 1988 Winter Olympics
Disabled skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Contrary to the Paralympics, these events were demonstrations held during the Olympics. Placement table Men's event Modified Giant slalom for above-the-Knee Amputees February 21, 1988 Cross country, 5 km (for blinds) February 17, 1988 Women's event Modified Giant slalom for above-the-Knee Amputees February 21, 1988 Cross country, 5 km (for blinds) February 17, 1988 References ''Olympic Review'' - March 1988 {{Olympic Games Disabled skiing 1988 Winter Olympics events Olympic demonstration sports Men's events at the 1988 Winter Olympics Women's events at the 1988 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disabled Skiing At The Winter Olympics
Disabled skiing was a demonstration sport, demonstration event at the Winter Olympic Games on two occasions, in 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics, 1988. Afterwards, the Paralympic Games were held in the same location as the Olympics and it was judged that as a demonstration event it was redundant. At the 1984 and 1988 Games, medals were awarded to the top three positions, but these medals were smaller in size and did not contribute to the overall medal count. 1984 Winter Olympics At the 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984 Games in Sarajevo, four events in paralympic alpine skiing were contested, all for men only. Giant Slalom skiing, Giant slalom races were held for four different standing disability classes. 1988 Winter Olympics At the 1988 Winter Olympics, 1988 Games in Calgary, events were held in paralympic alpine skiing for both men and women (giant slalom for a single standing disability class), and in paralympic cross-country skiing for both men and women (5& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Gentile
Cathy Gentile-Patti is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States in alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics held in Tignes and Albertville, France. She competed in LW2 events for athletes with a single leg amputation above the knee. She won the silver medal in the Women's Downhill LW2 event and the Women's Giant Slalom LW2 event. Early life and education On June 28, 1962, Cathy Gentile was born in Los Angeles, California. When Gentile had bone cancer at the age of nine, her right leg had to be removed. During high school, Gentile was an executive for Amputees in Motion and met people with amputations as an Orthopaedic Hospital volunteer. During the early 1980s, Gentile continued to volunteer with Orthopaedic Hospital and worked at a prosthetics manufacturer. In 1983, Gentile was selected to work on a proposed project to provide disabled skiing therapy for patients at the Orthopaedic Hospital. Career In disabled ski championships, Gentile finished sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Demonstration Sports
Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD * Wenlock Olympian Games, a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games, held since 1850 * Olympic (greyhounds), a competition held annually at Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium Clubs and teams * Adelaide Olympic FC, a soccer club from Adelaide, South Australia * Fribourg Olympic, a professional basketball club based in Fribourg, Switzerland * Sydney Olympic FC, an Australian soccer club * Olympic Club (Barbacena), a Brazilian football club based in Barbacena, Minas Gerais state * Olympic Mvolyé, a Cameroonian football club based in Mvolyé * Olympic Club (Egypt), a football and sports club based in Alexandria * Blackburn Olympic F.C., an English football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire * Rushall O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Winter Olympics Events
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian Bicentenary, Bicentennial on January 26; The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea; Soviet Union, Soviet troops begin their Soviet-Afghan War, withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is completed the 1989, next year; The 1988 Armenian earthquake kills between 25,000-50,000 people; The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar, led by students, protests the Burma Socialist Programme Party; A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the plane to crash down on the town of Lockerbie, Scotland- the event kills 270 people., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Piper Alpha rect 200 0 400 200 Iran Air Flight 655 rect 400 0 600 200 Australian Bicentenary rect 0 200 300 400 Pan Am Flight 103 rect 300 200 600 400 1988 Summer Olympics rect 0 400 200 600 8888 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margret Heger
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Margret may refer to - *1410 Margret, an asteroid *, a Norwegian steamship in service 1994-06/18 *Margret Holmes Bates (1844-1927), American author *Margret Grebowicz, Polish philosopher, author, and professor *Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1941) See also *Margaret Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsti Pennanen
Kirsti is a feminine given name. Related names include Kersti, Kirsten, Kjersti. Notable people with the name include: * Kirsti Andersen (born 1941), Danish historian of mathematics * Kirsti Bergstø (born 1981), Norwegian politician * Kirsti Biermann (born 1950), Norwegian speed skater * Kirsti Blom (born 1953), Norwegian author * Kirsti Coward (born 1940), Norwegian judge * Kirsti Eskelinen (born 1948), Finnish diplomat * Kirsti Huke (born 1977), Norwegian singer and composer * Kirsti Ilvessalo (1920–2019), Finnish textile artist * Kirsti Kauppi (born 1957), Finnish diplomat * Kirsti Koch Christensen (born 1940), Norwegian linguist * Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl (born 1943), Norwegian politician * Kirsti Lay (born 1988), Canadian cyclist and speed skater * Kirsti Leirtrø (born 1963), Norwegian politician * Kirsti Lintonen (born 1945), Finnish politician * Kirsti Manninen (born 1952), Finnish writer and screenwriter * Kirsti Paltto (born 1947), Finnish writer * Kirsti Saxi (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronika Preining
Veronika Preining-Breuer (born 21 November 1965) is an Austrian Paralympic skier. She represented Austria in Para-Alpine skiing at the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck and in Nordic skiing at the 1988 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck. She won six medals, two gold, three silvers and a bronze. Career At the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, she finished first in downhill in 2: 06.14 ( Sheila Holzworth finished the race in 2: 32.42 and Cara Dunne in 2:36.93). She won a silver medal in super combined B1 (with a realized time of 2:44.63), and bronze in the giant slalom race category B1 in 6:15.91. At the 1988 Winter Paralympics, she won gold in the 5 km race in front of the Finnish athlete Kirsti Pennanen and the Russian Valentina Grigoryeva Valentina Grigoryeva is a former Soviet cross-country skier. Grigoryeva represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, and won two bronze medals, in the five kilometre and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Hill (skier)
Martha Hill is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States at the 1984 Winter Paralympics and at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in alpine skiing. Career At the 1984 Winter Paralympics, she finished fourth in downhill, fifth in super combined, and sixth, both in slalom, and giant slalom. At the 1988 Winter Paralympics, she won the silver medals in the Women's Downhill LW2 event and in the Women's Slalom LW2 event. She also competed in disabled skiing, a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Personal life Hill is the mother of Stacy Gaskill who represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ... held in Beijing, China. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Golden (skier)
Diana Golden Brosnihan (née Diana Golden, March 20, 1963 – August 25, 2001) was an American disabled ski racer. After losing a leg to cancer at age 12, she went on to win 10 world and 19 United States championships between 1986, and 1990 as a three-tracker, or one-legged skier. Golden also won an Olympic gold medal in giant slalom at the 1988 Calgary Games, where disabled skiing was a demonstration sport. She participated in alpine skiing at two Winter Paralympic Games, in 1980, and 1988, winning two gold medals in the latter year. After retiring from skiing, cancer returned in 1992, and 1996, with her last bout of cancer resulting in her death in 2001. Early life Diana Golden grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and began skiing at the age of five, making regular trips to Cannon Mountain Ski Area with her parents. However, in 1975, at the age of 12, her right leg collapsed while she was walking home from skiing and doctors diagnosed bone cancer. As a result, the doctors had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demonstration Sport
A demonstration sport, or exhibition sport, is a sport which is played to promote it, rather than as part of standard medal competition. This occurs commonly during the Olympic Games, but may also occur at other sporting events. Demonstration sports were officially introduced in the 1912 Summer Olympics, when Sweden decided to include glima, traditional Icelandic wrestling, in the Olympic program, but with its medals not counting as official. Most organizing committees then decided to include at least one demonstration sport at each edition of the Games, usually some typical or popular sport in the host country, like baseball at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and taekwondo at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. From 1912 to 1992, only two editions of the Summer Olympics did not have demonstration sports on their program. Some demonstration sports eventually gained enough popularity to become an official sport in a subsequent edition of the Games. Traditionally, the medals awarded fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
