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Irene Villa
Irene Villa (born 21 November 1978) is a Spanish author and journalist who became a political figure after losing both legs in an ETA (separatist group), ETA attack in Madrid at the age of 12. She was particularly vocal in her opposition to José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero's policy of offering peace talks to the group if they disarmed. She has since become a para-alpine skiing, para-alpine skier. Personal Villa grew up and continues to live in Madrid. On 12 October 1991, Villa lost both of her legs and several fingers as a result of a bombing by Basque terrorist group ETA (separatist group), ETA. Her father told the doctors not to do anything and that it would be better to let her die because her injuries were so extensive and her life would be full of suffering. The doctors did not heed his request. Her mother also lost a leg and an arm in the bombing. Following her experience with the attack, she has been active in opposing any government-led negotiations with ETA (separatist gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para-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, Super-G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Super Combined and 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 race despite different functional skiing levels and medical challenges. Alpine ski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
