Barbara Aigner (born 29 April 2005) is an Austrian visually impaired para alpine skier who competed at the

2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), was an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter Paralympic Games, as administered by the Inte ...

Career

Aigner made her debut at the

2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022. It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiin ...

where she won the gold medal in the giant slalom event. Aigner competed at the

and won a silver medal in the

slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

and a bronze medal in the

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

Personal life

Aigner's twin brother,

Johannes Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

, and older sister Veronika are both visually impaired para skiers.

References

2005 births Living people Austrian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Austria Paralympic bronze medalists for Austria Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors Austrian blind people Austrian twins 21st-century Austrian women {{Austria-Paralympic-medalist-stub