Petra Smaržová (born 4 June 1990) is a disabled skier from

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Life

Smaržová was born in

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on 4 June 1990. Smaržová speaks English, German and Slovak. She started her skiing career at the World Championships in Austria in 2002. She was the second skier to finish in the standing women's slalom race and giant slalom race at the

2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships The 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was held in Sestriere, Italy, from January 14 to 23, 2011. IPC stands for International Paralympic Committee. Skiers competed in sitting, standing or visually impaired classification categories in D ...

. Smaržová also took part in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, where she again competed in the women's slalom. She is coached by Peter Matiasko and Branislav Mazgut.

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* * 1990 births Living people Slovak female alpine skiers Paralympic alpine skiers for Slovakia Paralympic bronze medalists for Slovakia Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Sportspeople from Valašské Meziříčí Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics {{Slovakia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub