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Félix Aznar
Félix Aznar is a Spanish skier who has served as para-alpine guide for Paralympic skiers including Andrés Boira and Gabriel Gorce. He skied with Gorce at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. He has competed in the European Cup and the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup as a guide skier. Skiing Aznar was the guide-skier for Andrés Boira and Gabriel Gorce. Skiing with Boira, Aznar finished the 2006/2007 European Cup season in second place. At the 2007 Paralympic Winter World Cup, he earned a medal. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, Boria and Aznar finished second in the Super G, were disqualified in the giant slalom and finished second in the slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, Boria and Aznar were some of the Spanish skiers competing at the event. He finished the 2007/2008 European Cup season in eighth place after the five test events. At the February 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para-alpine Skiing
Para-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 skiin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
