Henrieta Farkašová (born 3 May 1986) is a retired Slovak

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether ...

, eleven-time

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

champion and seventeen-time world champion in the

B3 (classification) B3 is a medical based Paralympic disability sport classification, classification for blindness, blind sport. Competitors in this classification have partial sight, with visual acuity from 2/60 to 6/60. It is used by a number of blind sports inc ...

category.

Biography

Farkašová's motto is: "Impossible is nothing". Farkašová won three gold medals at the

2010 Winter Paralympics The 2010 Winter Paralympics (), or the tenth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, from March 12 to 21, 2010. The opening ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing ...

, at Whistler Creekside in the Women's giant slalom, Women's Super combined, Women's super-G, visually impaired and a silver medal in Women's downhill, visually impaired. Farkašová clinched the sixth gold medal of her Paralympic career when she won the women's visually impaired downhill event during the

2018 Winter Paralympics The 2018 Winter Paralympics (), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the Internation ...

. In 2019 she received Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. Farkašová skiing guide was Natália Šubrtová. Her new skiing guide is Michal Červeň.

Other activities

Farkašová appeared in 2023 season of Let's Dance.

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* * 1986 births Living people Slovak female alpine skiers Paralympic alpine skiers for Slovakia Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Slovakia Paralympic silver medalists for Slovakia Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing Laureus World Sports Awards winners Paralympic Sport Awards — Best Female winners Sportspeople from Rožňava {{Slovakia-Paralympic-medalist-stub