Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill
| Alpine skiing - Women's downhill at the IX Paralympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Sestriere |
| Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
Women's downhill skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Sestriere on 11 and 12 March.
There were three events. Each was contested by skiers from a range of disability classes, and the standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.
Visually impaired
The visually impaired event was competed on 12 March. It was won by Pascale Casanova, representing 
France.[1]
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real time |
Calc time |
Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Pascale Casanova Guide: Benedicte Sainas |
France |
B2 | 1:43.62 | 1:28.79 | |
 |
Sabine Gasteiger Guide: Emil Gasteiger |
 Austria |
B3 | 1:43.17 | 1:32.61 | +3.82 |
 |
Silvia Parente Guide: Lorenzo Migliari |
 Italy |
B1 | 2:48.42 | 1:34.37 | +5.58 |
| 4 | Carmen Garcia Rigav Guide: Marina Romero |
 Spain |
B3 | 1:57.44 | 1:45.42 | +16.63 |
| 5 | Natasha De Troyer Guide: Eric Maurice Dejager |
 Belgium |
B2 | 2:04.91 | 1:47.03 | +18.24 |
| - | Anna Kuliskova Guide: Martin Kulisek |
 Czech Republic |
B2 |
Sitting
The sitting event was competed on 12 March. It was won by Laurie Stephens, representing 
United States.[2][3]
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real time |
Calc time |
Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Laurie Stephens | United States |
LW12-1 | 1:46.86 | 1:29.96 | |
|
Kuniko Obinata |  Japan |
LW12-2 | 1:46.70 | 1:30.89 | +0.93 |
|
Claudia Loesch | Austria |
LW11 | 1:50.34 | 1:31.30 | +1.34 |
| 4 | Lacey Heward | United States |
LW11 | 1:56.71 | 1:36.57 | +6.61 |
| - | Stephani Victor | United States |
LW12-2 | DNS | ||
| - | Tatsuko Aoki | Japan |
LW10-2 | DNF | ||
| - | Kimberly Joines |  Canada |
LW12-1 | DNF |
Standing
The standing event was competed on 11 March. It was won by Solène Jambaqué, representing France.[4]
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real time |
Calc time |
Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Solène Jambaqué | France |
LW9-2 | 1:32.31 | 1:28.00 | |
|
Reinhild Möller |  Germany |
LW4 | 1:30.23 | 1:30.00 | +2.00 |
|
Iveta Chlebakova |  Slovakia |
LW6/8-2 | 1:30.43 | 1:30.43 | +2.43 |
| 4 | Lauren Woolstencroft | Canada |
LW3-1 | 1:37.91 | 1:31.64 | +3.64 |
| 5 | Danja Haslacher | Austria |
LW2 | 1:38.33 | 1:33.05 | +5.05 |
| 6 | Melania Corradini | Italy |
LW6/8-1 | 1:33.31 | 1:33.12 | +5.12 |
| 7 | Allison Jones | United States |
LW2 | 1:40.58 | 1:35.18 | +7.18 |
| 8 | Sandy Dukat | United States |
LW2 | 1:40.95 | 1:35.53 | +7.53 |
| 9 | Elitsa Storey | United States |
LW2 | 1:42.69 | 1:37.17 | +9.17 |
| 10 | Liz Miller |  Great Britain |
LW4 | 1:40.44 | 1:40.19 | +12.19 |
| 11 | Arly Fogarty | Canada |
LW5/7-2 | 1:43.36 | 1:41.59 | +13.59 |
| 12 | Katja Saarinen |  Finland |
LW2 | 1:50.33 | 1:44.40 | +16.40 |
| 13 | Naomi Sasaki | Japan |
LW6/8-2 | 1:50.03 | 1:50.03 | +22.03 |
References
- ^ "Women's Downhill Visually impaired" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ "Torino 2006: Alpine Skiing: Women's Downhill sitting". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ "Women's Super-G Sitting" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2012 (source for the skiers' classifications).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Women's Downhill Standing" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2012.