Matthew Stockford
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Paralympic alpine skiing | ||
Representing  Great Britain
| ||
| Winter Paralympic Games | ||
 |
1992 Albertville/Tignes | Downhill LW10 |
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1992 Albertville/Tignes | Giant slalom LW10 |
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1992 Albertville/Tignes | Super-G LW10 |
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1994 Lillehammer | Super-G LWX |
Matthew Stockford is a British former Paralympic skier who won medals at the 1992 Winter Paralympics and 1994 Winter Paralympics.[1] Stockford broke his back in a skiing accident in 1985. He competed using a monoski – a specially fitted chair over a single ski that includes seat belts and other strapping, as well as a suspension device to minimise wear and tear on the skier's body.[2]
Skiing career[edit]
In his first competitive event after his accident, The 1990 World Disabled Ski Championships, Stockford won a gold medal in the downhill and bronze in the slalom.[2]
Paralympics[edit]
Stockford first competed at the Winter Paralympics during the 1992 Games held in Tignes and Albertville, France. He took part in four alpine skiing events, downhill, giant slalom, super-G and slalom, in the LW10 classification for athletes who race sitting down.[3][4] He won three bronze medals in the downhill, super-G and giant slalom events.[1][5] After Stockford won the bronze in downhill, the British delegation filed a protest claiming that the two American skiers ahead of him should not have been in the LW10 category.[6] The medical committee rejected the protest on the grounds that all classifications had been determined at the start of the competition. In the slalom Stockford finished fourth, missing out on a medal by one position and 10.65 seconds.[7]
At the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Stockford again competed in downhill, giant slalom, super-G and slalom events in a classification now renamed as LWX. He failed to finish in the downhill slalom or giant slalom but picked up his fourth Paralympic bronze medal in the super-G.[3] Since this bronze, and the four others won by British athletes in Lillehammer, Britain has failed to win any Paralympic alpine skiing medals.[8]
Stockford now runs a successful property business in London. In 2006 Stockford became the manager of British Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott after meeting her sister-in-law's father at a party. He helped Alcott set up a team of support staff and raise funding from private sources with the aim of winning a medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[9][10]
Climate Change Denial[edit]
Matthew believes that anthropological climate change is a global scam and that the Paris Accords are set up to transfer manufacturing "from the west to the east".[11]
See also[edit]
- Great Britain at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
- Great Britain at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Brief History" (PDF). British Disabled Ski Team. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ a b Abood, Thomas (22 September 1990). "Winter park – Jackson Village ... the two world championships ... Alpine and Nordic skiing". Palaestra. 6 (5): 34–37. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Matthew Stockford". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "Sport Profiles, Alpine Skiing". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Ramsay, Alix (4 April 1992). "Champion tries a secret weapon". The Times. Sport section.
- ^ Ramsay, Alix (30 March 1992). "Ski team protests". The Times. Sport section.
- ^ "Results Tignes-Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Men's Slalom LW10". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Kelly Gallagher claims fourth at Winter Paralympics". BBC Sport. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Team Chemmy: Bankrolling Alcott's blonde ambition". The Independent. 1 November 2007. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Chemmy Alcott: Beauty and the piste". The Express. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "twitter". Retrieved 4 November 2020.
External links[edit]
- Living people
- British male alpine skiers
- Paralympic alpine skiers for Great Britain
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics