Vivienne Gapes
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| Nickname | Viv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 1959 (age 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vivienne Gapes (formerly Vivienne Martin; born 17 June 1959) is a Paralympic medalist from New Zealand who competed in alpine skiing. She competed in the 1984 Winter Paralympics where she won a gold in giant slalom and a pair of silver medals in downhill and alpine combination.[1][2][3] Two years later she won the same medal haul with a gold in giant slalom, silver in downhill and silver in alpine combination at the 1986 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Sälen, Sweden.
References
[edit]- ^ "Paralympics New Zealand". Paralympics.org.nz. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "New Zealand Medalists". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".
External links
[edit]- Viv Gapes (Martin) at Paralympics New Zealand
- Vivienne Martin at the International Paralympic Committee
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- New Zealand female alpine skiers
- Paralympic alpine skiers for New Zealand
- Paralympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- Paralympic silver medalists for New Zealand
- Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Winter Paralympics
- 20th-century New Zealand women
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- New Zealand Paralympic medalist stubs