Alpine Skiing at the Winter Paralympic Games
Alpine skiing for athletes with a disability has been on the Paralympic program since the first event in 1976. Two alpine skiing events (slalom and giant slalom) were held at the first Paralympic Winter Games in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, in 1976. In 1984, Downhill skiing was added, and super-G added in 1994.
Up until 1998, the alpine skiing events were only for standing classes. Events for seated skiers (mono-skiing) were introduced at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games. Sit-skiing was introduced as a demonstration sport at the Innsbruck 1984 Paralympics and became a medal event at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Games.
Currently there are three categories depending on the athlete's type of impairment: sitting, standing and vision impaired.
For the 2014 Games, Para-snowboard was introduced as a discipline of alpine skiing, and became a separate sports category for 2018.
Paralympic seated skierCurrent Alpine Skiing Events
- Downhill (sitting, standing, visually impaired): women – men
- Super-G (sitting, standing, visually impaired): women – men
- Giant slalom (sitting, standing, visually impaired): women – men
- Slalom (sitting, standing, visually impaired): women – men
- Super combined (sitting, standing, visually impaired): women – men
Related Pages
- List of sports at the Winter Paralympics
- Skiing at the Winter Olympics
- List of Sports for Athletes with Disabilities
- Disabled Skiing demonstration sport at the Winter Olympics in 1984 and 1988
- More about skiing sports
- Complete list of sports
- Main Winter Paralympics page
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