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Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill

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Women's downhill
at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
VenueRosa Khutor Alpine Resort, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates8 March
2010
2018
Women's downhill (visually impaired)
at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors6 from 5 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
 Slovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jade Etherington
Guide: Caroline Powell
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandra Frantceva
Guide: Pavel Zabotin
 Russia
Women's downhill (standing)
at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marie Bochet  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Inga Medvedeva  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Allison Jones  United States
Women's downhill (sitting)
at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors6 from 4 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alana Nichols  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Laurie Stephens  United States

The women's downhill competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The competition took place on 8 March 2014.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)1001
 Germany (GER)1001
 Slovakia (SVK)1001
4 United States (USA)0123
5 Russia (RUS)*0112
6 Great Britain (GBR)0101
Totals (6 entries)3339

Visually impaired

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In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
 Slovakia 1:31.55
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Jade Etherington
Guide: Caroline Powell
 Great Britain 1:34.28 +2.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Aleksandra Frantceva
Guide: Pavel Zabotin
 Russia 1:35.78 +4.23
4 6 Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
 Australia 1:36.15 +4.60
5 2 Danelle Umstead
Guide: Robert Umstead
 United States 1:36.70 +5.15
6 5 Kelly Gallagher
Guide: Charlotte Evans
 Great Britain 1:37.36 +5.81

Standing

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Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 11 Marie Bochet  France 1:30.72  —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 13 Inga Medvedeva  Russia 1:32.19 +1.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 Allison Jones  United States 1:34.09 +3.37
4 8 Solène Jambaqué  France 1:34.88 +4.16
5 7 Mariia Papulova  Russia 1:41.37 +10.65
9 Anna Jochemsen  Netherlands DNF
12 Andrea Rothfuß  Germany DNF
14 Melania Corradini  Italy DNF

Sitting

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Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 16 Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany 1:35.55
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 15 Alana Nichols  United States 1:35.69 +0.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 18 Laurie Stephens  United States 1:36.94 +1.39
4 20 Anna-Lena Forster  Germany 1:39.71 +4.16
17 Claudia Loesch  Austria DNF
19 Anna Turney  Great Britain DNF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/25580284 Sochi Winter Paralympics: Guide to the sports