Henrieta Farkašová
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| Born | 3 May 1986 Rožňava, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Henrieta Farkašová (born 3 May 1986)[1] is a retired Slovak alpine skier, eleven-time Paralympic champion and seventeen-time world champion in the B3 (classification) category.
Biography
[edit]Farkašová's motto is: "Impossible is nothing".
Farkašová won three gold medals at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, at Whistler Creekside in the Women's giant slalom, Women's Super combined, Women's super-G, visually impaired and a silver medal in Women's downhill, visually impaired.
Farkašová clinched the sixth gold medal of her Paralympic career when she won the women's visually impaired downhill event during the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[2]
In 2019 she received Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability.
Farkašová skiing guide was Natália Šubrtová. Her new skiing guide is Michal Červeň.
Other activities
[edit]Farkašová appeared in 2023 season of Let's Dance.
References
[edit]- ^ "FARKAŠOVÁ Henrieta". International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
- ^ "Alpine Skiing | Athlete Profile: Henrieta FARKASOVA - Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
External links
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- Henrieta Farkasova at the International Paralympic Committee
- Henrieta Farkašová at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Henrieta Farkašová at the Slovenský Paralympijský Výbor [sk] (in Slovak)
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- 1986 births
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