Sarah Billmeier is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States in alpine skiing at the 1992, 1994, 1998 and 2002 Winter Paralympics. In total she won seven gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze medal.
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She competed in LW2 events for athletes with a single leg amputation above the knee.[1] She lost her left leg above the knee to bone cancer when she was five years old.[2]
Achievements
editYear | Competition | Location | Position | Event | Time |
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1992 | 1992 Winter Paralympics | Tignes/Albertville, France | 2nd | Women's Super-G LW2 | 1:20.98[3] |
1st | Women's Giant Slalom LW2 | 2:22.85[4] | |||
1st | Women's Downhill LW2 | 1:17.85[5] | |||
1994 | 1994 Winter Paralympics | Lillehammer, Norway | 2nd | Women's Slalom LW2 | 1:33.22[6] |
1st | Women's Super-G LW2 | 1:18.36[7] | |||
1st | Women's Downhill LW2 | 1:17.77[8] | |||
1998 | 1998 Winter Paralympics | Nagano, Japan | 1st | Women's Slalom LW2 | 2:04.99[9] |
2nd | Women's Super-G LW2 | 1:09.04[10] | |||
3rd | Women's Giant Slalom LW2 | 2:49.44[11] | |||
1st | Women's Downhill LW2 | 1:14.79[12] | |||
2002 | 2002 Winter Paralympics | Salt Lake City, United States | 2nd | Women's Slalom LW2 | 1:51.90[13] |
1st | Women's Super-G LW2 | 1:18.43[14] | |||
2nd | Women's Downhill LW2 | 1:28.50[15] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Winter Sport Classification". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Billmeier: Uphill racer". The Harvard Gazette. June 8, 2006. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Giant Slalom LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Slalom LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Slalom LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Giant Slalom LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Slalom LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
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