Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill

Women's downhill
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
VenueJeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea
Dates10 March
Competitors27 from 14 nations
2014
2022
Women's downhill (visually impaired)
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henrieta Farkašová
Guide: Natália Šubrtová
 Slovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Millie Knight
Guide: Brett Wild
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eléonor Sana
Guide: Chloe Sana
 Belgium
Women's downhill (standing)
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors12 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marie Bochet  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrea Rothfuß  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mollie Jepsen  Canada
Women's downhill (sitting)
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors7 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Momoka Muraoka  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Laurie Stephens  United States

The Women's downhill competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, South Korea. The competition took place on 10 March 2018.

Medal table

Visually impaired

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.

The race was started at 09:30.[2]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Henrieta Farkašová
Guide: Natália Šubrtová
 Slovakia 1:29.72
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Millie Knight
Guide: Brett Wild
 Great Britain 1:30.58 +0.86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Eléonor Sana
Guide: Chloe Sana
 Belgium 1:31.60 +1.88
4 3 Noemi Ewa Ristau
Guide: Lucien Gerkau
 Germany 1:33.33 +3.61
5 6 Melissa Perrine
Guide: Christian Geiger
 Australia 1:35.40 +5.68
1 Menna Fitzpatrick
Guide: Jennifer Kehoe
 Great Britain DNF
7 Danelle Umstead
Guide: Rob Umstead
 United States DNF
8 Anna Pešková
Guide: Michaela Hubačová
 Czech Republic DNF

Standing

The race was started at 09:47.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 Marie Bochet  France 1:30.30
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 12 Andrea Rothfuß  Germany 1:32.53 +2.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 Mollie Jepsen  Canada 1:34.60 +4.30
4 13 Alana Ramsay  Canada 1:35.21 +4.91
5 15 Maria Papulova  Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:36.12 +5.82
6 17 Erin Latimer  Canada 1:38.87 +8.57
7 16 Melanie Schwartz  United States 1:39.38 +9.08
8 14 Stephanie Jallen  United States 1:40.64 +10.34
9 19 Mel Pemble  Canada 1:42.22 +11.92
11 Anna Jochemsen  Netherlands DNF
18 Ally Kunkel  United States DNF
20 Frederique Turgeon  Canada DNF

Sitting

The race was started at 10:17.[4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 21 Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany 1:33.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 24 Momoka Muraoka  Japan 1:34.75 +1.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 25 Laurie Stephens  United States 1:35.80 +2.54
4 27 Victoria Pendergast  Australia 1:44.14 +10.88
22 Anna-Lena Forster  Germany DNF
23 Claudia Lösch  Austria DNF
26 Stephani Victor  Switzerland DNF

See also

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