Aleksandra Frantseva Explained
Aleksandra Vyachelsavovna Frantseva (Russian: Александра Вячеславовна Францева; born 24 April 1987) is a Russian Paralympic alpine skier who won two gold, two silver and a bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. She performed in the events for the athletes with impaired vision where she was assisted by a guide named Pavel Zabotin.[1]
Personal history
Aleksandra Frantseva was born in Kamchatka Krai.[2] On 17 March 2014 she was awarded Russian Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", IV class.[3]
Career
On 18 January 2014 she won 2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup by beating Jade Etherington by one hundredth of a second in Copper Mountain, Colorado.[4]
At the 2014 Paralympics, Frantseva won gold medals in slalom and super combined and also won silver one for super-G defeating Etherington on Friday 14 March.[5] [6] Later on she won a bronze medal for downhill skiing at the same place.[7]
Notes and References
- News: Double gold has Kelly Gallagher dreaming. Stuart McKinley. Belfast Telegraph. January 15, 2014. May 22, 2014.
- News: Alpine skier Aleksandra Frantseva wins 12th gold medal for Russia . March 12, 2014 . May 22, 2014 . May 22, 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140522014420/http://www.sochiadm.ru/en/press-sluzhba/29116/ .
- Web site: Чемпионы и призёры XI Паралимпийских зимних игр, награждённые государственными наградами Российской Федерации . March 17, 2014 . May 23, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140323181747/http://news.kremlin.ru/ref_notes/1620 . March 23, 2014 . live .
- News: January 19, 2014 . Frantseva beats Etherington by one-hundredth of a second . . May 22, 2014 . February 21, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221073403/http://www.paralympic.org/news/frantseva-beats-etherington-one-hundredth-second . live .
- News: Russia's Frantseva Edges Britain's Etherington in Paralympic Skiing . March 14, 2014 . May 22, 2014 . May 22, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140522033941/http://en.ria.ru/sochi2014/20140314/188423141/Russias-Frantseva-Edges-Britains-Etherington-in-Paralympic.html . mdy-all .
- News: Paralympics: Russia's Frantseva Edges Britain's Etherington for Slalom Gold . . March 20, 2014 . May 22, 2014 . May 22, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140522034146/http://en.ria.ru/sochi2014/20140312/188350892/Paralympics-Russias-Frantseva-Edges-Britains-Etherington-for.html . mdy-all .
- News: Russian Alpine skier Aleksandra Frantseva won the gold medal in visually impaired SG race . . March 14, 2014 . May 22, 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140522014937/http://en.itar-tass.com/sports/723531 . May 22, 2014 .
