Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's giant slalom explained

Event:	Alpine skiing - Women's giant slalom
Games:	2006 Winter
Venue:	Sestriere
Dates:	16–17 March
Prev:	2002
Next:	2010

Women's giant slalom events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Sestriere on 16 and 17 March.

There were 3 events. Each was contested by skiers from a range of disability classes, and the standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved. All times shown below are calculated times, except for the final "Real time" column.

Visually impaired

The visually impaired event took place on 17 March. It was won by Silvia Parente, representing .^[1]

Rank	Name	Class	Diff
	Guide: Lorenzo Migliari	B1
	Guide: Benedicte Sainas	B2	+0.27
	Guide: Emil Gasteiger	B3	+1.32
	Guide: Martin Kulisek	B2	+15.48
	Guide: Eric Maurice Dejager	B2	+16.21
	Guide: Marina Romero	B3	+18.96
	Guide: Marc Oliveras	B3	+35.30
	Guide: Anna Maresma	B1	+38.85
	Guide: Francisco Manuel Borromeo	B1	+1.15
10	Guide: Manel Fernandez	B2	+7.29

Sitting

The sitting event took place on 17 March. It was won by Kuniko Obinata, representing .^[2]

Rank	Class	Diff
	LW12-2
	LW12-1	+0.08
	LW10-2	+3.05
	LW12-2	+7.60
	LW11	+10.99
	LW10-2	+11.61
	LW12-1	+15.45
	LW11	+17.47
	LW12-2	+19.77
10	LW11	+56.37
11	LW12-2	+38.26
	LW12-2

Standing

The standing event took place on 16 March. It was won by Lauren Woolstencroft, representing .^[3]

Rank	Class	Diff
	LW3-1
	LW6/8-2	+1.61
	LW9-2	+2.00
	LW6/8-2	+4.08
	LW2	+5.35
	LW6/8-2	+7.40
	LW6/8-2	+7.45
	LW2	+7.55
	LW4	+8.70
10	LW2	+10.99
11	LW2	+12.68
12	LW6/8-2	+14.08
13	LW2	+15.46
14	LW4	+15.65
15	LW5/7-2	+16.52
16	LW6/8-2	+16.57
17	LW2	+21.16
18	LW9-2	+22.75
19	LW3-2	+22.99
20	LW2	+23.92
21	LW2	+38.37
	LW6/8-1

Notes and References

Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614133655/http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org/PDF/AS/C73C_ASW330102.pdf. Women's Giant Slalom Visually impaired 2nd Run. 14 June 2006. Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. 10 October 2012.
Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614121940/http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org/PDF/AS/C73C_ASW230102.pdf. Women's Giant Slalom Sitting 2nd Run. 14 June 2006. Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. 10 October 2012.
Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614094405/http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org/PDF/AS/C73C_ASW130102.pdf. Women's Giant Slalom Standing 2nd Run. 14 June 2006. Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. 10 October 2012.