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

Event:	Alpine skiing - Women's downhill
Games:	2006 Winter
Venue:	Sestriere
Prev:	2002
Next:	2010

Women's downhill skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Sestriere on 11 and 12 March.

There were three 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.

Visually impaired

The visually impaired event took place on 12 March. It was won by Pascale Casanova, representing .^[1]

Rank	Name	Class	Real time	Calc time	Difference
	Guide: Benedicte Sainas	B2	1:43.62	1:28.79
	Guide: Emil Gasteiger	B3	1:43.17	1:32.61	+3.82
	Guide: Lorenzo Migliari	B1	2:48.42	1:34.37	+5.58
4	Guide: Marina Romero	B3	1:57.44	1:45.42	+16.63
5	Guide: Eric Maurice Dejager	B2	2:04.91	1:47.03	+18.24
	Guide: Martin Kulisek	B2

Sitting

The sitting event took place on 12 March. It was won by Laurie Stephens, representing .^[2] ^[3]

Rank	Class	Real time	Calc time	Difference
	LW12-1	1:46.86	1:29.96
	LW12-2	1:46.70	1:30.89	+0.93
	LW11	1:50.34	1:31.30	+1.34
4	LW11	1:56.71	1:36.57	+6.61
	LW12-2	DNS
	LW10-2	DNF
	LW12-1	DNF

Standing

The standing event took place on 11 March. It was won by Solène Jambaqué, representing .^[4]

Rank	Class	Real time	Calc time	Difference
	LW9-2	1:32.31	1:28.00
	LW4	1:30.23	1:30.00	+2.00
	LW6/8-2	1:30.43	1:30.43	+2.43
	LW3-1	1:37.91	1:31.64	+3.64
	LW2	1:38.33	1:33.05	+5.05
	LW6/8-1	1:33.31	1:33.12	+5.12
	LW2	1:40.58	1:35.18	+7.18
	LW2	1:40.95	1:35.53	+7.53
	LW2	1:42.69	1:37.17	+9.17
10	LW4	1:40.44	1:40.19	+12.19
11	LW5/7-2	1:43.36	1:41.59	+13.59
12	LW2	1:50.33	1:44.40	+16.40
13	LW6/8-2	1:50.03	1:50.03	+22.03

Notes and References

Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614143929/http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org/PDF/AS/C73A_ASW310101.pdf. Women's Downhill Visually impaired. 14 June 2006. Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. 8 October 2012.
Web site: Torino 2006: Alpine Skiing: Women's Downhill sitting . International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 9 October 2012.
Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614143916/http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org/PDF/AS/C73A_ASW240101.pdf. Women's Super-G Sitting. 14 June 2006. Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. 9 October 2012. (source for the skiers' classifications)..
Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060614111336/http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org/PDF/AS/C73A_ASW110101.pdf. Women's Downhill Standing. 14 June 2006. Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. 8 October 2012.