Austria at the 2010 Winter Paralympics explained

Npc:	AUT
Npcname:	Austrian Paralympic Committee
Games:	Winter Paralympics
Year:	2010
Website:
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	19
Sports:	3
Flagbearer:	Robert Meusburger^[1]
Rank:	7
Gold:	3
Silver:	4
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

Austria sent delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, in Vancouver. It fielded a total of nineteen athletes, in alpine skiing, biathlon and cross-country skiing.^[2]

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.

Seventeen athletes participated in the Alpine Ski competitions, with all of the medalists winning medals in the ski events. The medalists are:

• Claudia Loesch, Women's Super-G, sitting
• Claudia Loesch, Women's Slalom, sitting
• Sabine Gasteiger, Women's Slalom, visually impaired
• Claudia Loesch, Women's Super Combined, sitting
• Sabine Gasteiger, Women's Giant Slalom, visually impaired
• Robert Meusburger, Men's Giant Slalom, standing
• Jurgen Egle, Men's Super Combined, sitting
• Claudia Loesch, Women's Downhill, sitting
• Hubert Mandl, Men's Super-G, Standing
• Philipp Bonadimann, Men's Super Combined, sitting
• Philipp Bonadimann, Men's Slalom, sitting

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.

See also

• Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Austria at the Paralympics

External links

• Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games official website
• International Paralympic Committee official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony . . 12 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100620033748/http://paralympic.org/export/sites/default/Media_Centre/News/General_News/FLAG_BEARER_NOMINATIONS_Opening_Ceremony.pdf . 2010-06-20 .
2. http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/athletes/index_cf-Yx.html?cat6=&cat1=42998&q=--+Keywords+-- List of Austria's athletes