Ragnhild Myklebust Explained
Ragnhild Myklebust, PLY[1] is a Norwegian Nordic skier and multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games., she holds the record for the most ever medals won at the Winter Paralympics, having won 27 medals,[2] of which 22 were gold.
Biography
Myklebust won five gold medals and one silver at the 1988 Winter Paralympics, two gold at the 1992 Games, five gold, two silver and two bronze in 1994,[3] five gold in Nagano[4] and five gold in 2002.[5] She has won Paralympic medals in short, middle and long-distance cross-country races, relays, the biathlon, and ice sledge racing.[6]
See also
- Athletes with most gold medals in one event at the Paralympic Games
Notes
Notes and References
- Web site: The Paralympic pioneers who helped create a PLY legacy. International Paralympic Committee.
- http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/OrganizingCommittee/MediaCentre/NewsReleases/2007/12/13/76537_0712131208-140 "Possibilité de médaille d'or : Vancouver 2010 annonce la recherche d'un concepteur pour les médailles olympiques et paralympiques"
- http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/Past_Games/Lillehammer_1994/ "Lillehammer 1994"
- Web site: Paralympic Results & Historical Records.
- http://saltlake2002.paralympic.org/sports/nordic/no_features/031502/one.html "Strive for five: Norway's Myklebust wins her fifth gold of the Games"
- Web site: Athlete Search Results . 2008 . . 2008-10-22.
