Sarah Billmeier Explained

Sarah Billmeier
Country:United States
Sport:Para-alpine skiing

Sarah Billmeier is an American para-alpine skier. She represented the United States in alpine skiing at the 1992, 1994, 1998 and 2002 Winter Paralympics. In total she won seven gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze medal.

She competed in LW2 events for athletes with a single leg amputation above the knee.[1] She lost her left leg above the knee to bone cancer when she was five years old.[2]

Achievements

Year Competition Location Position Event Time
19921992 Winter ParalympicsTignes/Albertville, Francebgcolor=silver 2ndWomen's Super-G LW21:20.98[3]
bgcolor=gold 1stWomen's Giant Slalom LW22:22.85[4]
bgcolor=gold 1stWomen's Downhill LW21:17.85[5]
19941994 Winter ParalympicsLillehammer, Norwaybgcolor=silver 2ndWomen's Slalom LW21:33.22[6]
bgcolor=gold 1stWomen's Super-G LW21:18.36[7]
bgcolor=gold 1stWomen's Downhill LW21:17.77[8]
19981998 Winter ParalympicsNagano, Japanbgcolor=gold 1stWomen's Slalom LW22:04.99[9]
bgcolor=silver 2ndWomen's Super-G LW21:09.04[10]
bgcolor=cc9966 3rdWomen's Giant Slalom LW22:49.44[11]
bgcolor=gold 1stWomen's Downhill LW21:14.79[12]
20022002 Winter ParalympicsSalt Lake City, United Statesbgcolor=silver 2ndWomen's Slalom LW21:51.90[13]
bgcolor=gold 1stWomen's Super-G LW21:18.43[14]
bgcolor=silver 2ndWomen's Downhill LW21:28.50[15]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Winter Sport Classification. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130709124200/https://www.paralympic.ca/en/Sports/Winter-Sport-Classification.html. July 9, 2013. February 3, 2021. Canadian Paralympic Committee.
  2. Web site: Sarah Billmeier: Uphill racer. February 3, 2021. The Harvard Gazette. June 8, 2006 .
  3. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722224407/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/albertville-1992/alpine-skiing/womens-super-g-lw2.
  4. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Giant Slalom LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722224351/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/albertville-1992/alpine-skiing/womens-giant-slalom-lw2.
  5. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722224336/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/albertville-1992/alpine-skiing/womens-downhill-lw2.
  6. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Slalom LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722224855/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/lillehammer-1994/alpine-skiing/womens-slalom-lw2.
  7. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722224841/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/lillehammer-1994/alpine-skiing/womens-super-g-lw2.
  8. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722224825/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/lillehammer-1994/alpine-skiing/womens-downhill-lw2.
  9. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Slalom LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722225105/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/nagano-1998/alpine-skiing/womens-slalom-lw2.
  10. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722225049/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/nagano-1998/alpine-skiing/womens-super-g-lw2.
  11. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Giant Slalom LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722225034/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/nagano-1998/alpine-skiing/womens-giant-slalom-lw2.
  12. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722225020/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/nagano-1998/alpine-skiing/womens-downhill-lw2.
  13. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Slalom LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722225335/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/salt-lake-city-2002/alpine-skiing/womens-slalom-lw2.
  14. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722225318/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/salt-lake-city-2002/alpine-skiing/womens-super-g-lw2.
  15. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2. paralympic.org. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722225304/https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/results/salt-lake-city-2002/alpine-skiing/womens-downhill-lw2.

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