Veronika Preining Explained

Veronika Preining
Fullname:	Veronika Preining-Breuer
Sport:	Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing
Disability Class:	B1
Birth Date:	21 November 1965

Veronika Preining-Breuer (born 21 November 1965) is an Austrian Paralympic skier. She represented Austria in Para-Alpine skiing at the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck and in Nordic skiing at the 1988 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck. She won six medals, two gold, three silvers and a bronze.^{[1] [2]}

Career

At the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, she finished first in downhill in 2:06.14 (Sheila Holzworth finished the race in 2: 32.42 and Cara Dunne in 2:36.93).^[3] She won a silver medal in super combined B1 (with a realized time of 2:44.63),^[4] and bronze in the giant slalom race category B1 in 6:15.91.^[5]

At the 1988 Winter Paralympics, she won gold in the 5 km race in front of the Finnish athlete Kirsti Pennanen and the Russian Valentina Grigoryeva,^[6] the silver in the 10 km race,^[7] and the bronze in the 3x5 km event in category B1-3.^[8]

She competed at the 1990 World Nordic disabled championships, winning a gold medal, in 10 kilometers.^[9]

References

1. Web site: Veronika Preining - Alpine skiing, Nordic Skiing Paralympic Athlete Profile . 2022-10-26 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
2. Web site: 28 January 2023. Veronika Preining - Olympedia. Olympedia.
3. Web site: Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-downhill-b1 . 2022-10-26 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
4. Web site: Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-alpine-combination-b1 . 2022-10-26 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
5. Web site: Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-alpine-combination-b1 . 2022-10-26 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
6. Web site: Innsbruck 1988 - cross-country – womens-short-distance-5-km-b1 . 2022-10-26 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
7. Web site: Innsbruck 1988 - cross-country – womens-long-distance-10-km-b1 . 2022-10-26 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
8. Web site: Innsbruck 1988 - cross-country – womens-3x5-km-relay-b1-3 . 2022-10-26 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
9. Web site: WORLD NORDIC DISABLED CHAMPIONSHIPS 1990 . skiforbundet.no.