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

Alpine skiing - Women's downhill at the IX Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Sestriere

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  France.^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real time	Calc time	Difference
	Pascale Casanova Guide: Benedicte Sainas	France	B2	1:43.62	1:28.79
	Sabine Gasteiger Guide: Emil Gasteiger	Austria	B3	1:43.17	1:32.61	+3.82
	Silvia Parente Guide: Lorenzo Migliari	Italy	B1	2:48.42	1:34.37	+5.58
4	Carmen Garcia Rigav Guide: Marina Romero	Spain	B3	1:57.44	1:45.42	+16.63
5	Natasha De Troyer Guide: Eric Maurice Dejager	Belgium	B2	2:04.91	1:47.03	+18.24
-	Anna Kuliskova Guide: Martin Kulisek	Czech Republic	B2

Sitting

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

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real time	Calc time	Difference
	Laurie Stephens	United States	LW12-1	1:46.86	1:29.96
	Kuniko Obinata	Japan	LW12-2	1:46.70	1:30.89	+0.93
	Claudia Loesch	Austria	LW11	1:50.34	1:31.30	+1.34
4	Lacey Heward	United States	LW11	1:56.71	1:36.57	+6.61
-	Stephani Victor	United States	LW12-2	DNS
-	Tatsuko Aoki	Japan	LW10-2	DNF
-	Kimberly Joines	Canada	LW12-1	DNF

Standing

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

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real time	Calc time	Difference
	Solène Jambaqué	France	LW9-2	1:32.31	1:28.00
	Reinhild Möller	Germany	LW4	1:30.23	1:30.00	+2.00
	Iveta Chlebakova	Slovakia	LW6/8-2	1:30.43	1:30.43	+2.43
4	Lauren Woolstencroft	Canada	LW3-1	1:37.91	1:31.64	+3.64
5	Danja Haslacher	Austria	LW2	1:38.33	1:33.05	+5.05
6	Melania Corradini	Italy	LW6/8-1	1:33.31	1:33.12	+5.12
7	Allison Jones	United States	LW2	1:40.58	1:35.18	+7.18
8	Sandy Dukat	United States	LW2	1:40.95	1:35.53	+7.53
9	Elitsa Storey	United States	LW2	1:42.69	1:37.17	+9.17
10	Liz Miller	Great Britain	LW4	1:40.44	1:40.19	+12.19
11	Arly Fogarty	Canada	LW5/7-2	1:43.36	1:41.59	+13.59
12	Katja Saarinen	Finland	LW2	1:50.33	1:44.40	+16.40
13	Naomi Sasaki	Japan	LW6/8-2	1:50.03	1:50.03	+22.03

References

1. "Women's Downhill Visually impaired" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
2. "Torino 2006: Alpine Skiing: Women's Downhill sitting". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 9 October 2012.
3. "Women's Super-G Sitting" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2012(source for the skiers' classifications).
4. "Women's Downhill Standing" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2012.