Richard Burt (skier)

For other people of the same name, see Richard Burt (disambiguation).

Richard Burt

Medal record
Men's para-alpine skiing
Representing  Great Britain
Winter Paralympic Games
	1992 Albertville/Tignes	Giant slalom B3
	1992 Albertville/Tignes	Super-G B3
	1994 Lillehammer	Giant slalom B3
	1994 Lillehammer	Super-G B3

Richard Burt is a British former Paralympic skier who won medals at the 1992 Winter Paralympics and 1994 Winter Paralympics.^[1]

Paralympics

Burt's first appearance at the Winter Paralympics was during the 1992 Games held in Tignes and Albertville, France. He competed in the giant slalom and super-G events in the B3 classification.^[2] Burt competed in the B3 classification for visually impaired athletes.^[3] In the super-G Burt won a bronze medal, finishing behind Bruno Oberhammer of Italy and the United States' Brian Santos.^[4] In the giant slalom Burt recorded a time less than half a second quicker than Oberhammer to win the silver medal, the gold was again won by Santos.^[5]

At the 1994 Winter Paralympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway, Burt competed in the downhill and slalom events as well as the super-G and giant slalom. The gold medals in all four events went to Brian Santos and all four silvers were won by Bruno Oberhammer. Burt won two bronze medals, in the giant slalom and super-G, but failed to finish his other events.^[6][7][8][9]

Prior to the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan, Burt, and other members of the British team, experienced difficulties in obtaining funding for their training. In 1996 UK Sport, which replaced the Sports Council of Great Britain, became responsible for distributing National Lottery grant money. A delay in the arrival of lottery funding meant athletes such as Burt were forced to bridge the gap using their own savings. Eventually Burt received around £6000 of funding only a few months before the start of the Games.^[10] Competing in his third and final Paralympics Burt contested four events in Nagano, achieving a best result of fifth place in both the downhill and slalom.^[2]

References

1. "Brief History" (PDF). British Disabled Ski Team. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
2. "Richard Burt". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
3. "Alpine Skiing Classification". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
4. "Results Tignes-Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine skiing Men's Super-G B3". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
5. "Results Tignes-Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom B3". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
6. "Results Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Men's Slalom B3". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
7. "Results Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill B3". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
8. "Results Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Men's Giant Slalom B3". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
9. "Results Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Men's Super-G B3". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
10. "British team plan to put money worries behind them". BBC News. 4 March 1998. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

External links

• Richard Burt at the International Paralympic Committee