American para-alpine skier
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
1992
1992 Winter Paralympics
Tignes/Albertville, France
2nd
Women's Super-G LW2
1:20.98[ 3]
1st
Women's Giant Slalom LW2
2:22.85[ 4]
1st
Women's Downhill LW2
1:17.85[ 5]
1994
1994 Winter Paralympics
Lillehammer, Norway
2nd
Women's Slalom LW2
1:33.22[ 6]
1st
Women's Super-G LW2
1:18.36[ 7]
1st
Women's Downhill LW2
1:17.77[ 8]
1998
1998 Winter Paralympics
Nagano, Japan
1st
Women's Slalom LW2
2:04.99[ 9]
2nd
Women's Super-G LW2
1:09.04[ 10]
3rd
Women's Giant Slalom LW2
2:49.44[ 11]
1st
Women's Downhill LW2
1:14.79[ 12]
2002
2002 Winter Paralympics
Salt Lake City, United States
2nd
Women's Slalom LW2
1:51.90[ 13]
1st
Women's Super-G LW2
1:18.43[ 14]
2nd
Women's Downhill LW2
1:28.50[ 15]
See also
References
^ "Winter Sport Classification" . Canadian Paralympic Committee . Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2021 .
^ "Sarah Billmeier: Uphill racer" . The Harvard Gazette . June 8, 2006. Retrieved February 3, 2021 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Giant Slalom LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Slalom LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Slalom LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Giant Slalom LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Slalom LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Super-G LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
^ "Alpine Skiing at the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Women's Downhill LW2" . paralympic.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
External links
Athletes' Oath
Judges' Oath
Coaches' Oath
S
2012: David Hunter (GBR)
2016: Amaury Veríssimo (BRA)
W
2014: Alexander Nazarov (RUS)