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

Women's downhill skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Sestriere on 11 and 12 March.

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

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 was competed 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 was competed 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 was competed 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.