Tag: Anna Schaffelhuber
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German Paralympic star Anna Schaffelhuber joins Laureus family
Paris, October 17, 2018: Seven-time Paralympic and nine-time World champion para-alpine skier Anna Schaffelhuber has been announced as Laureus’ newest Ambassador. Anna first experienced skiing as a five year old and received a scholarship to join a national skiing programme aged 14, despite being born with an incomplete spinal cord and paraplegia. Anna, who is…
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Schaffelhuber awarded gold after successful slalom appeal
Mar 13, 2014: Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber has been awarded the gold medal in the women’s slalom sitting event after a successful appeal against her disqualification. Schaffelhuber, who has already won the downhill and super-G Paralympic titles so far in Sochi, was disqualified from her first run in Wednesday’s (12 March) slalom competition. Under protest, she was…
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Russian Nordic Skier Polukhin Voted March’s IPC Athlete of the Month
Nordic skier Nikolay Polukhin became the third Russian in as many months to win the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athlete of the Month award, taking home the honours for March. Polukhin was voted the winner by the public after a top finish in the men’s Biathlon Visually Impaired class at this season’s IPC Nordic Skiing…
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IPC Reveals March’s Athlete of the Month Shortlist
Munich-Germany, April 03, 2012: IPC Reveals, The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced its shortlist for March’s Athlete of the Month award, and the public can now vote for the winner via the poll on the www.paralympic.org homepage. The finalists for April include: –Matt Cowdrey (Australia): Cowdrey set a new world record in the 50m…
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Canada’s Joines to Make a Comeback after Last Season’s Injuries
IPC Press Release Dec 30, 2011: Canada’s Paralympic medallist Kimberly Joines is returning to competitive skiing after her injuries of last season, which saw her having three surgeries in as many months. In 2010 Joines tore her shoulder in a skiing accident, broke her hip after falling badly from her wheelchair and had appendicitis, rendering her…