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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.

Rank Name Country Class Real
time
Calc
time
Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pascale Casanova
Guide: Benedicte Sainas
 France B2 1:43.62 1:28.79
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sabine Gasteiger
Guide: Emil Gasteiger
 Austria B3 1:43.17 1:32.61 +3.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.

Rank Name Country Class Real
time
Calc
time
Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) Laurie Stephens  United States LW12-1 1:46.86 1:29.96
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kuniko Obinata  Japan LW12-2 1:46.70 1:30.89 +0.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.

Rank Name Country Class Real
time
Calc
time
Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) Solène Jambaqué  France LW9-2 1:32.31 1:28.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Reinhild Möller  Germany LW4 1:30.23 1:30.00 +2.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. "Women's Downhill Standing" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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