Martina Altenberger
Personal information
BornNiedernsill, Austria
Sport
Country Austria
SportAlpine skiing
Medal record
Alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place1988 InnsbruckDownhill LW6/8
Gold medal – first place1988 InnsbruckGiant slalom LW6/8
Gold medal – first place1988 InnsbruckSlalom LW6/8

Martina Altenberger is an Austrian Paralympic alpine skier. She represented Austria in Para-alpine skiing, at the 1988 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbbruck, winner of three gold medals.[1]

Career

She competed at the 1986 World Disabled Ski Championships.[2]

She competed in the Innsbruck 1988 Winter Paralympics in the LW6 / 8 category, Altenberger won three gold medals: in the giant slalom (with a time of 1: 45.59, besting the American Kathy Pitcher , who won silver in 2: 00.57 and the Polish Eszbieta Dadok, bronze in 2: 06.05,[3] slalom (time 1: 15.63; in 2nd place Gunilla Ahren in 1: 19.09 and in third place Eszbieta Dadok in 1: 37.46),[4] and downhill (race ended in 1: 13.87, ahead of Nancy Gustafson in 1: 14.51 and Gunilla Ahrenin 1: 17.64.[5]

She trained with Skiclub Niedernsill.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Martina Altenberger - Alpine skiing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  2. ↑ "Disabled skiers sweep worlds". Skiing. September 1986.
  3. ↑ "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing – womens-giant-slalom-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  4. ↑ "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing – womens-slalom-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  5. ↑ "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing – womens-downhill-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  6. ↑ "Unsere Chronik". Skiclub Niedernsill (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-26.
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