Gunilla Ahren

Gunilla Ahren is a Swedish Paralympic alpine skier. She represented Sweden in Paralympic Alpine skiing at the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games, and 1988 Paralympic Winter Games. She won of six medals: four golds, one silver and one bronze.[1]

Gunilla Ahren
Sport
Country Sweden
SportAlpine skiing
Medal record
Alpine skiing
Representing  Sweden
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place1984 InnsbruckDownhill LW6/8
Gold medal – first place1984 InnsbruckGiant slalom LW6/8
Gold medal – first place1984 InnsbruckSlalom LW6/8
Silver medal – second place1988 InnsbruckSlalom LW6/8
Bronze medal – third place1988 InnsbruckDownhill LW6/8

Career

She competed at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck in the LW6 / 8 category. Ahren won four gold medals: in the slalom (achieved time 1:16.04),[2] in the giant slalom (with a time of 1:28.68 ),[3] downhill (race ended in 1:09.20),[4] and alpine super combined.[5]

She competed 1988 Winter Paralympics. She won silver in the special slalom race (gold for Martina Altenberger in 1: 15.63 and bronze for Eszbieta Dadok in 1: 37.46),[6] and bronze in downhill in 1:17.64 (on the podium in front of her, Martina Altenberger with 1: 13.87, and Nancy Gustafson in 1: 14.51.[7]

She competed at the 1990 World disabled ski championships.[8]

References
  1. "Gunilla Ahren - Alpine skiing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  2. "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-slalom-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  3. "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-giant-slalom-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  4. "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-downhill-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  5. "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-alpine-combination-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  6. "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing – womens-slalom-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  7. "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing – womens-downhill-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  8. "1990 First Interstate Bank World Disabled Ski – Winter Park, Colorado" (PDF). oepc.at.
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