Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill


The women's downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was scheduled for Saturday, March 13, but was postponed to Thursday, March 18, due to bad weather conditions.
Viviane Forest became the first Paralympian to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, by winning the women's downhill for visually impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball.

Visually impaired

In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairement has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.
RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
1Viviane Forest
Guide: Lindsay Debou
1:27.51
6Henrieta Farkašová
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
1:28.17+0.66
2Danielle Umstead
Guide: Rob Umstead
1:30.18+2.67
4Sabine Gasteiger
Guide: Stefan Schoner
1:32.00+4.49
3Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
1:33.30+5.79
10Alexandra Frantseva
Guide: Polina Popova
1:38.71+11.20
8Anna Cohi Fornell
Guide: Raquel Garcia Borreguero
1:45.94+18.43
7Natasha de Troyer
Guide: Diego van de Voorde
1:48.85+21.34
5Anna Kuliskova
Guide: Michaela Hubacova
9Caitlin Sarubbi
Guide: Gwynn Watkins

Sitting

Standing