Gunilla Ahren
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| Born | 9 February 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gunilla Ahren (born February 9, 1944) is a retired para-alpine skier from Sweden. She competed for her country in Paralympic alpine skiing at the 1984 and 1988 Paralympic Winter Games, both in Innsbruck, Austria, and won six medals: four gold, one silver, and one bronze.[1]
Career
[change | change source]Ahren competed in the 1984 Winter Paralympics in the LW6/8 category and won four gold medals: in the slalom (with a time of 1:16.04),[2] giant slalom (1:28.68),[3] downhill (1:09.20),[4] and Alpine super combined.[5]
In the 1988 Winter Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the slalom race (gold went to Martina Altenberger with 1:15.63, and bronze to Eszbieta Dadok with 1:37.46),[6] and a bronze medal in the downhill with a time of 1:17.64 (Martina Altenberger won gold with 1:13.87, and Nancy Gustafson took silver with 1:14.51).[7] She also competed in the giant slalom.[8]
Ahren also participated in the 1990 World Paralympic Championships.[9]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Gunilla Ahren - Alpine Skiing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ↑ "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing - womens-giant-slalom-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ↑ "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing - womens-downhill-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ↑ "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing - womens-downhill-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ↑ "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing - womens-alpine-combination-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ↑ "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing - womens-slalom-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ↑ "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing - womens-downhill-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ↑ "Innsbruck 1988 - alpine-skiing - womens-giant-slalom-lw68". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ↑ "1990 Alpine Skiing World Championships , Winter Park" (PDF). oepc.at.