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.Vancouver Sun, "Paralympic para-alpine skiing: Canada's Viviane Forest does the trifecta, wins visually impaired downhill gold" , Mike Beamish, March 18, 2010 (Retrieved March 19, 2010)Vancouver Sun, "Para-alpine star Viviane Forest has potential for huge Games medal haul" , John Korobanik, March 11, 2010 (Retrieved March 19, 2010)

Visually impaired In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.OFFICIAL RESULTS / RÉSULTATS OFFICIELS , The Official site for the 2010 Winter Paralympics The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 1 Viviane ForestGuide: Lindsay Debou 1:27.51 6 Henrieta FarkašováGuide: Natalia Subrtova 1:28.17 +0.66 2 Danielle UmsteadGuide: Rob Umstead 1:30.18 +2.67 4 Sabine GasteigerGuide: Stefan Schoner 1:32.00 +4.49 3 Melissa PerrineGuide: Andrew Bor 1:33.30 +5.79 10 Alexandra FrantsevaGuide: Polina Popova 1:38.71 +11.20 8 Anna Cohi FornellGuide: Raquel Garcia Borreguero 1:45.94 +18.43 7 Natasha de TroyerGuide: Diego van de Voorde 1:48.85 +21.34 5 Anna KuliskovaGuide: Michaela Hubacova 9 Caitlin SarubbiGuide: Gwynn Watkins

Sitting Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 3 Alana Nichols 1:23.31 2 Laurie Stephens 1:28.26 +6.95 1 Claudia Lösch 1:29.89 +6.58 6 Stephani Victor 1:36.99 +13.68 4 Kuniko Obinata 5 Tatsuko Aoki

Standing Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 10 Lauren Woolstencroft 1:25.54 7 Solène Jambaqué 1:29.94 +4.40 11 Andrea Rothfuß 1:30.58 +5.04 3 Melania Corradini 1:30.70 +5.16 9 Karolina Wisniewska 1:30.82 +5.28 6 Allison Jones 1:32.32 +6.78 4 Petra Smarzova 1:35.23 +9.69 1 Marie Bochet 1:35.58 +10.04 8 Andrea Dziewior 1:37.53 +11.99 10 12 Iveta Chlebakova 1:37.55 +12.01 11 13 Nathalie Tyack 1:45.37 +19.83 2 Karin Fasel 5 Elitsa Storey

See also Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

References

External links 2010 Winter Plympics schedule and results, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver