Veronika Aigner (born 13 February 2003) is an Austrian visually impaired para alpine skier. She won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[1]
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Born | Neunkirchen, Austria | 13 February 2003||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Visually impaired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | B2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAigner competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a gold medal in the giant slalom and slalom events.[2][3]
Personal life
editAigner's twin siblings, Barbara, and Johannes are both visually impaired para skiers.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Alpine Skiing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Veronika Aigner". paralympic.org. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Golden family: Aigner siblings achieve Paralympic glory". paralympic.org. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Keeping it in the family – Aigner twins join the dynasty". paralympic.org. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.