Claudia Lösch

Claudia Lösch

Super G Monoski
Personal information
Nationality	Austrian
Born	19 October 1988
Residence	Innsbruck
Website	own site
Medal record Women's Alpine skiing Representing  Austria Paralympic Games 2010 Vancouver Slalom sitting Sitting 2010 Vancouver Super-G sitting Sitting 2010 Vancouver Super Combined sitting Sitting 2014 Sochi Super-G sitting Sitting 2014 Sochi Giant slalom sitting Sitting 2006 Turin Downhill sitting Sitting 2010 Vancouver Women's Downhill Sitting IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2013 La Molina Super-G Sitting 2013 La Molina Super combined Sitting 2013 La Molina Giant slalom Sitting 2015 Panorama Downhill Sitting 2015 Panorama Slalom Sitting 2015 Panorama Super combined Sitting 2015 Panorama Giant slalom Sitting

Claudia Lösch (born 19 October 1988) is a successful Austrian Paralympian and Alpine Monoskier. She won gold medals in the slalom and super slalom at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. She also won a silver medal at the Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's Super-G.

Life

Lösch was born in 1988 in Vienna and at early age she was left paraplegic in 1994. Losch was brought up in Neupölla and graduated from her school in Horn in 2007 before studying political science in Innsbruck.^[1]

Losch took up alpine sports where she has been successful in the "women sitting" events. She has won five medals at Paralympics including two gold medals. She has also completed successfully at the world championships. Losch competed in the World Cup in Canada.^[2]

Results

• European Cup overall victories in 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06.
• Overall World Cup victories in 2008/09 and 2009/10
• Alpine Ski Championships in disabled sports in 2009 South Korea: silver in giant slalom and super combined,
• Alpine Ski Championships in disabled sports in 2011 Sestriere, (Italy): Bronze in Downhill and Super-G, Silver in the super combined, Silver in slalom and giant slalom^[1]
• 2006 Winter Paralympics Turin (Italy): bronze in the downhill,
• 2010 Winter Paralympics Vancouver (Canada): gold in super-G and slalom, silver in the Super Combine.^[1]
• 2014 Winter Paralympics Sochi (Russia): silver in super-G and giant slalom

References

External links

• Lösch at 2010 Paralymics, YouTube