Anna Katharina Schaffelhuber is a German para-alpine skier. At the 2014 Winter Paralympics she won five gold medals, becoming only the second athlete to sweep the alpine skiing events.
Anna Schaffelhuber
Schaffelhuber on the podium at an event in Austria
Para-alpine skiing classification
Para-alpine skiing classification is the classification system for para-alpine skiing designed to ensure fair competition between alpine skiers with different types of disabilities. The classifications are grouped into three general disability types: standing, blind and sitting. Classification governance is handled by International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing. Prior to that, several sport governing bodies dealt with classification including the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD), International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMWSF), International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) and Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CP-ISRA). Some classification systems are governed by bodies other than International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing, such as the Special Olympics. The sport is open to all competitors with a visual or physical disability. It is not open to people with intellectual disabilities.
Australia's Cameron Rahles Rahbula competing in the Super G at the 2012 IPC Nor Am Cup at Copper Mountain, Colorado
German sit skier Anna Schaffelhuber at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain
Henrieta Farkasova from Slovakia at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain
Alexandra Frantseva, a B2 skier from Russia at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships at La Molina in Spain