Paralympic Alpine Skiers by Year - Alpine Skiers at the 1980 Winter Paralympics, Alpine Skiers at the 1984 Winter Paralympics (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Alpine Skiers at the 1980 Winter Paralympics, Alpine Skiers at the 1984 Winter Paralympics, Alpine Skiers at the 1988 Winter Paralympics, Alpine Skiers at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, Alpine Skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, Alpine Skiers at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, Alpine Skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, Alpine Skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, Alpine Skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, Diana Golden, Josh Sundquist, Bruce Warner, Kevin Bramble, Heath Calhoun, Bonnie St. John, Michael Milton, Cato Zahl Pedersen, Mike May, Chris Devlin-Young, Sarah Will, Lauren Woolstencroft, Stanislav Loska, Sandy Dukat, Mher Avanesyan, Kimberly Joines, Martin Braxenthaler, Alain Marguerettaz, Gerd Gradwohl, Eric Villalon, Xavier Barios, Toby Kane. Excerpt: Diana Golden Brosnihan, ne Diana Golden (March 20, 1963, Lincoln, Mass. - August 25, 2001, Providence, R.I.) was an American disabled ski racer. After losing a leg to cancer at age 12, she went on to win 10 world and 19 United States championships between 1986 and 1990 as a three-tracker, or one-legged skier. Golden also won an Olympic gold medal in giant slalom at the 1988 Calgary Games, where disabled skiing was a demonstration sport. She participated in alpine skiing at two Winter Paralympic Games, in 1980 and 1988, winning two gold medals in the latter year. After retiring from sking, cancer returned in 1992 and 1996, with her last bout of cancer resulting in her death in 2001. Diana Golden grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts and began skiing at the age of five, making regular trips to Cannon Mountain Ski Area with her parents. However in 1975, at the age of 12, her right leg collapsed while she was walking home from skiing and doctors diagnosed bone cancer. As a result the doct... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9865611