In the absence of any questions as yet for ‘Ask the Anorak’ and in the interest of fairness I thought I’d do a short blog on the most successful winter Paralympian ever. As with the summer Olympic Games the summer Paralympic Games gets far more coverage than its winter counterpart. As with the summer Games the most successful winter Paralympian is a woman – Ragnhlid Myklebust from Norway. Ragnhild has won a total of 27 medals including 22 gold in three sports (Bathlon, Cross Country Skiing & Ice Sledge Speed Racing) over five winter Paralympic Games from Innsbruck in 1988 to Salt Lake City in 2002. She won nine medals at the Lillehammer 1994 Games in these three sports. Although she might not have as many medals as Trischa Zorn she does have a claim to fame that even Trischa Zorn cannot match – she has never been beaten in cross country skiing at the winter Paralympic Games and she has never finished outside of the medals in any winter Paralympic Games event that she has entered – 27 events – 27 medals!
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|
Biathlon |
Cross Country |
Ice Sledge |
Overall |
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|
G |
S |
B |
G |
S |
B |
G |
S |
B |
G |
S |
B |
|
1988 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
|
1992 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
1994 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
|
1998 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
2002 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
2 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
22 |
3 |
2 |
Innsbruck, 1988
Gold – Cross Country Skiing Women’s Long Distance 5 km Gr II
Gold – Cross Country Skiing Women’s Short Distance 2.5 km Gr II
Gold – Ice Sledge Speed Racing Women’s 1,000 m Gr II
Gold – Ice Sledge Speed Racing Women’s 700 m Gr II
Gold – Ice Sledge Speed Racing Women’s 100 m Gr II
Silver – Ice Sledge Speed Racing Women’s 500 m Gr II
Tignes, 1992
Gold – Cross Country Skiing Women’s Long Distance 5 km LW10-11
Gold – Cross Country Skiing Women’s Short Distance 2.5 km LW10-11
Lillehammer, 1994
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 10 km Sitski LW10-11
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 2.5 km Sitski LW10-11
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 3×2.5 km Relay open
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 5 km Sitski LW10-11
Gold – Ice Sledge Speed Racing Women’s 700 m LW10-11
Silver – Ice Sledge Speed Racing Women’s 100 m LW10-11
Silver – Ice Sledge Speed Racing Women’s 500 m LW10-11
Bronze – Biathlon Women’s 7.5 km Free Technique LW2-9
Bronze – Ice Sledge Speed Racing Women’s 1,000 m LW10-11
Nagano, 1998
Gold – Biathlon Women’s 7.5 km Sitski LW10-12
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 10 km Sitski LW10-12
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 2.5 km Sitski LW10-12
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 5 km Sitski LW10-12
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 3×2.5 km Relay open
Salt Lake, 2002
Gold – Biathlon Women’s 7.5 km Sitski
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 10 km Sitski
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 2.5 km Sitski
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 5 km Sitski
Gold – Cross Country Women’s 3×2.5 km Relay open
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