Veronika Preining
Personal information
Full nameVeronika Preining-Breuer
Born (1965-11-21) 21 November 1965
Sport
Country Austria
SportAlpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
Disability classB1
Medal record
Representing  Austria
Paralympic Games
Alpine skiing
Gold medal – first place1984 InnsbruckDownhill B1
Silver medal – second place1984 InnsbruckAlpine combination B1
Bronze medal – third place1984 InnsbruckGiant slalom B1
Cross-country skiing
Gold medal – first place1988 Innsbruck5km B1
Silver medal – second place1988 Innsbruck10km B1
Silver medal – second place1988 Innsbruck3x5km relay B1-3

Veronika Preining-Breuer (born 21 November 1965) is an Austrian Paralympic skier. She represented Austria in Para-Alpine skiing at the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck and in Nordic skiing at the 1988 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck. She won six medals, two gold, three silvers and a bronze.[1][2]

Career

At the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, she finished first in downhill in 2: 06.14 ( Sheila Holzworth finished the race in 2: 32.42 and Cara Dunne in 2:36.93).[3] She won a silver medal in super combined B1 (with a realized time of 2:44.63),[4] and bronze in the giant slalom race category B1 in 6:15.91.[5]

At the 1988 Winter Paralympics, she won gold in the 5 km race in front of the Finnish athlete Kirsti Pennanen and the Russian Valentina Grigoryeva,[6] the silver in the 10 km race,[7] and the bronze in the 3x5 km event in category B1-3.[8]

She competed at the 1990 World Nordic disabled championships, winning a gold medal, in 10 kilometers.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Veronika Preining - Alpine skiing, Nordic Skiing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  2. ↑ "Veronika Preining - Olympedia". Olympedia. 28 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-downhill-b1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  4. ↑ "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-alpine-combination-b1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  5. ↑ "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-alpine-combination-b1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  6. ↑ "Innsbruck 1988 - cross-country – womens-short-distance-5-km-b1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  7. ↑ "Innsbruck 1988 - cross-country – womens-long-distance-10-km-b1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  8. ↑ "Innsbruck 1988 - cross-country – womens-3x5-km-relay-b1-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  9. ↑ "WORLD NORDIC DISABLED CHAMPIONSHIPS 1990" (PDF). skiforbundet.no.
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