Gerd Gradwohl

Alpine Skiing
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment

Further personal information

Family
One son
Residence
Kempten, GER
Occupation
Physiotherapist
Languages
English, French, German
Higher education
Physiotherapy

Sport specific information

Club / Team
TVK 1856 : Kempten, GER

International debut

Year
1999
Competing for
Germany
Location
Austria

General interest

Nicknames
Beppi (Vancouver, 21 Mar 2010)
Hobbies
Spending time in the mountains, watching movies, playing the drums, karate (Vancouver, 21 Mar 2010)
Awards and honours
2009 Athlete of the Year of the city of Kempten, Germany. (Parlypmics2010.de, 12 Mar 2010)
Impairment
He was born short-sighted and with astigmatism, but in 1996 he became almost completely blind due to macular degeneration. (Integrationsaemter.de, 30 Mar 2009)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games (Torino, Italy)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Downhill Visually impaired Final Round 1
Men's Super-G Visually impaired Final Round 9999
Men's Giant Slalom Visually impaired Final Round 9999
Men's Slalom Visually impaired Final Round 3
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games (Vancouver, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Super-G Visually impaired Final Round 11
Men's Downhill Visually impaired Final Round 3
Men's Slalom Visually impaired Final Round 9
IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (Kangwonland, South Korea)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Slalom VI Final 2009-02-20 6
Men's Downhill VI Final 2009-02-28 1