Claudia Lösch

Claudia Lösch is an Austrian Paralympic alpine monoskier, born on 19 October 1988 in Vienna, who competes in the sitting events of alpine skiing. She became paraplegic in 1994 as a child, grew up in Neupölla, finished school in Horn in 2007 and went on to study political science in Innsbruck. At the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver she won gold in the slalom and the super-G, and she added a silver in the super combined there. She won a bronze in the downhill at the 2006 Games in Turin and silvers in the super-G and giant slalom at Sochi in 2014, giving her five Paralympic medals including two golds. Her record also includes overall European Cup wins in the 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons and overall World Cup wins in 2008-09 and 2009-10. In 2014 she received the Disabled Athletes of the Year award in Vienna.