Henrieta Farkašová

Henrieta Farkašová is a retired Slovak alpine skier, born on 3 May 1986, who raced in the visually impaired B3 classification and became one of the most decorated athletes in Paralympic skiing. She is an eleven-time Paralympic champion and a seventeen-time world champion. At the 2010 Winter Paralympics at Whistler Creekside she won gold in the women's giant slalom, super combined and super-G for visually impaired skiers, and a silver medal in the downhill. At the 2018 Winter Paralympics she won the visually impaired downhill, which was the sixth gold medal of her Paralympic career. In 2019 she received the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. She raced with sighted guides, first Natália Šubrtová and later Michal Červeň, and after her skiing career she appeared in the 2023 season of Let's Dance.