Aleksandra Frantseva facts for kids
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Aleksandra Frantseva at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships
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Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Kamchatka Krai, Russia |
24 April 1987 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medals | 5 (2 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aleksandra Vyachelsavovna Frantseva (Russian: Александра Вячеславовна Францева; born 24 April 1987) is a Russian Paralympic alpine skier who won two gold, two silver and a bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. She performed in the events for the athletes with impaired vision where she was assisted by a guide named Pavel Zabotin.
Personal history
Aleksandra Frantseva was born in Kamchatka Krai. On 17 March 2014 she was awarded Russian Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", IV class.
Career
On 18 January 2014 she won 2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup by beating Jade Etherington by one hundredth of a second in Copper Mountain, Colorado.
At the 2014 Paralympics, Frantseva won gold medals in slalom and super combined and also won silver one for super-G defeating Etherington on Friday 14 March. Later on she won a bronze medal for downhill skiing at the same place.
See also
In Spanish: Aleksandra Frántseva para niños