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Claudia Lösch

Personal information
Nationality	Austrian
Born	19 October 1988 (1988-10-19) (age 36)
Residence	Innsbruck, Austria
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Austria Paralympic Games Gold 2010 Vancouver Slalom sitting Sitting Gold 2010 Vancouver Super-G sitting Sitting Silver 2010 Vancouver Super Combined sitting Sitting Silver 2014 Sochi Super-G sitting Sitting Silver 2014 Sochi Giant slalom sitting Sitting Bronze 2006 Turin Downhill sitting Sitting Bronze 2010 Vancouver Women's downhill Sitting IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Gold 2013 La Molina Super-G Sitting Gold 2013 La Molina Super combined Sitting Gold 2013 La Molina Giant slalom Sitting Gold 2015 Panorama Downhill Sitting Gold 2015 Panorama Slalom Sitting Gold 2015 Panorama Super combined Sitting Silver 2015 Panorama Giant slalom Sitting

Claudia Lösch (born 19 October 1988) is an amazing Austrian Paralympian who is a champion at alpine monoskiing. She has won many medals, including gold at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. There, she won gold in both the slalom and super-G events. She also earned a silver medal at the Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's super-G in Sochi.

About Claudia Lösch

Claudia Lösch was born in 1988 in Vienna, Austria. When she was young, in 1994, she became unable to move her legs. This meant she would use a wheelchair.

Claudia grew up in Neupölla. She finished school in Horn in 2007. After that, she went to Innsbruck to study political science. This is a subject about how governments work.

Her Journey in Sports

Claudia started alpine skiing, which is skiing down mountains. She became very good at the "women sitting" events. This means she skis using a special seat called a monoski.

She has won five medals at the Paralympic Games. Two of these were gold medals! Claudia has also done very well at the World Championships. She even competed in the World Cup in Canada.

Claudia Lösch at a sports gala in 2017.

Awards and Achievements

In 2014, Claudia Lösch received a special award. She was named the 2014 Disabled Athletes of the Year in Vienna, Austria. This shows how much her hard work and success are appreciated.

Her Top Results

Claudia has achieved many impressive results in her skiing career:

• She won the overall European Cup three times: in 2003/04, 2004/05, and 2005/06.
• She also won the overall World Cup twice: in 2008/09 and 2009/10.
• At the Alpine Ski Championships for disabled sports in 2009 in South Korea, she won silver medals in giant slalom and super combined.
• In 2011, at the Alpine Ski Championships in Sestriere, Italy, she earned a bronze in Downhill and Super-G. She also got silver in super combined, slalom, and giant slalom.
• At the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, she won a bronze medal in the downhill event.
• The 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada, were very successful. She won gold in super-G and slalom, and silver in the Super Combined.
• At the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, she won silver medals in both super-G and giant slalom.