Martin Braxenthaler

a Germanmonoskier andParalympian
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1972-03-11)11 March 1972 (age 53) Traunstein,West Germany
Years active	1996–2011
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Para-alpine skiing
Disability class	LW10
Event(s)	Downhill slalom Giant slalom Super combined Super-G
Medal record Men'spara-alpine skiing Representing Germany Winter Paralympics 2002 Salt Lake City Downhill 2002 Salt Lake City Giant slalom 2002 Salt Lake City Slalom 2002 Salt Lake City Super-G 2006 Turin Giant slalom 2006 Turin Slalom 2006 Turin Super-G 2010 Vancouver Combined 2010 Vancouver Giant slalom 2010 Vancouver slalom 2010 Vancouver Super-G 1998 Nagano Super-G IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2004 Wildschönau Giant slalom 2004 Wildschönau Slalom 2004 Wildschönau Super-G

Martin Braxenthaler (born 11 March 1972) is a Germanmonoskier andParalympian. He has participated inalpine skiing at four Winter Paralympic Games, in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010. He won a bronze medal at the1998 Winter Paralympics, four golds at the2002 Games, three more golds at the2006 Torino Paralympics and three golds and one silver at the2010 Vancouver Paralympics.^[1]

In 2007 he was named theLaureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year and won the Sitting element of theIPC Disabled Alpine World Cup. At the2010 Winter Paralympics, Braxenthaler won three gold, as well as one silver medal.^{[citation needed]}

When asked about being "the most successful mono-skier in the history of the Paralympic movement", Braxenthaler replied:

Great success is often just measured by the colour of the medal. From this perspective, I guess I could be considered the most successful athlete. But success is about more than just medals, and so to being the most successful athlete overall- that's for others to decide.^{[citation needed]}

• www.newdisability.com

• Martin Braxenthaler at theInternational Paralympic Committee
• Martin Braxenthaler at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Martin Braxenthaler atTeam Deutschland Paralympics(in German)

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