Varvara Voronchikhina
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| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 November 2002 Baykalsk, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | LW6/8-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Varvara Olegovna Voronchikhina (Russian: Варвара Олеговна Ворончихина; born 14 November 2002) is a Russian para alpine skier.
Early life
Born without part of her left hand, Voronchikhina began skiing at the age of four, switching to alpine skiing at age six in her hometown of Baykalsk, near the Gora Sobolinaya alpine ski resort.[1]
Career
At the 2018 Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Voronchikhina won gold in the giant slalom in 2:15.19, 3.20 seconds ahead of multiple-time French athlete Marie Bochet, who finished second.[2] Slovakian Petra Smaržová finished third, completing the podium with a time of 2:27.27.[3][2] In the 2020/21 World Cup season, Voronchikhina finished in second place in the women's overall ranking.[1] At Veysonnaz 2021, she placed second in the downhill.[4]
Voronchikhina competed at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships in January 2022. She won the silver medal in downhill and giant slalom, both behind Bochet,[5][6] while also taking gold in the super combined and Super-G events, finishing ahead of Bochet.[7] Additionally she won silver medals in the slalom, and parallel event, finishing behind Ebba Årsjö.[8] In 2026, she won Russia's first Winter Paralympic gold medal under its own flag since 2014 in super-G.
References
- ^ a b "Varvara Voronchikhina". Paralympic. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ a b Thomas Giles (11 January 2018). "Teenage prodigy Voronchikhina shocks favourite Bochet at World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup". Inside The Games. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Varvara Voronchikhina - Women Giant Slalom Standing 1 - Para Alpine World Cup 2018 - Kranjska Gora". Paralympic. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Veysonnaz 2021 World Para Alpine Skiing Downhill" (PDF). Ski For Bundet. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Marie Bochet sacrée championne du monde de descente handisport". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Marie Bochet glane son 22e titre mondial en remportant le géant à Lillehammer". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Marie Bochet blessée à l'épaule droite et forfait pour le slalom des Mondiaux". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "World Cup with World Championships feeling for home star Ebba Aarsjoe". paralympic.org. 27 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.