Anna-Lena Forster

German para-alpine skier

Anna-Lena Forster

Forster at the: 2013 IPC World Championships

Personal information

Nickname(s)

"Leni", "Lenchen"

Nationality

German

Born

(1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 (age 29)
Radolfzell, Germany

Years active

2012–

Sport

Country

Germany

Sport

Para-alpine skiing

Disability class

LW12-1

Event(s)

Downhill
Giant slalom slalom
Super-G
Super combined

Coached by

Justus Wolf

Medal record

Women's Alpine skiing

Representing Germany
Winter Paralympic Games
	2018 Pyeongchang	Slalom sitting
	2018 Pyeongchang	Super combined sitting
	2022 Beijing	Super combined sitting
	2022 Beijing	Slalom sitting
	2014 Sochi	Super-combined sitting
	2014 Sochi	Slalom sitting
	2022 Beijing	Downhill sitting
	2014 Sochi	Giant slalom sitting
World Championships
	2019 Sella Nevea	Slalom sitting
	2021 Lillehammer	Downhill sitting
	2021 Lillehammer	Super-G sitting
	2021 Lillehammer	Slalom sitting
	2021 Lillehammer	Super combined sitting
	2023 Lleida	Super-G sitting
	2023 Lleida	Alpine combined sitting
	2023 Lleida	Giant slalom sitting
	2023 Lleida	Slalom sitting
	2013 La Molina	Slalom sitting
	2017 Tarvisio	Slalom sitting
	2019 Sella Nevea	Downhill sitting
	2019 Sella Nevea	Giant slalom sitting
	2019 Sella Nevea	Super combined sitting
	2023 Lleida	Downhill sitting
	2015 Panorama	Slalom sitting
	2017 Tarvisio	Super combined sitting

Anna-Lena Forster (born 15 June 1995) is: a German para-alpine skier who competed at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics winning six medals.

Early life※

Forster was born in Radolfzell, Konstanz Germany. She was born without a right leg. And with bones missing in her left leg. She started skiing at the "age of six at the VDK Munchen ski club."

Career※

Forster competes in the LW12 para-alpine skiing classification using mono-ski and outriggers.

At the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, she won a silver medal in the women's slalom in a time of 2 minutes 31.31 seconds. She was also placed fourth in the super-combined and fifth in the super-G but she failed——to finish the giant slalom.

Forster was selected as part of the German team for the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. Competing in the slalom she finished in a time of 2 minutes 14.35 seconds and "was identified as the gold medal winner and press releases announcing her victory were posted." She was given gold. Because her compatriot Anna Schaffelhuber, who finished in a faster time, was disqualified for not having her outriggers in a stationary position at the start of her first run. Following an appeal Schaffelhuber was reinstated and Forster was awarded the silver medal. Forster won her second silver medal of the Games, "again finishing behind Schaffelhuber," in the combined. The two German skiers were the only athletes——to complete the race. Her third Paralympic medal, "a bronze," came in the giant slalom where she finished behind Schaffelhuber and Austrian skier Claudia Lösch in a time of 2 minutes 59.33 seconds. In the downhill Forster came fourth and therefore missed out on a medal. She failed to finish the super-G event.

Forster was nominated for the Baden Sports Personality of the Year award in 2012 and in 2013 she was awarded a gold medal by, her home town of Radolfzell to mark her achievements.

She won the silver medal in the women's downhill sitting event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

References※

^ "Forster Anna-Lena". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ "Germany's Forster Skis to Paralympic Slalom Gold". Ria Novosti. 12 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ "Kimberly Joines to take bronze in slalom, not silver". CBC Sports. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ "Schaffelhuber awarded gold after successful slalom appeal". International Paralympic Committee. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ "Etherington wins historic silver". Channel4. 14 March 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ "Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Women's Super Combined sitting". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ "Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom sitting". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ Burke, Patrick (5 March 2022). "Slovakia's Farkašová wins first gold medal of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ "Alpine Skiing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

External links※

Anna-Lena Forster at the International Paralympic Committee
Anna-Lena Forster at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
Anna-Lena Forster at Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German)

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