Anna Schaffelhuber
Anna Katharina Schaffelhuber (born 26 January 1993 in Regensburg ) is a paraplegic German Monoskibobfahrerin.
Career
At the age of five years Anna Schaffelhuber went on Monoskibob first time. In 2007, she completed a scholarship course at the German Paralympic ski team and was included in the racing squad. After she was gone for the first time on the podium at the European Cup in Kühtai in December 2008, get her in early February 2009 in the Swedish Sollefteå two victories in slalom. In the overall standings of the European Cup 2008/2009 they finished second and qualified for the World Cup the following year. The highlight of her first World Cup season, she finished the overall standings of the World Cup slalom after three second places in this discipline in second place. She was also successful in the European Cup and won the end of January 2010 in the Spanish La Molina in the super combined and giant slalom. In their first appearance at the 2010 Paralympics Schaffelhuber crowned as their 17 -year-old season by winning the bronze medal in the Super -G. In addition, they recorded two fourth places in the super combined and the slalom.
Schaffelhuber rose again in the World Cup season 2010/2011 and achieved several podium finishes in the European Cup and World Cup races. With wins in the last three races in the Italian Arta Terme they triumphed mid-January 2011 for the first time in the World Cup. In the Alpine World Skiing Championships of Disabled Athletes 2011 in Sestriere Schaffelhuber then won three gold medals and one silver medal. She referred the Austrian Claudia erase each in the super-combined, in the slalom and giant slalom in second place. End of March 2011, she won along with young athlete Anna -Lena Forster two double victory at the European Cup final in La Molina and secured after the World Cup success and the overall standings in the European Cup.
On March 8, 2014 Schaffelhuber took at the Winter Paralympics in Sochi in 2014 their first gold medal at Winter Paralympics in alpine downhill. Even the super-G race they could decide for themselves two days later. Schaffelhuber was disqualified in the slalom competition for an alleged start-up failure, but she was thus awarded her third gold medal at the Green Table. Thus they ousted her teammate Anna -Lena Forster on the second place. Also in the super combined and giant slalom won Schaffelhuber gold. So she won five starts in Alpine skiing five gold medals, only the Russian biathlete and cross-country skiers Roman Petushkov won a gold medal more.
Personal
Schaffelhuber was born with an incomplete spinal cord injury and is confined to a wheelchair.
In May 2011, she made her Abitur at Burkhart High School in the Lower Bavarian market town Mallersdorf- Pfaff mountain and began five months later the study of law at the University of Munich. Until her move to the Bavarian capital in the summer of 2011, she lived with her family in Bayer bei Ergoldsbach.
Since January 2011 Schaffelhuber is a member of TSV Bayer Bach. As a sports ambassador supported the Munich's bid for the Olympic Winter Games 2018.
Awards
The then Federal President Horst Köhler awarded Schaffelhuber on 30 April 2010 along with the other German medalists of the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the Silver Laurel Leaf. At the closing ceremony of the Paralympics she carried the German flag.
In October 2010, she won the special prize disabled sports in the election for Junior Athlete of the Year.
The International Paralympic Committee has named it 2010 World Disabled Athlete of the Month for November.
From the German Sports Aid Foundation, she was elected early February 2011 before ski jumper Severin Freund and luger Tatjana Huefner Athlete of the month of January.
On 21 March 2011 she was awarded the Bavarian Television broadcasts Winter Star awarded in the category of Outstanding Achievement in disabled sports. During this event, Randolf Rodenstock presented also winning Bavarian disabled athlete of the year 2010, the ( BVS ) was founded in cooperation with the Bavarian Business Association ( vbw ) from the Disability and Rehabilitation Sports Association Bavaria.
At the gala of the sport on April 10, 2011 in ground corn, she won the reader, listener and viewer choice for the Lower Bavarian disabled athlete of the year. In the two following years it was also the beginning.
End of June 2011 they took District of Josef Eppeneder the medal of the district of Landshut in reception. For the occasion she wore a well in the Golden Book of the district.
In the years 2011 and 2013 Schaffelhuber Award Cologne each as a disabled athlete of the year.
Achievements
2008/2009
- European Cup Ranking: 2nd place
2009/2010
- European Cup Ranking: 2nd place
- Super -G: Bronze
- Super Combination: 4th place
- Slalom: 4th place
- Giant Slalom: 7th place
2010/2011
- Overall World Cup: 1st place
- European Cup overall standings: 1st place
2011 World Championships
- Super Combined: gold
- Slalom: Gold
- Giant Slalom: Gold
- Team Competition: Silver
- Departure: 4th place
- Super -G: 4th place
2011/2012
- Overall World Cup: 1st place
- European Cup overall standings: 1st place
2012/2013
- Overall World Cup: 1st place
- European Cup overall standings: 1st place
World Championships 2013
- Super Combination: Bronze
- Slalom: Gold
- Giant Slalom: Silver
- Team Competition: 5th place
- Departure: Bronze
- Super -G: Silver
Winter Paralympics 2014
- Departure: Gold
- Super -G: Gold
- Slalom: Gold
- Super Combined: gold
- Giant Slalom: Gold