Chile at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Chile sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There were 4 people in para-alpine skiing. The skiers went to races to be allowed to go to South Korea. Starting in November 2017, they went to 15 races in Europe, the United States and Canada to get ready. Santiago Vega went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Nicolás Bisquert, Diego Seguel and Julio Soto were going to their first Paralympic Games.

Team

Chile had 4 people at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[1] In the past, Diego Seguel was part of Team Chile at competitions around the world in another sport: para-athletics.[2] All four had 220 points by February 2018. They needed to have 220 total points or more in the time between when the 2014 Winter Paralympics ended and February 2018.[1] Vega competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics for Chile. He was the only member of the team to do that. The 2018 Games will be the first for Bisquert, Seguel and Soto.[1]

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Chile") that participated in the 2018 Games.

Team Chile
Name Sport Gender Classification Events ref
Nicolás Bisquert para-alpine skiing male LW10.2 slalom, giant slalom, super giant, downhill [1][3]
Diego Seguel para-alpine skiing male slalom, giant slalom [1][3]
Julio Soto para-alpine skiing male LW2 slalom, giant slalom [1][3]
Santiago Vega para-alpine skiing male LW4 slalom, giant slalom [1][3][4]

Results

Alpine skiing

For the super combined event, the first run is the super-G and the second run is the slalom.

Men
Athlete Class Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nicolas Bisquertt LW10-2 Downhill, sitting N/A 1:31.08 13
Super-G, sitting N/A DNF
Super combined, sitting DNF N/A
Giant slalom, sitting 1:09.75 5 DNF N/A
Slalom, sitting 59.39 12 55.23 9 1:54.62 9
Diego Seguel LW12-1 Giant slalom, sitting 1:23.69 25 DNF N/A
Slalom, sitting DNF N/A
Julio Soto LW2 Giant slalom, standing 1:25.94 36 1:27.81 28 2:53.75 28
Slalom, standing DNF N/A
Santiago Vega LW4 Giant slalom, standing 1:15.75 30 DNF N/A
Slalom, standing DNF N/A

References
  1. Diseño, Hazlo Web. "Chile tendrá delegación récord en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Invierno PyeongChang 2018". Chile tendrá delegación récord en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Invierno PyeongChang 2018 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  2. "World Athletics Rankings". International Paralympic Committee.
  3. Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Chile tendrá delegación récord en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Invierno PyeongChang 2018". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  4. "Alpine skiing rankings". International Paralympic Committee.
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