title: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill
text: # Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill
  
  The women's downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was scheduled for Saturday, March 13, but was postponed to Thursday, March 18, due to bad weather conditions.
  
  Viviane Forest became the first Paralympian to win a gold in both the Winter and Summer Games, by winning the women's downhill for visually impaired. She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball.
  
  ## Visually impaired
  
  In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1 | Viviane Forest Guide: Lindsay Debou | Canada | 1:27.51 | |
  | | 6 | Henrieta Farkašová Guide: Natalia Subrtova | Slovakia | 1:28.17 | +0.66 |
  | | 2 | Danielle Umstead Guide: Rob Umstead | United States | 1:30.18 | +2.67 |
  | 4 | 4 | Sabine Gasteiger Guide: Stefan Schoner | Austria | 1:32.00 | +4.49 |
  | 5 | 3 | Melissa Perrine Guide: Andrew Bor | Australia | 1:33.30 | +5.79 |
  | 6 | 10 | Alexandra Frantseva Guide: Polina Popova | Russia | 1:38.71 | +11.20 |
  | 7 | 8 | Anna Cohi Fornell Guide: Raquel Garcia Borreguero | Spain | 1:45.94 | +18.43 |
  | 8 | 7 | Natasha de Troyer Guide: Diego van de Voorde | Belgium | 1:48.85 | +21.34 |
  | | 5 | Anna Kuliskova Guide: Michaela Hubacova | Czech Republic | DNF | |
  | | 9 | Caitlin Sarubbi Guide: Gwynn Watkins | United States | DNF | |
  
  ## Sitting
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 3 | Alana Nichols | United States | 1:23.31 | |
  | | 2 | Laurie Stephens | United States | 1:28.26 | +6.95 |
  | | 1 | Claudia Lösch | Austria | 1:29.89 | +6.58 |
  | 4 | 6 | Stephani Victor | United States | 1:36.99 | +13.68 |
  | | 4 | Kuniko Obinata | Japan | DNF | |
  | | 5 | Tatsuko Aoki | Japan | DNF | |
  
  ## Standing
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 10 | Lauren Woolstencroft | Canada | 1:25.54 | |
  | | 7 | Solène Jambaqué | France | 1:29.94 | +4.40 |
  | | 11 | Andrea Rothfuß | Germany | 1:30.58 | +5.04 |
  | 4 | 3 | Melania Corradini | Italy | 1:30.70 | +5.16 |
  | 5 | 9 | Karolina Wisniewska | Canada | 1:30.82 | +5.28 |
  | 6 | 6 | Allison Jones | United States | 1:32.32 | +6.78 |
  | 7 | 4 | Petra Smarzova | Slovakia | 1:35.23 | +9.69 |
  | 8 | 1 | Marie Bochet | France | 1:35.58 | +10.04 |
  | 9 | 8 | Andrea Dziewior | Canada | 1:37.53 | +11.99 |
  | 10 | 12 | Iveta Chlebakova | Slovakia | 1:37.55 | +12.01 |
  | 11 | 13 | Nathalie Tyack | France | 1:45.37 | +19.83 |
  | | 2 | Karin Fasel | Switzerland | DNS | |
  | | 5 | Elitsa Storey | United States | DNS | |
  