Aleksandra Frantseva

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vyachelsavovna and the family name is Frantseva.

Aleksandra Vyachelsavovna Frantseva (Russian: Александра Вячеславовна Францева; born 24 April 1987) is a Russian Paralympic alpine skier who won two gold, two silver and a bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. She performed in the events for the athletes with impaired vision where she was assisted by a guide named Pavel Zabotin.^[1]

Aleksandra Vyacheslavovna Frantseva

Aleksandra Frantseva at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1987-04-24) 24 April 1987 (age 38) Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill
Olympics
Medals	5 (2 gold)
World Championships
Medals	1 (1 gold)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Slalom 2014 Sochi Super combined 2014 Sochi Super-G 2014 Sochi Giant slalom 2014 Sochi Downhill IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2013 La Molina Super combined 2013 La Molina Super-G 2015 Panorama Giant slalom 2013 La Molina Downhill 2013 La Molina Slalom 2015 Panorama Super combined 2015 Panorama Downhill 2015 Panorama Super-G

Personal history

Aleksandra Frantseva was born in Kamchatka Krai.^[2] On 17 March 2014 she was awarded Russian Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", IV class.^[3]

Career

On 18 January 2014 she won 2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup by beating Jade Etherington by one hundredth of a second in Copper Mountain, Colorado.^[4]

At the 2014 Paralympics, Frantseva won gold medals in slalom and super combined and also won silver one for super-G defeating Etherington on Friday 14 March.^[5][6] Later on she won a bronze medal for downhill skiing at the same place.^[7]