United States at the 1984 Winter Paralympics

The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

United States at the 1984 Winter Paralympics
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IPC code	USA
NPC	United States Paralympic Committee
Website	www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics
in Innsbruck
Competitors	51
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 7 Silver 14 Bronze 14 Total 35
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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The United States finished 5th in the gold medal and 4th in the total medal count.

Medalists

Further information: 1984 Winter Paralympics medal table

The following American athletes won medals at the games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medalists' names are in bold.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Paul Dibello Alpine skiing Men's downhill, LW3  Gold Paul Dibello Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom, LW3  Gold Paul Dibello Alpine skiing Men's slalom, LW3  Gold Paul Dibello Alpine skiing Men's alpine combination, LW3  Gold Sheila Holzworth Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom, B1  Gold Sheila Holzworth Alpine skiing Women's alpine combination, B1  Gold Janet Penn Alpine skiing Women's slalom, LW4  Silver Andy Fasth Alpine skiing Men's downhill, LW1  Silver Andy Fasth Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom, LW1  Silver Glen Abramowski Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom, B2  Silver Brad Hudiberg Alpine skiing Men's slalom, LW9  Silver Jack Benedick Alpine skiing Men's alpine combination, LW3  Silver Sheila Holzworth Alpine skiing Women's downhill, B1  Silver Kathy Poohachof Alpine skiing Women's downhill, LW6/8  Silver Cara Dunne Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom, B1  Silver Connie Conley Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom, B2  Silver Kathy Poohachof Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom, LW6/8  Silver Kathy Poohachof Alpine skiing Women's slalom, LW6/8  Silver Kathy Poohachof Alpine skiing Women's alpine combination, LW6/8  Silver Bonnie St. John Alpine skiing Women's alpine combination, LW2  Silver Barbara Lewis Laura Oftedahl Jean Parker Billie Ruth Schlank Cross-country skiing Women's 4×5 km relay  Bronze Mike May Alpine skiing Men's downhill, B1  Bronze Mike May Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom, B1  Bronze Mike May Alpine skiing Men's alpine combination, B1  Bronze Rod Hernley Alpine skiing Men's slalom, LW1  Bronze David Jamison Alpine skiing Men's slalom, LW2  Bronze Reed Robinson Alpine skiing Men's slalom, LW6/8  Bronze Cara Dunne Alpine skiing Women's downhill, B1  Bronze Cara Dunne Alpine skiing Women's alpine combination, B1  Bronze Connie Conley Alpine skiing Women's downhill, B2  Bronze Connie Conley Alpine skiing Women's alpine combination, B2  Bronze Lana Jo Chapin Alpine skiing Women's downhill, LW4  Bronze Bonnie St. John Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom, LW2  Bronze Bonnie St. John Alpine skiing Women's slalom, LW2  Bronze Janet Penn Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom, LW4

Medals by sport Sport Total Alpine skiing 7 13 14 34 Cross-country skiing 0 1 0 1 Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Paul Dibello Alpine skiing 4 0 0 4 Sheila Holzworth Alpine skiing 2 1 0 3 Janet Penn Alpine skiing 1 0 1 2 Kathy Poohachof Alpine skiing 0 4 0 4 Andy Fasth Alpine skiing 0 2 0 2 Cara Dunne Alpine skiing 0 1 2 3 Connie Conley Alpine skiing 0 1 2 3 Bonnie St. John Alpine skiing 0 1 2 3 Mike May Alpine skiing 0 0 3 3

Classification

Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:

• LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
• LW 3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
• LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
• LW5/7 - standing: double arm amputation
• LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation
• LW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
• Gr I - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• Gr II - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
• B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
• B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Events	Class	Factor %	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
				Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbara Lewis Laura Oftedahl Jean Parker Billie Ruth Schlank	4×5 km relay	open

See also

• United States at the 1984 Winter Olympics