Veronika Preining

Veronika Preining-Breuer (born 21 November 1965) is an Austrian Paralympic skier. She represented Austria in Para-Alpine skiing at the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck and in Nordic skiing at the 1988 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck. She won six medals, two gold, three silvers and a bronze.^[1][2]

Veronika Preining

Personal information
Full name	Veronika Preining-Breuer
Born	(1965-11-21) 21 November 1965 (age 59)
Sport
Country	Austria
Sport	Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing
Disability class	B1
Medal record Representing  Austria Paralympic Games Alpine skiing 1984 Innsbruck Downhill B1 1984 Innsbruck Alpine combination B1 1984 Innsbruck Giant slalom B1 Cross-country skiing 1988 Innsbruck 5km B1 1988 Innsbruck 10km B1 1988 Innsbruck 3x5km relay B1-3

Career

At the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, she finished first in downhill in 2:06.14 (Sheila Holzworth finished the race in 2: 32.42 and Cara Dunne in 2:36.93).^[3] She won a silver medal in super combined B1 (with a realized time of 2:44.63),^[4] and bronze in the giant slalom race category B1 in 6:15.91.^[5]

At the 1988 Winter Paralympics, she won gold in the 5 km race in front of the Finnish athlete Kirsti Pennanen and the Russian Valentina Grigoryeva,^[6] the silver in the 10 km race,^[7] and the bronze in the 3x5 km event in category B1-3.^[8]

She competed at the 1990 World Nordic disabled championships, winning a gold medal, in 10 kilometers.^[9]