Martin Braxenthaler

Martin Braxenthaler (born 11 March 1972) is a German monoskier and Paralympian. He has participated in alpine skiing at four Winter Paralympic Games, in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010. He won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, four golds at the 2002 Games, three more golds at the 2006 Torino Paralympics and three golds and one silver at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics.^[1]

NationalityGerman

Born (1972-03-11) 11 March 1972 (age 54)

Traunstein, West Germany

Yearsactive1996–2011

CountryGermany

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Martin Braxenthaler

a German monoskier and Paralympian
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1972-03-11) 11 March 1972 (age 54) Traunstein, West Germany
Years active	1996–2011
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Para-alpine skiing
Disability class	LW10
Event(s)	Downhill slalom Giant slalom Super combined Super-G
Medal record Men's para-alpine skiing Representing  Germany Winter Paralympics 2002 Salt Lake City Downhill 2002 Salt Lake City Giant slalom 2002 Salt Lake City Slalom 2002 Salt Lake City Super-G 2006 Turin Giant slalom 2006 Turin Slalom 2006 Turin Super-G 2010 Vancouver Combined 2010 Vancouver Giant slalom 2010 Vancouver slalom 2010 Vancouver Super-G 1998 Nagano Super-G IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2004 Wildschönau Giant slalom 2004 Wildschönau Slalom 2004 Wildschönau Super-G

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In 2007 he was named the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year and won the Sitting element of the IPC Disabled Alpine World Cup. At the 2010 Winter Paralympics, Braxenthaler won three gold, as well as one silver medal.^{[citation needed]}

When asked about being "the most successful mono-skier in the history of the Paralympic movement", Braxenthaler replied:

Great success is often just measured by the colour of the medal. From this perspective, I guess I could be considered the most successful athlete. But success is about more than just medals, and so to being the most successful athlete overall- that's for others to decide.^{[citation needed]}