Austria competed at the 1980 Winter Paralympics in Geilo, Norway. 34 competitors from Austria won 22 medals including 6 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze and finished 3rd in the medal table.
Alpine skiing
The medalists are:
Gerhard Langer, Men's Slalom 2B Brigitte Madlener, Women's Giant Slalom 3B Josef Meusburger, Men's Slalom 2A Peter Perner, Men's Giant Slalom 1A Peter Perner, Men's Slalom 1A Markus Ramsauer, Men's Giant Slalom 2A Anton Berger, Men's Slalom 2B Hubert Griessmaier, Men's Slalom 3A Heidi Jauk, Women's Slalom 2A Gerhard Langer, Men's Giant Slalom 2B Brigitte Madlener, Women's Slalom 3B Josef Meusburger, Men's Giant Slalom 2A Markus Ramsauer, Men's Slalom 2A Christine Winkler, Women's Giant Slalom 1A Christine Winkler, Women's Slalom 1A Anton Berger, Men's Giant Slalom 2B Anton Ledermaier, Men's Slalom 2B Franz Meister, Men's Giant Slalom 1A Brigitte Rajchl, Women's Giant Slalom 1A Dietmar Schweninger, Men's Slalom 3A Ursula Steiger, Women's Slalom 1A
Cross-country
Seven athletes represented Austria in cross-country skiing. The medalists are:
Bruno Geuze, Horst Morokutti, Franz Perner, Josef Scheiber Men's 4x5 km Relay 3A-3B
See also
Austria at the Paralympics Austria at the 1980 Winter Olympics
References