Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics made its Winter Paralympic
début at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
in Innsbruck
. This was also the last appearance of the Soviet Union in the Winter Paralympics before the union's dissolution. The country was represented by eight athletes, who all completed in cross-country skiing
. Valentina Grigoryeva
won the USSR's only medals: two bronze.
Winter Paralympic Games
The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Winter Paralympic Games are held every four years directly following the Winter...
début at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
1988 Winter Paralympics
The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games, were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held again in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics to be held in a separate location from the Winter Olympics. Beginning in 1992, the Olympics and the Paralympics were held in the same city or in an adjacent...
in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
. This was also the last appearance of the Soviet Union in the Winter Paralympics before the union's dissolution. The country was represented by eight athletes, who all completed in cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
. Valentina Grigoryeva
Valentina Grigoryeva
Valentina Grigoryeva is a former Soviet cross-country skier.She represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, and won two bronze medals, in the five kilometre and ten kilometre events...
won the USSR's only medals: two bronze.
Bronze
- Valentina GrigoryevaValentina GrigoryevaValentina Grigoryeva is a former Soviet cross-country skier.She represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, and won two bronze medals, in the five kilometre and ten kilometre events...
- cross-country skiing, women's 10km B1 - Valentina Grigoryeva - cross-country skiing, women's 5km B1
See also
- 1988 Winter Paralympics1988 Winter ParalympicsThe 1988 Winter Paralympic Games, were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held again in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics to be held in a separate location from the Winter Olympics. Beginning in 1992, the Olympics and the Paralympics were held in the same city or in an adjacent...
- Soviet Union at the ParalympicsSoviet Union at the ParalympicsThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics competed for the first and only time at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1988. The country also competed for the first and only time at the Winter Paralympic Games that same year....
- Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter OlympicsSoviet Union at the 1988 Winter OlympicsThe Soviet Union competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. It would be the last Winter Olympic Games before the dissolution of the USSR in 1991...