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Veronika Aigner

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Veronika Aigner
Personal information
Born (2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 (age 23)
Neunkirchen, Austria
Sport
Country Austria
SportAlpine skiing
DisabilityVisually impaired
B2
Medal record
Women's para alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 6 1 0
World Championships 4 0 0
Total 10 1 0
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingGiant slalom
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingSlalom
Gold medal – first place2026 Milano CortinaDownhill
Gold medal – first place2026 Milano CortinaSuper combined
Gold medal – first place2026 Milano CortinaGiant slalom
Gold medal – first place2026 Milano CortinaSlalom
Silver medal – second place2026 Milano CortinaSuper-G
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 LleidaGiant slalom
Gold medal – first place2023 LleidaSlalom
Gold medal – first place2025 MariborGiant slalom
Gold medal – first place2025 MariborSlalom

Veronika Aigner (born 13 February 2003) is an Austrian visually impaired para alpine skier. She is a six-time Paralympic gold medalist and four-time World Champion.

Early life

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Veronika Aigner was born with a visual impairment in 2003 to parents Petra, who is also visually impaired, and Christian Aigner.[1] She was raised on the family farm in Gloggnitz in the Neunkirchen District of Austria with her four siblings.[2][3] She began skiing before the age of two.[4]

Career

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Aigner began competing in para alpine skiing when she was nine. She made her FIS Para Alpine Ski World Cup debut during the 2018–19 season, competing with her guide and sister, Elisabeth, in January 2019.[4] At only 15 years old, she was too young to compete in that year's World Para Alpine Skiing Championships. She won five gold medals in the 2018–19 World Cup season and the season's crystal globe in slalom. Aigner won six races at the start of the 2019–20 season, but had an injury that, in combination with the COVID-19 pandemic, ended her season early.[2]

In the first race of the 2020–21 World Cup in Veysonnaz, she won four of her five races.[5] She tore a ligament and meniscus in both knees in January 2021 while training, ending her season. She was then in a car accident in November 2021 and was unable to compete in the 2022 World Championships. The giant slalom at the 2022 Winter Paralympics was her first race of the season.[6] She won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom events at the 2022 Paralympics.[7][8]

Aigner competed at the 2023 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships and won gold in slalom and giant slalom events.[9] She and her guide, Elisabeth, were awarded the Breakthrough Award at the 2023 Para Sport Awards.[4] During the 2024–25 World Cup, she won the slalom, giant slalom, Super-G, and overall crystal globes.[10] She again competed at the 2025 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships and won gold in slalom and giant slalom events.[11][12]

She won the 2025–26 FIS Para Alpine Ski World Cup downhill and Super-G crystal globes.[13] Despite being unable to compete in the final stop of the World Cup due to injury, she retained the overall crystal globe for the second consecutive year.[14]

She competed at the 2026 Winter Paralympics and won a gold medal in the downhill event with a time of 1:22.55.[15]

Personal life

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Aigner's siblings, twins Barbara, and Johannes, are both visually impaired para skiers.[16] Her older sister, Elisabeth, is Aigner's sighted guide.[3]

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill
201916313——
202017322——
202118221——
202320111——
202421211——
2025221111—
20262312211

References

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  1. ↑ "Keeping it in the family – Aigner twins join the dynasty". paralympic.org. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Aigner sisters make skiing family proud". paralympic.org. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 Waldstein, David (13 March 2022). "The Skiing Aigners Are a Nation Unto Themselves". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "PARA SPORT Awards: Veronika Aigner wins Breakthrough Award with guide Elisabeth". paralympic.org. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (19 February 2021). "Germany and Aigner family the big winners at Leogang Para Alpine Skiing World Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Winter Paralympics: Veronika and Elisabeth Aigner win skiing gold in Beijing". BBC.com. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Veronika Aigner". paralympic.org. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Golden family: Aigner siblings achieve Paralympic glory". paralympic.org. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Espot 2023 FIS Para Alpine World Ski Championships: Slalom (Women) Official ranking" (PDF). FIS. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "Crystal globe drama: Para Alpine season concludes in Veysonnaz". fis-ski.com. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "Veronika Aigner holt zum WM-Abschluss Gold im Slalom". NÖN.at (in German). 11 February 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Veronika Aigner gewinnt Slalom-Kristallkugel". bmi.gv.at. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Johannes und Veronika Aigner holen sich Abfahrts- und Super-G Kugeln". skiaustria.at. 6 February 2026. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  14. ↑ "Season globes and breakthough moments in final Para Alpine World Cup stop". fis-ski.com. 11 February 2026. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  15. ↑ "Veronika Aigner wins first gold of Milano Cortina 2026". paralympic.org. 7 March 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "Keeping it in the family – Aigner twins join the dynasty". paralympic.org. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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