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International Paralympic Committee Adenauerallee 212-214 Tel. +49 228 2097-200 www.paralympic.org 53113 Bonn, Germany Fax +49 228 2097-209 [email protected] Andorra Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Xavier FERNANDEZ Argentina Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Carlos Javier CODINA THOMATIS Enrique PLANTEY Nordic skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Pablo Javier ROBLEDO Armenia Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Mher AVANESYAN Australia Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Andrew BOR (guide) Jessica GALLAGHER @JessGallagher86 https:/www.facebook.com/ athletejessicagallagher?ws& nr Para-athletes on social media 2 Christian GEIGER (guide) Mitchell GOURLEY @mitchgourley Toby KANE @Toby_Kane Victoria PENDERGAST Melissa PERRINE Cameron RAHLES-RAHBULA Snowboard First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Joany BADENHORST https:/www.facebook.com/ joany.bad?ref=ts&fref=ts Trent MILTON Benjamin Andrew TUDHOPE https:/www.facebook.com/ Basil Ben.Tud?fref=ts Austria Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Dietmar DORN Martin FALCH Thomas GROCHAR Andreas KAPFINGER https://www.facebook.co m/pages/Andi- Kapfinger/209352511688 ?fref=ts Matthias LANZINGER https://www.facebook.co m/pages/Matthias- Lanzinger/102007953304 978?fref=ts Claudia LOESCH https://www.facebook.com/c laudia.loesch.fanpage?fref=ts Philipp MAG.(FH) BONADIMANN Para-athletes on social media 3 Roman RABL https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Rabl-Roman- Fanpage/312256395489663? fref=ts Markus SALCHER https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Markus- Salcher/309620819099311?fr ef=ts Reinhod SAMPL Martin WUERZ https://www.facebook.com/ wuerzmartin?fref=ts Snowboard First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Georg SCHWAB https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Georg- Schwab/1391405077747801? ref=ts&fref=ts Nordic skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Michael KURZ Belarus Nordic skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Lidziya HRAFEYEVA Dzmitry LOBAN Yauheni LUKYANENKA Vasili SHAPTSIABOI Valiantsina SHYTS Para-athletes on social media 4 Siarhei SILCHANKA Yadviha SKORABAHATAYA Larysa VARONA Liudmila VAUCHOK Siarhei VAUCHUNOVICH Belgium Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Jasper BALCAEN @JB_ski Snowboard First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Denis COLLE Bosnia and Herzegovina Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Ilma KAZAZIC Senad TURKOVIC Brazil Snowboard First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Andre CINTRA PEREIRA Para-athletes on social media 5 Nordic skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Fernando ARANHA ROCHA https://www.facebook.com/ FernandoAranhaOficial Bulgaria Nordic skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Svetoslav GEORGIEV Zhelyaz KOLEV Canada Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Caleb BROUSSEAU @CalebBrousseau Josh DUECK @justdueck https://www.facebook.com/ FreedomChair?fref=ts Matt HALLAT @matthallat Kimberly JOINES @9LivesJoines Erin LATIMER Braydon LUSCOMBE @OneLeggedHustla Mac MARCOUX @MarcouxBros Kurt OATWAY @Koatway Alana Colette RAMSAY Para-athletes on social media 6 Kirk SCHORNSTEIN @KirkSchornstein Alexandra STARKER @AlexStarker Chris WILLIAMSON Snowboard First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Ian LOCKEY @adaptiverider John LESLIE Tyler MOSHER @Mosherinspired https://www.facebook.com/ TylerMosherCA?fref=ts Michelle SALT Nordic skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Mark ARENDZ @markarendz Caroline Juliette BISSON @caro_bisson Colette BOURGONJE Yves BOURQUE Sebastien FORTIER Louis FORTIN https://www.facebook.com/x clouis?fref=ts Margarita GOURBOUNOVA @Mgorbounova Brittany HUDAK Chris KLEBL @chrisklebl Brian MCKEEVER https://twitter.com/br ianmckeever Para-athletes on social media 7 Robbi WELDON @thundercycle12 https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Robbi- Weldon/154992254682058?f ref=ts Ice sledge hockey First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Adam DIXON @11Dixons Steve ARSENAULT Brad BOWDEN https://twitter.com/B https://www.facebook.com/ ow27 pages/Official-Brad-Bowden- Page/230217912555 Billy BRIDGES @BillyBridges18 https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Billy-Bridges-Sledge- Hockey- FanClub/141720242744?fref =ts Benjamin Thomas DELANEY John Marc DORION Anthony GALE @Anthony_Gale9 James GEMMELL @Gemms25_CAN https://www.facebook.com/ pages/James- Gemmell/246442875437869 ?fref=ts Dominic LAROCQUE Karl LUDWIG @K_Ludwig Tyler MCGREGOR @tgregs8 Graeme MURRAY @G_Murray_29 Kevin REMPEL @KevinRempel https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Kevin- Rempel/182469855114869?f ref=ts Para-athletes on social media 8 Benoit ST-AMAND @BenoitStAmand https://www.facebook.com/ benoit.stamand.fanpage?fref =ts Corbin WATSON Greg WESTLAKE https://twitter.com/g http://www.facebook.com/H westlake12 CSledge?fref=ts (Sledge Hockey Canada) Derek WHITSON @whitz_04 Wheelchair curling First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook James Peter ARMSTRONG Ina FORREST Sonia GAUDET https://www.facebook.com/p ages/Sonja- Gaudet/396985023765392 Mark Allen IDESON @MarkIdeson Dennis John THIESSEN @thiessen_dennis Chile Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Jorge MIGUELES Santiago VEGA Para-athletes on social media 9 China Nordic skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Shishuai CHENG Haitao DU Jianhui LIU Ye TIAN Dexin ZOU Wheelchair curling First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Jun HE Wei LIU Haitao WANG Guangqin XU Qiang ZHANG Croatia Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Damir MIZDRAK Dino SOKOLOVIC Para-athletes on social media 10 Czech Republic Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Patrik HETMER https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Patrik-Hetmer- alpsk%C3%A9- ly%C5%BEov%C3%A1n%C3% AD/452446008186297?fref=t s Oldrich JELINEK Stanislav LOSKA Snowboard First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Tomas VAVERKA Ice Sledge Hockey First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Jiri BERGER Erik FOJTIK Michal GEIER Zdenek HABL Miroslav HRBEK Libor HULIN Zdenek KRUPICKA Pavel KUBES Tomas KVOCH David MOTYCKA David PALAT Jiri RAUL Zdenek SAFRANEK Michal VAPENKA @MichalVapenka Para-athletes on social media 11 Denmark Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Line DAMGAARD Ulrik NYVOLD Finland Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Katja SAARINEN @SaarinenFIN Snowboard First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook @MattiSuurHamari https://www.facebook.com/ Matti SUUR-HAMARI pages/Matti-Suur- Hamari/1401736570067593 Nordic skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Juha HARKONEN Maija JARVELA Lasse KANKKUNEN @Late_K Rudolf KLEMETTI Sini PYY @Sipressi Ilkka TUOMISTO @IlkkaTuomisto https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Ilkka- Tuomisto/14533041218500 7?fref=ts Para-athletes on social media 12 Wheelchair curling First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Tuomo AARNIKKA Vesa HELLMAN Markku KARJALAINEN @tulikoni Sari KARJALAINEN @irwin_sari Mina MOJTAHEDI France Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Cedric AMAFROI-BROISAT Patrice BARATTERO Marie BOCHET https://www.facebook.com/ bochetmarie?fref=ts Frederic FRANCOIS Vincent GAUTHIER-MANUEL @GauthierVincent https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Vincent-GAUTHIER- MANUEL/88696015926?fref= ts Solene JAMBAQUE Jean Yves LE MEUR Cyril MORE https://www.facebook.com/c yrilmore2012?fref=ts Romain RIBOUD @romrib Para-athletes on social media 13 Yohann TABERLET @yotab74 https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Yohann- Taberlet/146210608773427? fref=ts Snowboard First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Cecile HERNANDEZ-CERVELLON Nordic skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Julien BOURLA (guide) Thomas CLARION Benjamin DAVIET https://www.facebook.com/p ages/Daviet- Benjamin/423891851018884 ?fref=ts Romain ROSIQUE Germany Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Anna-Lena FORSTER https://www.facebook.com/p ages/Anna-Lena- Forster/409628042493173 Franz HANFSTINGL https://www.facebook.com/p ages/Franz- Hanfstingl/108885662602563 Georg KREITER Thomas NOLTE Para-athletes on social media 14 Andrea ROTHFUSS https://www.facebook.com/p ages/Andrea- Rothfuss/178305418872856? fref=ts Anna SCHAFFELHUBER https://www.facebook.com/p ages/Anna- Schaffelhuber/152443961493 287?fref=ts Snowboard First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Stefan LOSLER Nordic skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Andrea ESKAU Anja WICKER Martin FLEIG https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Martin- Fleig/231975210170268 Tino UHLIG Vivian HOSCH Wilhelm BREM Great Britain Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Michael BRENNAN @MonoSkiMick https://www.facebook.com/ monoskimick?fref=ts Jade ETHERINGTON @raceyjadeski https://www.facebook.com/ Para-athletes on social media 15 pages/Jade- Etherington/2077855792648 29?fref=ts Charlotte EVANS @CharEvans1 https://www.facebook.com/ KellyandCharlotte?fref=ts Rachael (guide) FERRIER @rachael_ferrier Kelly GALLAGHER @Kellygallagher https://www.facebook.com/ CharEvans1 KellyandCharlotte?fref=ts Millie KNIGHT @knight_millie https://www.facebook.com/ millieandrachael Caroline (guide) POWELL @CarolineSkier Benjamin SNEESBY Anna TURNEY @SkiRaceAnna https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Anna- Turney/181636558560433?fr ef=ts James WHITLEY Wheelchair curling First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Gregor EWAN Thomas KILLIN Robert MCPHERSON Aileen NEILSON Para-athletes on social media 16 Greece Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Efthymios KALARAS Iceland Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Erna FRIDRIKSDOTTIR Johann Thor HOLMGRIMSSON Italy Alpine skiing First Name Last Name Twitter Facebook Ugo BREGANT https://www.facebook.com/ Melania CORRADINI
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