Carina Edlinger

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Carina Edlinger
cross-country skiing

Personal information
Type of disability (class): Visual impairment
Stargardt's disease
B2 (vision 2%)
Nationality: AustriaAustria Austria
Birthday: 13th August 1998 (age 22)
Place of birth: Bad Ischl, Austria
Society: UPS Fuschl am See
Medals
last change: March 17, 2018

Carina Edlinger (born August 13, 1998 in Bad Ischl ) is an Austrian disabled athlete. She starts in para-cross-country skiing .

Career

Edlinger, who attended the Schladming Ski Academy, started skiing in 2008 as a 10-year-old.

As a sighted athlete, she won the national championship in cross-country skiing with the Austrian relay.

After falling ill with Stargardt's disease (rare genetic defect in the retinal area) during puberty and progressive blindness, she started as a guide with parallel cross-country skiing in 2015 together with her two years younger brother Julian, who himself completed the Nordic training center in Eisenerz as a cross-country skier. In her first season she was the first Austrian to win a cross-country gold medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships for the disabled in Finsterau in the skating sprint, with her brother Julian as a guide. In total, she won two golds and one bronze.

In the end, Carina was able to secure the overall World Cup victory of the 2016/17 season.

On March 17, 2018, the 19-year-old and her brother Julian won the bronze medal over 7.5 km in the classic style for the visually impaired at the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang .

Today she lives in Fuschl am See ( Salzburg ) and is in a relationship with the Norwegian parallax runner Eirik Bye .

Awards

  • 2017: At the Leonidas sports gala, she was named “Rookie of the Year” with the “Golden Lion”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Austrian Paralympic Committee - portrait Edlinger, Carina. In: oepc.at. 2018, accessed March 14, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Österreichische Sporthilfe supports local top athletes with and without disabilities. In: sporthilfe.at. February 28, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
  3. ^ Carina Edlinger, with historical WM gold. (No longer available online.) In: schladming.org. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; accessed on November 19, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schladming.org
  4. ↑ a b c d Carina Edlinger sets course for the Paralympics. In: salzburg24.at. November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Carina Edlinger: From blind to gold in four years? (March 13, 2018)
  6. ↑ World champion returned to Fuschl. In: mein district.at. February 27, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
  7. ↑ "There are only mascots on the podium" (March 11, 2018)
  8. ↑ Cross-Country Skiing, Athlete Profile - Carina EDLINGER
personal data
SURNAME Edlinger, Carina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian disabled athlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Ischl