Name: Andrew Haraghey
Sport: Alpine Skiing
Event(s): Downhill, Super-G, Super Combined, Giant Slalom, Slalom
Classification: LW1
Height: 5-7
DOB: 12/16/1995
Birthplace: Hartford, Conn.
Hometown: Enfield, Conn.
High School: Enrico Fermi High School (Enfield, Conn.) '14
College: Westminster College '19, Public Health
Team/Club: National Ability Center
Coach(es): Erik Leirfallom
Paralympic Experience
- Two-time Paralympian (2018, 2022)
- Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, 15th (downhill), 17th (super-G), 28th (giant slalom), DNF (super combined, slalom)
- Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, 18th (downhill), 24th (super-G)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2023 - 10th (downhill)
- Years of participation: 2019, 2021, 2023
- Top Finish: 2023 - 10th (downhill)
- Other Finishes: 2023 - 10th (downhill), 13th (alpine combined); 2021 – 15th (downhill), 24th (Super-G)
Personal:
Haraghey took up skiing at age seven and began racing in about 2010...He received the 2014 Bob Casey Courage Award from the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance in United States of America...At the age of six months, he contracted viral encephalitis, which resulted in cerebral palsy. He has severe muscle tension from the waist down...Son of Richard and Sheryl Haraghey...Has one brother, Ryan...Idol is Tom Brady...Hobbies include water skiing, kayaking, tennis, swimming and camping.
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