Maggie Behle
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| Nationality | American |
| Born | 1980 (age 45–46) |
| Website | www |
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| Country | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States |
| Sport | alpine skiing |
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Maggie Behle (born 1980) is an American Paralympic female alpine skier.[1]
She was born without a right leg and started to engage with alpine skiing at the age of five. She became one of the members of the U.S. Disabled Ski Team at the age of 13.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Behle competed at the 1996 World Championship in Lech, Austria winning two silver metals as well as competing at the 1997 World Cup in Pra Loup, France, winning a gold metal in slalom. Behle competed at the 1998 Winter Paralympics at the age of 17, which is also her only appearance in a Winter Paralympic event and competed in the alpine skiing event claiming bronze medals in the women's slalom and downhill categories.[3][4] After claiming bronze medals at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, she was honoured at the Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School where she was educated.[5]
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- American female alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic alpine skiers for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- American alpine skiing biography stubs
- American Paralympic medalist stubs