Úrsula Pueyo

Úrsula Pueyo Marimon (born 21 December 1983 in Palma de Mallorca)[1][2] is a LW2 classified Spanish para-alpine standing skier who is missing a leg.

[1][2] From Majorca,[3][4] Pueyo has a physical disability,[5] a missing leg,[6] that is the result of a motor vehicle accident when she was fifteen years old.

[5] Competing at the 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in South Korea, she was disqualified in her first run in one event.

[19] The Campionat de Catalunya Open d'Esquí Alpí took place in late January 2010 with skiers representing the five regions of Spain including Aragon, Galicia, Catalonia, Madrid and the Basque Country.

She represented Catalonia as a member of the ski club, MAC, and came in first in the standing category events.

[10] Pueyo was the only Spanish team member with a physical disability and not competing in the visually impaired class.

[4][26][27] She competed in a November 2010 ski competition in Landgraaf, Netherlands where she earned a silver medal in the downhill event.

[29] At the 2011 World Championships held in Sestriere, Italy, she failed to finish in the slalom event.

[35] Pueyo was a competitor in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, finishing the women's giant slalom – standing in 11th place.