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Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

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33: 314:, who was disabled after being knocked off a motorbike by an unmarked police car in 1995, also competed in four events in the LW10 classification. His highest finish was sixth in the Super-G and he also had three seventh-place finishes. In each of his events Napier was the lowest ranked athlete to complete the course. 322:
To ensure a fair event when athletes with differing disabilities compete, times achieved are sometimes modified by a factor percentage, to produce a result known as "Calculated Time". It is this time that decides the result of the races. Actual times recorded is also listed.
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Two British athletes competed, both in alpine skiing events, and no medals were won. The size of the team was a decrease from that which had entered previous Games, in the
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Both of Britain's athletes at the Games competed in alpine skiing events, funding for the two athletes was provided by the
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20 British athletes had participated. One reason for this is that whilst funding for the two athletes was provided by the
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