Astrid Fina

Astrid Fina Paredes (born 16 October 1983 in Barcelona) is a Spanish Paralympic snowboarder. Beyond her Paralympic accomplishments, she also received a silver medal of the World Cup of snowboarding.

Early life

Astrid Fina had her right foot amputated as a result of a motorcycle accident in May 2009. In 2011, she started practicing snowboarding. A year later, in 2012, she was already part of the Spanish national team.

In the 2017 World Cup she has achieved a plant medal in the four events of the category with amputation SB-LL2 (LW2) in which she participated, two in snowboard cross and two in banked slalom.

She participated in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, where she scored sixth position in snowboard cross, and was one of the three Spanish representatives participating in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, where she was the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.