Andrew Haraghey

Quick Facts

• Specialty: Para Alpine Skiing (Standing) — LW1 Classification
• Contracted viral encephalitis at six months old, resulting in cerebral palsy with severe muscle tension from the waist down
• Began skiing at age eight
• Recipient of the 2014 Bob Casey Courage Award from the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance
• Parents: Richard and Sheryl Haraghey
• Hobbies include water skiing, kayaking, tennis, swimming and camping
• His mother wrote and illustrated a children's book "Andrew Can Ski: Even with C.P." about Andrew's skiing career growing up with cerebral palsy

Biographical Information

At six months old, Andrew Haraghey contracted viral encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, that resulted in cerebral palsy with severe muscle tension from the waist down. Rather than limiting what he pursued, it became the context within which an extraordinary athletic career was built.

Haraghey took up skiing at age eight, growing up in Enfield, Connecticut, and began competitive Para alpine racing around 2010. He competed in the LW1 classification, which covers athletes with severe bilateral lower limb impairment, a demanding physical context that requires exceptional technical skill in ski technique adapted for maximum efficiency. His commitment to the sport was recognized beyond the race course: In 2014, the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance presented him with the Bob Casey Courage Award, given annually to an individual or group who demonstrates extraordinary courage and determination in life.

Haraghey earned his first Paralympic berth at the Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, where he finished 18th in downhill and 24th in super-G in the men's standing division. He returned for the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, entering five events (downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and super combined) and improving his results to 15th in downhill and 17th in super-G, demonstrating consistent, measurable growth across Games cycles.

At the world championship level, Haraghey has represented the United States at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships competing across giant slalom, slalom, downhill, super combined and super-G. 

A graduate of Westminster University in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a degree in public health, Haraghey carries an intellectual and purposeful approach into everything he does. He water skis, kayaks, plays tennis, swims and camps. His athletic idol is Tom Brady, whose career-long commitment to precision and resilience maps directly onto the way Haraghey has approached his own.

Paralympic Experience

• 3-time Paralympian
• Paralympic Games Milan 2026, (Super Combined - Standing - Men, Super-G - Standing - Men), 12th (Downhill - Standing - Men)
• Paralympic Games Beijing 2022, (Slalom - Standing - Men, Super Combined - Standing - Men), 15th (Downhill - Standing - Men), 17th (Super-G - Standing - Men), 28th (Giant Slalom - Standing - Men)
• Paralympic Games Pyeongchang 2018, 18th (Downhill - Standing - Men), 24th (Super-G - Standing - Men)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2025 – (Giant Slalom - Standing - Men, Slalom - Standing - Men)
• Years of participation: Giant Slalom - Standing - Men 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025; Slalom - Standing - Men 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025; Downhill - Standing - Men 2019, 2022, 2023; Super Combined - Standing - Men 2019, 2022, 2023; Super-G - Standing - Men 2019, 2022, 2023
• Top finish: – 2019 (Giant Slalom - Standing - Men), 2019 (Slalom - Standing - Men), 2022 (Giant Slalom - Standing - Men), 2022 (Slalom - Standing - Men), 2022 (Super Combined - Standing - Men), 2023 (Super-G - Standing - Men), 2025 (Giant Slalom - Standing - Men), 2025 (Slalom - Standing - Men)