Globe-trotting Paralympian bags major medal haul

Paralympic skier Adam Hall with a clutch of medals at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) races held at Winter Park, USA. Photo / via Facebook

NZ Paralympic hero Adam Hall's year is off to a bright start after he bagged six medals, including four golds and World Cup silver and bronze.

Hall has travelled from the US to Spain, competing in six races over eight hectic days.

Competition for him began on January 4 in Winter Park, Colorado, where he won four medals at the International Paralympic Committee alpine skiing races. His gold medals came from the giant slalom, super combined and two super-G races.

He then flew to La Molina in Spain for the IPC Alpine World Cup Slalom races, but the scheduled giant slalom events had to be cancelled because of the poor weather.

Hall came in third in Friday's race behind world champion Alexey Bugaev and Alexander Alyabyev, both from Russia.

On Sunday, he pushed through to second place but was again beaten by Bugaev.

He will next be flying to Matrei in Austria, where he will be competing in the Europa Cup this Friday.

"It's been a really busy time ... At this point I can't really explain how I did it or how I feel," the Paralympian said yesterday.

"The jetlag is setting in but I'll look forward to a proper debrief with my coach over the next few days and continuing to build towards the world champs next month."

In 2010, Hall lost his mother, Gayle Hall, in a car crash shortly after she had dropped him off at Dunedin Airport for a flight to Wellington.

She had been described as his "number one fan" and was one of the first to congratulate him a month earlier when he won the men's standing-slalom ski event at the Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Skiers are in La Molina as part of the preparations for the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Panorama, Canada, from February 28 to March 10.

About 130 from 30 countries are expected to take part.