Mills, the former wife of Sir Paul McCartney, who lost the lower half of her left leg in a collision with a police motorbike 20 years ago this month, won her silver medal in the slalom standing World Cup behind Canada's Melanie Schwartz at the event in Coronet Park.

Schwartz, ranked 16th in the world, clocked 1min 59.79sec as Mills recorded 2:09.09.

It was, nevertheless, a remarkable performance from Mills, who is ranked 28th in the world despite having only recently taken up the technical discipline of slalom having joined the British Development Team in 2010. 

Heather Mills described her silver medal at the Winter Games in New Zealand as an "amazing experience"