2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

The 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in La Molina ski resort in Spain from 18 to 27 February 2013. The Championship is held biannually by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is the largest event of its type outside the Winter Paralympics.

2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

Host city	La Molina, Spain
Nations participating	29
Athletes participating	118
Events	Downhill, Giant slalom, Slalom, Super combined, Super-G
Dates	18 - 27 February 2013

Skiers competed in sitting, standing or visually impaired classification categories in Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Super-G, Super Combined and Team events.

Over 118 skiers competed, with France finishing the Championship on top of the medal table with the most gold medals and Canada finishing with the highest total medals won (14).

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on the 18 February.

Events

Men

Event	Date	Class	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Downhill	Feb 20	Visually impaired[1]	Yon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: M. Galidno Garces  Spain	1:25.14	Alessandro Daldoss Guide: Davide Riva  Italy	1:26.80	Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy  Canada	1:27.77
		Standing[2]	Markus Salcher  Austria	1:29.74	Michael Bruegger   Switzerland	1:32.51	Matthias Lanzinger  Austria	1:33.80
		Sitting[3]	Franz Hanfstingl  Germany	1:31.92	Stephen Lawler  United States	1:32.58	Yohann Taberlet  France	1:32.77
Super-G	Feb 21	Visually impaired[4]	Yon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: M. Galidno Garces  Spain	1:10.49	Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy  Canada	1:11.65	Hugo Thomas Guide: Luana Bergamin   Switzerland	1:12.78
		Standing[5]	Markus Salcher  Austria	1:12.49	Matthias Lanzinger  Austria	1:13.66	Michael Bruegger   Switzerland	1:14.82
		Sitting[6]	Taiki Morii  Japan	1:13.49	Yohann Taberlet  France	1:13.50	Akira Kano  Japan	1:13.69
Slalom	Feb 24	Visually impaired[7]	Ivan Frantsev Guide: German Agranovskii  Russia	1:57.94	Miroslav Haraus Guide: Maria Zatovicova  Slovakia	1:59.21	Valery Redkozubov Guide: V. Molodtsov  Russia	2:00.11
		Standing[8]	Vincent Gauthier-Manuel  France	1:55.85	Thomas Pfyl   Switzerland	1:57.30	Adam Hall  New Zealand	1:57.69
		Sitting[9]	Philipp Bonadimann  Austria	1:58.52	Taiki Morii  Japan	2:02.67	Dietmar Dorn  Austria	2:05.46
Super combined	Feb 25	Visually impaired[10]	Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy  Canada	1:43.47	Miroslav Haraus Guide: Maria Zatovicova  Slovakia	1:45.02	Ivan Frantsev Guide: German Agranovskii  Russia	1:47.90
		Standing[11]	Matthias Lanzinger  Austria	1:42.44	Alexey Bugaev  Russia	1:42.90	Cedric Amafroi-Broisat  France	1:44.89
		Sitting[12]	Taiki Morii  Japan	1:44.74	Takeshi Suzuki  Japan	1:47.37	Philipp Bonadimann  Austria	1:47.58
Giant slalom	Feb 26	Visually impaired[13]	Yon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: M. Galidno Garces  Spain	2:12.32	Mac Marcoux Guide: B. J. Marcoux  Canada	2:13.59	Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy  Canada	2:13.87
		Standing[14]	Vincent Gauthier-Manuel  France	2:09.02	Alexey Bugaev  Russia	2:09.61	Michael Bruegger   Switzerland	2:11.50
		Sitting[15]	Taiki Morii  Japan	2:15.80	Takeshi Suzuki  Japan	2:20.12	Christoph Kunz   Switzerland	2:20.26

Women

Event	Date	Class	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Downhill	Feb 20	Visually impaired[16]	Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova  Slovakia	1:33.11	Aleksandra Frantceva Guide: Pavel Zabotin  Russia	1:34.63	Kelly Gallagher Guide: Charlotte Evans  Great Britain	1:51.57
		Standing[17]	Marie Bochet  France	1:35.62	Andrea Rothfuss  Germany	1:37.23	Solene Jambaque  France	1:38.52
		Sitting[18]	Laurie Stephens  United States	1:41.07	Kimberly Joines  Canada	1:41.37	Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany	1:44.17
Super-G	Feb 21	Visually impaired[19]	Alexandra Frantseva Guide: Pavel Zabotin  Russia	1:18.20	Kelly Gallagher Guide: Charlotte Evans  Great Britain	1:21.30;	Jade Etherington Guide: John Clark  Great Britain	1:21.58
		Standing[20]	Marie Bochet  France	1:18.94	Solene Jambaque  France	1:19.29	Inga Medvedeva  Russia	1:20.99
		Sitting[21]	Claudia Loesch  United States	1:18.86	Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany	1:22.65	Laurie Stephens  United States	1:23.33
Slalom	Feb 24	Visually impaired[22]	Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova  Slovakia	2:08.82	Alexandra Frantseva Guide: Pavel Zabotin  Russia	2:10.49	Viviane Forest Guide: C. Lauzon-Gauthier  Canada	2:13.60
		Standing[23]	Marie Bochet  France	2:04.98	Andrea Rothfuss  Germany	2:11.80	Alexandra Starker  Canada	2:13.65
		Sitting[24]	Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany	2:26.18	Anna-Lena Forster  Germany	2:31.31	Kimberly Joines  Canada	2:32.76
Super combined	Feb 25	Visually impaired[25]	Alexandra Frantseva Guide: Pavel Zabotin  Russia	1:56.21	Kelly Gallagher Guide: Charlotte Evans  Great Britain	1:58.81	Petra Kozickova Guide: Tomas Hajek  Slovakia	2:04.63
		Standing[26]	Marie Bochet  France	1:55.32	Andrea Rothfuss  Germany	1:57.23	Alexandra Starker  Canada	2:00.49
		Sitting[27]	Claudia Loesch  United States	2:04.29	Kimberly Joines  Canada	2:07.51	Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany	2:08.05
Giant slalom	Feb 26	Visually impaired[28]	Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova  Slovakia	2:27.57	Viviane Forest Guide: C. Lauzon-Gauthier  Canada	2:27.81	Kelly Gallagher Guide: Charlotte Evans  Great Britain	2:29.07
		Standing[29]	Marie Bochet  France	2:21.61	Andrea Rothfuss  Germany	2:22.95	Alexandra Starker  Canada	2:28.26
		Sitting[30]	Claudia Loesch  United States	2:29.70	Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany	2:31.23	Kimberly Joines  Canada	2:38.40

Medals table

Claudia Loesch (gold), Anna Schaffelhuber (silver) and Laurie Stephens (bronze), medalists of the sitting Super-G event

  *   Host nation (Spain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	7	2	3	12
2	Austria (AUT)	7	1	3	11
3	Russia (RUS)	4	4	3	11
4	Japan (JPN)	3	3	1	7
5	Spain (ESP)*	3	0	0	3
6	Germany (GER)	2	7	2	11
7	Slovakia (SVK)	2	2	1	5
8	Canada (CAN)	1	5	8	14
9	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
10	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	4	6
11	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	3	5
12	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
13	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 nations)		30	30	30	90

Participating nations

Over 118 participants from 29 nations competed.

Australia  Austria  Belgium  Canada  Croatia  Czech Republic  France  Greece

Germany  Great Britain  Italy  Japan  Netherlands  New Zealand  Poland  Romania

Russia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain   Switzerland  United States

Classifications

Skiers compete in sitting, standing or visually impaired events, depending on their classification of disability.

Standing

• LW2 – single leg amputation above the knee
• LW3 – double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
• LW4 – single leg amputation below the knee
• LW5/7 – double arm amputation
• LW6/8 – single arm amputation
• LW9 – amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg

Sitting

• LW 10 – paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• LW 11 – paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
• LW 12 – double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance

Visually impaired

• B1 – no functional vision
• B2 – up to ca 3–5% functional vision
• B3 – under 10% functional vision

References

1. "Men's Downhill - Visually Impaired" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
2. "Event Overview - Men Downhill Standing" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
3. "Event Overview - Men's Downhill - Sitting" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
4. "Men's Super-G - Visually Impaired" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
5. "Event Overview - Men Super-G Standing" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
6. "Event Overview - Men's Super-G - Sitting" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
7. "Men's Slalom - Visually Impaired" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
8. "Event Overview - Men Slalom Standing" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
9. "Event Overview - Men's Slalom - Sitting" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
10. "Men's Super combined - Visually Impaired" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
11. "Event Overview - Men Super combined Standing" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
12. "Event Overview - Men's Super combined - Sitting" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
13. "Men's Giant Slalom - Visually Impaired" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
14. "Event Overview - Men Giant Slalom Standing" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
15. "Event Overview - Men's Giant Slalom - Sitting" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
16. "Women's Downhill - Visually Impaired" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
17. "Event Overview - Women Downhill Standing" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
18. "Event Overview - Women's Downhill - Sitting" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
19. "Women's Super-G - Visually Impaired" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
20. "Event Overview - Women Super-G Standing" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
21. "Event Overview - Women's Super-G - Sitting" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
22. "Women's Slalom - Visually Impaired" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
23. "Event Overview - Women Slalom Standing" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
24. "Event Overview - Women's Slalom - Sitting" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
25. "Women's Super Combined - Visually Impaired" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
26. "Event Overview - Women Super Combined Standing" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
27. "Event Overview - Women's Super Combined - Sitting" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
28. "Women's Giant Slalom - Visually Impaired" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
29. "Event Overview - Women Giant Slalom Standing" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
30. "Event Overview - Women's Giant Slalom - Sitting" (PDF). IPC Alpine Skiing. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.

• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

External links

• official site
• IPC Alpine Skiing
  • World Championships – official results
• ParalympicSport.TV