2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

Host city	La Molina, Spain
Nations	29
Athletes	118
Events	Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, super combined, super-G
Dates	18–27 February 2013
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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.

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   Austria	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   Austria	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   Austria	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 entries)		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