2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships

2017 World Para Alpine Skiing World Championships
Host city	Tarvisio, Italy
Nations	30
Events	Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, super combined, super-G
Dates	22–31 January
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Last updated March 17, 2024

The 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in Tarvisio, Italy from 22 to 31 January 2017.

Events

Men

Event	Class	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Downhill	Visually impaired^[1]	Mac Marcoux (CAN) Guide: Jack Leitch	1:10.98	Yon Santacana Maiztegui (ESP) Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces	1:11.55	Miroslav Haraus (SVK) Guide: Maros Hudik	1:11.80
	Sitting^[2]	Andrew Kurka (USA)	1:11.55	Corey Peters (NZL)	1:12.16	Akira Kano (JPN)	1:13.77
	Standing^[3]	Markus Salcher (AUT)	1:12.22	Kirk Schornstein (CAN)	1:13.84	Jeffrey Stuut (NED)	1:14.00
Super-G	Visually impaired^[4]	Mac Marcoux (CAN) Guide: Jack Leitch	1:04.22	Jakub Krako (SVK) Guide: Branislav Brozman	1:05.22	Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA) Guide: Fabrizio Casal	1:05.82
	Sitting^[5]	Christoph Kunz (SUI)	1:04.35	Corey Peters (NZL)	1:05.05	Andrew Kurka (USA)	1:05.08
	Standing^[6]	Markus Salcher (AUT)	1:03.88	Arthur Bauchet (FRA)	1:04.09	Jeffrey Stuut (NED)	1:04.65
Slalom	Visually impaired^[7]	Mac Marcoux (CAN) Guide: Jack Leitch	1:23.79	Yon Santacana Maiztegui (ESP) Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces	1:25.09	Jakub Krako (SVK) Guide: Branislav Brozman	1:29.60
	Sitting^[8]	Jeroen Kampschreur (NED)	1:24.61	Igor Sikorski (POL)	1:24.98	Niels de Langen (NED)	1:26.76
	Standing^[9]	Arthur Bauchet (FRA)	1:25.33	Thomas Grochar (AUT)	1:26.27	Adam Hall (NZL)	1:26.71
Super combined	Visually impaired^[10]	Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA) Guide: Fabrizio Casal	1:50.49	Mac Marcoux (CAN) Guide: Jack Leitch	1:51.97	Jakub Krako (SVK) Guide: Branislav Brozman	1:52.28
	Sitting^[11]	Jeroen Kampschreur (NED)	1:51.25	Taiki Morii (JPN)	1:52.29	Takeshi Suzuki (JPN)	1:52.70
	Standing^[12]	Mitchell Gourley (AUS)	1:51.51	Robin Cuche (SUI)	1:53.15	Markus Salcher (AUT)	1:53.81
Giant slalom	Visually impaired^[13]	Mac Marcoux (CAN) Guide: Jack Leitch	2:09.92	Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA) Guide: Fabrizio Casal	2:12.92	Yon Santacana Maiztegui (ESP) Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces	2:14.86
	Sitting^[14]	Jeroen Kampschreur (NED)	2:16.75	Andrew Kurka (USA)	2:17.32	Markus Gfatterhofer (AUT)	2:18.41
	Standing^[15]	Arthur Bauchet (FRA)	2:13.63	Theo Gmur (SUI)	2:14.34	Alexis Guimond (CAN)	2:15.24

Women

Event	Class	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Downhill	Visually impaired^[16]	Millie Knight (GBR) Guide: Brett Wild	1:13.42	Henrieta Farkasova (SVK) Guide: Natalia Subrtova	1:14.62	Eleonor Sana (BEL) Guide: Chloe Sana	1:19.02
	Sitting^[17]	Anna Schaffelhuber (GER)	1:18.05	Claudia Loesch (AUT)	1:18.28	Momoka Muraoka (JPN)	1:22.73
	Standing^[18]	Marie Bochet (FRA)	1:16.28	Andrea Rothfuss (GER)	1:17.91	Alana Ramsay (CAN)	1:18.63
Super-G	Visually impaired^[19]	Henrieta Farkasova (SVK) Guide: Natalia Subrtova	1:10.02	Eleonor Sana (BEL) Guide: Chloe Sana	1:14.34	Danelle Umstead (USA) Guide: Robert Umstead	1:16.53
	Sitting^[20]	Claudia Loesch (AUT)	1:08.97	Anna Schaffelhuber (GER)	1:09.42	Momoka Muraoka (JPN)	1:13.43
	Standing^[21]	Marie Bochet (FRA)	1:08.92	Alana Ramsay (CAN)	1:09.39	Andrea Rothfuss (GER)	1:10.93
Slalom	Visually impaired^[22]	Henrieta Farkasova (SVK) Guide: Natalia Subrtova	1:32.91	Millie Knight (GBR) Guide: Brett Wild	1:35.13	Noemi Ewa Ristau (GER) Guide: Lucien Gerkau	1:36.05
	Sitting^[23]	Anna Schaffelhuber (GER)	1:34.31	Anna-Lena Forster (GER)	1:34.80	Claudia Loesch (AUT)	1:36.84
	Standing^[24]	Andrea Rothfuss (GER)	1:36.51	Marie Bochet (FRA)	1:36.54	Anna-Maria Rieder (GER)	1:37.70
Super combined	Visually impaired^[25]	Henrieta Farkasova (SVK) Guide: Natalia Subrtova	1:58.89	Millie Knight (GBR) Guide: Brett Wild	2:03.62	Staci Mannella (USA) Guide: Sadie de Baun	2:07.92
	Sitting^[26]	Anna Schaffelhuber (GER)	2:00.27	Claudia Loesch (AUT)	2:06.25	Anna-Lena Forster (GER)	2:06.88
	Standing^[27]	Marie Bochet (FRA)	2:00.63	Andrea Rothfuss (GER)	2:03.13	Alana Ramsay (CAN)	2:05.18
Giant slalom	Visually impaired^[28]	Henrieta Farkasova (SVK) Guide: Natalia Subrtova	2:21.05	Millie Knight (GBR) Guide: Brett Wild	2:27.60	Menna Fitzpatrick (GBR) Guide: Jennifer Kehoe	2:30.63
	Sitting^[29]	Claudia Loesch (AUT)	2:22.12	Anna Schaffelhuber (GER)	2:24.90	Momoka Muraoka (JPN)	2:27.47
	Standing^[30]	Andrea Rothfuss (GER)	2:22.42	Marie Bochet (FRA)	2:23.13	Alana Ramsay (CAN)	2:28.46

Medal table

Germany topped the medal tally with 14 medals. Hosts Italy finished 10th with 3 medals.^[31]

* Host nation (Italy)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	5	5	4	14
2	France (FRA)	5	3	0	8
3	Canada (CAN)	4	3	4	11
4	Austria (AUT)	4	3	3	10
5	Slovakia (SVK)	4	2	3	9
6	Netherlands (NED)	3	0	3	6
7	Great Britain (GBR)	1	3	1	5
8	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	0	3
9	United States (USA)	1	1	3	5
10	Italy (ITA)*	1	1	1	3
11	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
12	New Zealand (NZL)	0	2	1	3
12	Spain (ESP)	0	2	1	3
14	Japan (JPN)	0	1	5	6
15	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	1	2
16	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (16 entries)		30	30	30	90

Participating nations

30 nations participated.^[32]

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References

↑ "Men's downhill visually impaired" (PDF). 25 January 2017.
↑ "Men's downhill sitting" (PDF). 25 January 2017.
↑ "Men's downhill standing" (PDF). 25 January 2017.
↑ "Men's super-G visually impaired" (PDF). 26 January 2017.
↑ "Men's super-G sitting" (PDF). 26 January 2017.
↑ "Men's super-G standing" (PDF). 26 January 2017.
↑ "Men's Slalom visually impaired" (PDF). 31 January 2017.
↑ "Men's Slalom sitting" (PDF). 31 January 2017.
↑ "Men's Slalom standing" (PDF). 31 January 2017.
↑ "Men's super combined visually impaired" (PDF). 28 January 2017.
↑ "Men's super combined sitting" (PDF). 28 January 2017.
↑ "Men's super combined standing" (PDF). 28 January 2017.
↑ "Men's Giant Slalom visually impaired" (PDF). 30 January 2017.
↑ "Men's Giant Slalom sitting" (PDF). 30 January 2017.
↑ "Men's Giant Slalom standing" (PDF). 30 January 2017.
↑ "Women's downhill visually impaired" (PDF). 25 January 2017.
↑ "Women's downhill sitting" (PDF). 25 January 2017.
↑ "Women's downhill standing" (PDF). 25 January 2017.
↑ "Women's super-G visually impaired" (PDF). 26 January 2017.
↑ "Women's super-G sitting" (PDF). 26 January 2017.
↑ "Women's super-G standing" (PDF). 26 January 2017.
↑ "Women's Slalom visually impaired" (PDF). 31 January 2017.
↑ "Women's Slalom sitting" (PDF). 31 January 2017.
↑ "Women's Slalom standing" (PDF). 31 January 2017.
↑ "Women's super combined visually impaired" (PDF). 28 January 2017.
↑ "Women's super combined sitting" (PDF). 28 January 2017.
↑ "Women's super combined standing" (PDF). 28 January 2017.
↑ "Women's Giant Slalom visually impaired" (PDF). 30 January 2017.
↑ "Women's Giant Slalom" (PDF). 30 January 2017.
↑ "Women's Giant Slalom standing" (PDF). 30 January 2017.
↑ "Medal count".
↑ "NPCs list".

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[1] "Men's downhill visually impaired" (PDF). 25 January 2017.

[2] "Men's downhill sitting" (PDF). 25 January 2017.

[3] "Men's downhill standing" (PDF). 25 January 2017.

[4] "Men's super-G visually impaired" (PDF). 26 January 2017.

[5] "Men's super-G sitting" (PDF). 26 January 2017.

[6] "Men's super-G standing" (PDF). 26 January 2017.

[7] "Men's Slalom visually impaired" (PDF). 31 January 2017.

[8] "Men's Slalom sitting" (PDF). 31 January 2017.

[9] "Men's Slalom standing" (PDF). 31 January 2017.

[10] "Men's super combined visually impaired" (PDF). 28 January 2017.

[11] "Men's super combined sitting" (PDF). 28 January 2017.

[12] "Men's super combined standing" (PDF). 28 January 2017.

[13] "Men's Giant Slalom visually impaired" (PDF). 30 January 2017.

[14] "Men's Giant Slalom sitting" (PDF). 30 January 2017.

[15] "Men's Giant Slalom standing" (PDF). 30 January 2017.

[16] "Women's downhill visually impaired" (PDF). 25 January 2017.

[17] "Women's downhill sitting" (PDF). 25 January 2017.

[18] "Women's downhill standing" (PDF). 25 January 2017.

[19] "Women's super-G visually impaired" (PDF). 26 January 2017.

[20] "Women's super-G sitting" (PDF). 26 January 2017.

[21] "Women's super-G standing" (PDF). 26 January 2017.

[22] "Women's Slalom visually impaired" (PDF). 31 January 2017.

[23] "Women's Slalom sitting" (PDF). 31 January 2017.

[24] "Women's Slalom standing" (PDF). 31 January 2017.

[25] "Women's super combined visually impaired" (PDF). 28 January 2017.

[26] "Women's super combined sitting" (PDF). 28 January 2017.

[27] "Women's super combined standing" (PDF). 28 January 2017.

[28] "Women's Giant Slalom visually impaired" (PDF). 30 January 2017.

[29] "Women's Giant Slalom" (PDF). 30 January 2017.

[30] "Women's Giant Slalom standing" (PDF). 30 January 2017.

[31] "Medal count".

[32] "NPCs list".

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