Host city | Lillehammer |
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Country | Norway |
Edition | 1 |
Nations | 42 [1] |
Athletes | 852 [1] |
Sport | 4 |
Opening | 12 January 2022 |
Closing | 23 January 2022 |
Dates | 8 to 23 January 2022 |
The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022. [2] It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiing, para cross-country skiing, para biathlon and para snowboard being held. [3] [4] It was scheduled for 7 to 20 February 2021 but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. [2] [5] The rescheduled event retained 2021 in its name. [6] [7]
The biathlon and cross-country skiing events were held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium and the alpine skiing and snowboard events were held at Hafjell. [8]
The following competitions were held: [9] [10]
In total, 84 medal events were contested.
Men's events:
Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
Downhill | Visually impaired | Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA) Guide: Valentin Giraud Moine | 1:09.88 | Miroslav Haraus (SVK) Guide: Maros Hudik | 1:12.73 | Jakub Krako (SVK) Guide: Branislav Brozman | 1:13.11 |
Sitting | Jesper Pedersen (NOR) | 1:12.85 | Jeroen Kampschreur (NED) | 1:14.51 | Andrew Kurka (USA) | 1:15.80 | |
Standing | Markus Salcher (AUT) | 1:12.00 | Arthur Bauchet (FRA) | 1:12.38 | Alexey Bugaev (RPC) | 1:13.94 | |
Super-G | Visually impaired | Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA) Guide: Valentin Giraud Moine | 1:05.79 | Johannes Aigner (AUT) Guide: Matteo Fleischmann | 1:06.05 | Miroslav Haraus (SVK) Guide: Maros Hudik | 1:08.86 |
Sitting | Jeroen Kampschreur (NED) | 1:04.38 | Jesper Pedersen (NOR) | 1:07.60 | Rene de Silvestro (ITA) | 1:08.52 | |
Standing | Markus Salcher (AUT) | 1:06.37 | Alexey Bugaev (RPC) | 1:07.76 | Théo Gmür (SUI) | 1:07.87 | |
Giant slalom | Visually impaired | Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA) Guide: Andrea Ravelli | 2:14.17 | Johannes Aigner (AUT) Guide: Matteo Fleischmann | 2:15.46 | Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA) Guide: Maxime Jourdan | 2:17.92 |
Sitting | Jesper Pedersen (NOR) | 2:14.42 | Igor Sikorski (POL) | 2:20.93 | Andrew Kurka (USA) | 2:21.25 | |
Standing | Alexey Bugaev (RPC) | 2:15.04 | Arthur Bauchet (FRA) | 2:15.18 | Théo Gmür (SUI) | 2:17.85 | |
Slalom | Visually impaired | Johannes Aigner (AUT) Guide: Matteo Fleischmann | 1:28.18 | Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA) Guide: Andrea Ravelli | 1:28.29 | Jakub Krako (SVK) Guide: Branislav Brozman | 1:29.22 |
Sitting | Jesper Pedersen (NOR) | 1:27.61 | Victor Pierrel (FRA) | 1:30.28 | Niels de Langen (NED) | 1:31.37 | |
Standing | Arthur Bauchet (FRA) | 1:25.47 | Adam Hall (NZL) | 1:30.20 | Alexander Alyabyev (RPC) | 1:31.77 | |
Super combined | Visually impaired | Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA) Guide: Maxime Jourdan | 1:51.92 | Neil Simpson (GBR) Guide: Andrew Simpson | 1:52.82 | Miroslav Haraus (SVK) Guide: Maros Hudik | 1:53.25 |
Sitting | Rene de Silvestro (ITA) | 1:53.65 | Jesper Pedersen (NOR) | 1:53.83 | Niels de Langen (NED) | 1:56.18 | |
Standing | Arthur Bauchet (FRA) | 1:49.22 | Alexey Bugaev (RPC) | 1:50.06 | Federico Pelizzari (ITA) | 1:54.17 | |
Parallel event | All classes | Johannes Aigner (AUT) Guide: Matteo Fleischmann | Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA) Guide: Andrea Ravelli | Alexey Bugaev (RPC) |
Women's events:
Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
Downhill | Visually impaired | Henrieta Farkašová (SVK) Guide: Michal Cerven | 1:17.78 | Linda Le Bon (BEL) Guide: Pierre Couquelet | 1:24.99 | Sara Choi (KOR) Guide: Kim Yooseong | 1:27.22 |
Sitting | Anna-Lena Forster (GER) | 1:23.33 | Barbara van Bergen (NED) | 1:24.78 | Katie Combaluzier (CAN) | 1:38.95 | |
Standing | Marie Bochet (FRA) | 1:16.95 | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | 1:17.38 | Mollie Jepsen (CAN) | 1:18.67 | |
Super-G | Visually impaired | Henrieta Farkašová (SVK) Guide: Michal Cerven | 1:11.80 | Linda Le Bon (BEL) Guide: Pierre Couquelet | 1:23.99 | Millie Knight (GBR) Guide: Brett Wild | 1:24.02 |
Sitting | Anna-Lena Forster (GER) | 1:19.91 | Shona Brownlee (GBR) | 1:37.45 | Not awarded | ||
Standing | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | 1:11.23 | Mollie Jepsen (CAN) | 1:11.68 | Marie Bochet (FRA) | 1:11.80 | |
Giant slalom | Visually impaired | Barbara Aigner (AUT) Guide: Klara Sykora | 2:32.26 | Henrieta Farkašová (SVK) Guide: Eva Trajcikova | 2:32.69 | Elina Stary (AUT) Guide: Celine Arthofer | 2:38.58 |
Sitting | Laurie Stephens (USA) | 3:10.09 | Katie Combaluzier (CAN) | 3:10.97 | Shona Brownlee (GBR) | 3:29.48 | |
Standing | Marie Bochet (FRA) | 2:30.65 | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | 2:31.25 | Mollie Jepsen (CAN) | 2:31.44 | |
Slalom | Visually impaired | Menna Fitzpatrick (GBR) Guide: Katie Guest | 1:29.87 | Elina Stary (AUT) Guide: Celine Arthofer | 1:30.40 | Martina Vozza (ITA) Guide: Ylenia Sabidussi | 1:33.85 |
Sitting | Anna-Lena Forster (GER) | 1:41.38 | Nette Kiviranta (FIN) | 1:55.79 | Laurie Stephens (USA) | 2:12.32 | |
Standing | Ebba Årsjö (SWE) | 1:27.30 | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | 1:31.74 | Michaela Gosselin (CAN) | 1:40.49 | |
Super combined | Visually impaired | Millie Knight (GBR) Guide: Brett Wild | 2:12.10 | Menna Fitzpatrick (GBR) Guide: Katie Guest | 2:12.62 | Sara Choi (KOR) Guide: Kim Yooseong | 2:18.02 |
Sitting | Anna-Lena Forster (GER) | 2:11.16 | Katie Combaluzier (CAN) | 2:47.84 | Not awarded | ||
Standing | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | 1:58.72 | Marie Bochet (FRA) | 1:59.68 | Anna-Maria Rieder (GER) | 2:08.47 | |
Parallel event | All classes | Ebba Årsjö (SWE) | Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) | Elina Stary (AUT) Guide: Celine Arthofer |
Men's events:
Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
6 km | Visually impaired | Yury Holub (BLR) Guide: Uladzimir Chapelin | 15:03.5 | Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC) Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk | 15:45.3 | Oleksandr Kazik (UKR) Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi | 15:57.7 |
Sitting | Ivan Golubkov (RPC) | 18:38.8 | Vasyl Kravchuk (UKR) | 19:00.0 | Taras Rad (UKR) | 19:02.9 | |
Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 14:49.0 | Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) | 15:23.6 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi (UKR) | 15:26.9 | |
10 km | Visually impaired | Yury Holub (BLR) Guide: Uladzimir Chapelin | 26:41.5 | Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC) Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk | 27:55.6 | Oleg Ponomarev (RPC) Guide: Andrei Romanov | 29:11.8 |
Sitting | Ivan Golubkov (RPC) | 32:16.2 | Taras Rad (UKR) | 32:59.3 | Danila Britik (RPC) | 32:59.8 | |
Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 25:35.2 | Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) | 27:02.1 | Benjamin Daviet (FRA) | 27:15.4 | |
12.5 km | Visually impaired | Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC) Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk | 35:46.0 | Anatolii Kovalevskyi (UKR) Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn | 37:14.5 | Oleksandr Kazik (UKR) Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi | 37:50.6 |
Sitting | Pavlo Bal (UKR) | 46:53.0 | Aaron Pike (USA) | 47:16.0 | Danila Britik (RPC) | 47:18.2 | |
Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 34:36.4 | Vitalii Malyshev (RPC) | 36:02.1 | Benjamin Daviet (FRA) | 36:22.9 |
Women's events:
Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
6 km | Visually impaired | Vera Khlyzova (RPC) Guide: Natalia Iakimova | 16:56.6 | Ekaterina Razumnaia (RPC) Guide: Alexey Ivanov | 17:51.2 | Anna Panferova (RPC) Guide: Andrei Zhukov | 18:19.6 |
Sitting | Anja Wicker (GER) | 21:51.2 | Oksana Masters (USA) | 21:52.8 | Natalia Kocherova (RPC) | 22:53.7 | |
Standing | Oleksandra Kononova (UKR) | 17:35.6 | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) | 17:58.9 | Iuliia Batenkova (UKR) | 18:16.5 | |
10 km | Visually impaired | Vera Khlyzova (RPC) Guide: Natalia Iakimova | 30:16.7 | Ekaterina Razumnaia (RPC) Guide: Alexey Ivanov | 32:31.6 | Margarita Tereshchenkova (RPC) Guide: Anton Podzorov | 33:03.8 |
Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | 36:44.7 | Natalia Kocherova (RPC) | 39:09.6 | Oksana Masters (USA) | 39:46.3 | |
Standing | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) | 31:23.8 | Iryna Bui (UKR) | 31:54.8 | Oleksandra Kononova (UKR) | 32:41.7 | |
12.5 km | Visually impaired | Vera Khlyzova (RPC) Guide: Natalia Iakimova | 40:13.7 | Ekaterina Razumnaia (RPC) Guide: Alexey Ivanov | 41:20.8 | Margarita Tereshchenkova (RPC) Guide: Anton Podzorov | 43:30.8 |
Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | 52:25.0 | Natalia Kocherova (RPC) | 54:16.8 | Oksana Masters (USA) | 55:25.7 | |
Standing | Iryna Bui (UKR) | 41:08.7 | Oleksandra Kononova (UKR) | 46:26.8 | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) | 46:57.8 |
Men's events:
Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
1 km | Visually impaired | Oleg Ponomarev (RPC) Guide: Andrei Romanov | 3:00.77 | Jake Adicoff (USA) Guide: Sam Wood | 3:03.76 | Vladimir Udaltsov (RPC) Guide: Ruslan Bogachev | 3:08.40 |
Sitting | Ivan Golubkov (RPC) | 2:27.28 | Cristian Ribera (BRA) | 2:24.94 | Danila Britik (RPC) | 2:32.70 | |
Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 2:59.60 | Rushan Minnegulov (RPC) | 3:01.93 | Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) | 3:13.14 | |
12.5 km | Visually impaired | Jake Adicoff (USA) Guide: Sam Wood | 33:54.0 | Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC) Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk | 34:10.8 | Yury Holub (BLR) Guide: Mikita Maslouski | 34:25.5 |
Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 32:29.1 | Witold Skupień (POL) | 32:59.9 | Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) | 33:01.7 | |
10 km | Sitting | Ivan Golubkov (RPC) | 31:22.7 | Giuseppe Romele (ITA) | 31:52.2 | Danila Britik (RPC) | 33:25.6 |
20 km | Visually impaired | Oleg Ponomarev (RPC) Guide: Andrei Romanov | 41:15.7 | Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC) Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk | 41:21.0 | Jake Adicoff (USA) Guide: Sam Wood | 41:41.5 |
Standing | Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) | 41:41.4 | Rushan Minnegulov (RPC) | 42:21.0 | Vitalii Malyshev (RPC) | 42:24.6 | |
18 km | Sitting | Ivan Golubkov (RPC) | 51:14.5 | Sin Eui-hyun (KOR) | 51:42.8 | Danila Britik (RPC) | 52:17.4 |
Women's events:
Event | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
1 km | Visually impaired | Anna Panferova (RPC) Guide: Andrei Zhukov | 2:43.27 | Sviatlana Sakhanenka (BLR) Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich | 2:44.38 | Anastasiia Bagiian (RPC) Guide: Sergei Siniakin | 2:48.34 |
Sitting | Oksana Masters (USA) | 2:47.63 | Valiantsina Shyts (BLR) | 2:47.07 | Natalia Kocherova (RPC) | 3:01.41 | |
Standing | Vilde Nilsen (NOR) | 2:46.45 | Sydney Peterson (USA) | 2:58.10 | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) | 2:53.25 | |
10 km | Visually impaired | Sviatlana Sakhanenka (BLR) Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich | 32:16.4 | Anna Panferova (RPC) Guide: Andrei Zhukov | 33:28.1 | Vera Khlyzova (RPC) Guide: Natalia Iakimova | 33:43.9 |
Standing | Vilde Nilsen (NOR) | 31:02.4 | Sydney Peterson (USA) | 32:27.2 | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) | 32:37.1 | |
7.5 km | Sitting | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | 26:57.6 | Valiantsina Shyts (BLR) | 27:47.0 | Anja Wicker (GER) | 28:37.4 |
15 km | Visually impaired | Sviatlana Sakhanenka (BLR) Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich | 34:40.0 | Vera Khlyzova (RPC) Guide: Natalia Iakimova | 35:13.7 | Anna Panferova (RPC) Guide: Andrei Zhukov | 35:25.1 |
Sitting | Oksana Masters (USA) | 46:45.2 | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | 47:54.9 | Valiantsina Shyts (BLR) | 48:23.5 | |
Standing | Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) | 36:18.6 | Vilde Nilsen (NOR) | 36:21.3 | Sydney Peterson (USA) | 36:30.5 |
Team events:
Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
2.5 km mixed relay | All classes | Ukraine | RPC | Belarus |
2.5 km open relay | All classes | RPC | France | Norway |
Men's events:
Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Snowboard cross | SB-UL | Maxime Montaggioni (FRA) | James Barnes-Miller (GBR) | Mikhail Slinkin (RPC) |
SB-LL1 | Tyler Turner (CAN) | Mike Schultz (USA) | Tyler Burdick (USA) | |
SB-LL2 | Matti Suur-Hamari (FIN) | Ben Tudhope (AUS) | Evan Strong (USA) | |
Dual Banked Slalom | SB-UL | Maxime Montaggioni (FRA) | Jacopo Luchini (ITA) | James Barnes-Miller (GBR) |
SB-LL1 | Noah Elliott (USA) | Mike Schultz (USA) | Tyler Turner (CAN) | |
SB-LL2 | Zach Miller (USA) | Alex Massie (CAN) | Ben Tudhope (AUS) | |
Team event | All classes | Canada Alex Massie Tyler Turner | Japan Takahito Ichikawa Masataka Oiwane | Great Britain Ollie Hill James Barnes-Miller |
Women's events:
Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Snowboard cross | SB-UL | Monika Kotzian (POL) | Not awarded | Not awarded |
SB-LL1 | Cécile Hernandez (FRA) | Brenna Huckaby (USA) | Ellen Walther (SUI) | |
SB-LL2 | Lisa Bunschoten (NED) | Lisa DeJong (CAN) | Renske van Beek (NED) | |
Dual Banked Slalom | SB-UL | Monika Kotzian (POL) | Irati Idiakez (ESP) | Not awarded |
SB-LL1 | Brenna Huckaby (USA) | Cécile Hernandez (FRA) | Ellen Walther (SUI) | |
SB-LL2 | Lisa Bunschoten (NED) | Lisa DeJong (CAN) | Sandrine Hamel (CAN) | |
Team event | All classes | Canada Lisa DeJong Sandrine Hamel | Netherlands Lisa Bunschoten Renske van Beek | Switzerland Romy Tschopp Ellen Walther |
* Host nation (Host nation (Norway))
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | RPC (RPC) | 22 | 23 | 22 | 67 |
2 | United States (USA) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
3 | France (FRA) | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
5 | Austria (AUT) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
6 | Norway (NOR)* | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
7 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
8 | Belarus (BLR) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
9 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
10 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
12 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
13 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
14 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
15 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
18 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
19 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
20 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
24 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Totals (24 entries) | 84 | 83 | 80 | 247 |
Ben Tudhope is an Australian Paralympian who has competed in para-snowboard cross at three Winter Paralympics 2014 to 2022. His selection at the age of 14 at the 2014 Winter Paralympics meant that he became Australia's youngest Winter Paralympian, replacing Michael Milton. He was the youngest competitor at the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games from any country. He also competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. At the 2022 Winter Paralympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2.
Alexander Pronkov is a Russian Paralympic cross country skier from Kozlovka village, Penza Oblast, Russia. who won a gold medal in the 10 km freestyle race at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.
Menna Fitzpatrick MBE is a British alpine skier. She is visually impaired having only 5% vision and formerly skied with guide Jennifer Kehoe until 2021. They competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang in March 2018 where they took four medals, including a gold in the slalom, making Fitzpatrick Team GB's most decorated Winter Paralympian.
Brenna Huckaby is an American snowboarder. She competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, winning gold medals in the snowboard cross and banked slalom, and she won gold and a bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She is the first Paralympian to appear in the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated.
Giacomo Bertagnolli is a male Italian paralympic alpine skier, and is a four-time Paralympic Games gold medal winner.
Liudmyla Liashenko is a Ukrainian cross-country skier and biathlete. She has competed at the Paralympics in 2014, 2018 and 2022.
Lisa Bunschoten is a Dutch para-snowboarder. She won a silver and a bronze medal in snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Mike Schultz is a Paralympic snowboarder and the founder of BioDapt Inc, a prosthetics business. He is a gold and two-time silver medalist in snowboarding at the Winter Paralympics.
Igor Sikorski is a German-born Polish male paralympic alpine skier. He made his Paralympic debut during the 2018 Winter Paralympics and claimed Poland's only medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics after clinching a bronze medal in the men's giant slalom event.
Niels de Langen is a Dutch para-alpine skier. He won two medals in alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Rushan Minnegulov is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier. He won the gold medal in the men's 20 km standing cross-country skiing event at the 2014 Winter Paralympics held in Sochi, Russia. He also won the silver medal in the men's 1 km sprint classic event and the gold medal in the 4 x 2.5 kilometre open relay event. He also competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics held in Vancouver, Canada.
Monika Aleksandra Kotzian is a Polish para-snowboarder. Born without a left hand and forearm, she competes in the SB-UL category.
Lisa DeJong is a Canadian retired para-snowboarder who competed in the SB-LL2 category. She won Canada's first Winter Paralympic medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, and retired on October 10, 2023.
Oliver Hill is a British para-snowboarder and former motorcycle racer. He competes in snowboarding events for athletes with lower limb disabilities. Hill came third in the banked slalom events at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships.
Sandrine Hamel is a Canadian para-snowboarder who competes in the SB-LL2 category.
Ellen Walther is a Swiss para-snowboarder in the SB-LL1 category.
Shona Brownlee MBE is a British skier and Royal Air Force Corporal. She won two medals at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships, and competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Tyler Turner is a Canadian para-snowboarder who competes in the SB-LL1 category. He won the gold medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics held in Beijing, China. He also won the bronze medal in the men's banked slalom SB-LL1 event.
Elina Stary is an Austrian visually impaired para alpine skier.
Maxime Montaggioni is a French para-snowboarder and parataekwondo practitioner. Born without a right hand, he competes in the SB-UL category. Montaggioni is six-time medallist at the World Para Snowboard Championships and a bronze medalist at the World Para Taekwondo Championships.