The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France and the USA. It was soon backed by International Ski Federation president Marc Hodler during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 at Portillo, Chile, and became an official FIS event in the spring of 1967 after the FIS Congress at Beirut, Lebanon.
Tanja Tuulia Poutiainen is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Finland. She specialized in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and was the silver medalist in the women's giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.
Resi Stiegler ( is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She primarily raced in the technical events and specialized in slalom.
Veronika Velez-Zuzulová is a retired Slovak alpine ski racer. Born in Bratislava, she specialised in the slalom and was the most successful Slovak alpine skier before Petra Vlhová. She was coached by her father Timotej Zuzula and Vladimír Kovár. In April 2012, she married coach Romain Velez and added her maiden name to her married name becoming Velez-Zuzulová.
Michaela Kirchgasser is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined.
Fabienne Suter is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Sattel in the canton of Schwyz, she specialized in super-G, giant slalom, and downhill.
Fabienne Serrat is a former world champion alpine ski racer. At age 17, Serrat won two gold medals at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the giant slalom and the combined events. During her World Cup career she had three victories, 37 podiums, and 124 top ten finishes.
The 44th World Cup season began on 24 October 2009, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 14 March 2010, at the World Cup finals in Garmisch, Germany.
Erin Mielzynski is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer. She primarily competed in technical events and specialized in slalom.
The 45th World Cup season began on 23 October 2010, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 20 March 2011, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
Anémone Marmottan is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and soldier.
The 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia.
Wendy Holdener is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom and combined. She is a two-time World champion in combined and a five-time Olympic medalist, four individual with one gold medal in the team event at Pyeongchang in 2018. Four years later in 2022, she won a silver medal in the combined.
Alexandra "Alex" Tilley is a Scottish alpine ski racer. She is from Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Michael Matt is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialises in the Slalom discipline and has competed in three World Championships.
Mélanie Meillard is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer, who specialises in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Meillard made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2015; her older brother Loïc is also a World Cup alpine racer.
Asa Ando is a Japanese alpine ski racer. Ando specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Ando made her World Cup debut on 25 October 2014.
Charlotte "Charlie" Guest is a retired Scottish World Cup alpine ski racer who specialised in slalom and competes occasionally in giant slalom. She is the first British woman ever to win an Alpine European Cup race.
Rahel Kopp is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She made her World Cup debut at age 19 in October 2013, and her best finish is a fourth place in a combined event in February 2019.
The men's overall in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of 35 events in 5 disciplines: downhill, Super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and parallel. The sixth discipline, Alpine combined, had all three of its events in the 2020–21 season cancelled. The tentative season schedule contained 43 events, but the final schedule cut the season back to 38 events. The continuing danger of the COVID-19 pandemic caused the three Alpine combineds to be canceled in order to keep the speed skiers and the technical skiers separated during the season; additionally, two of the three parallels and the second team parallel (Lech/Zürs) were canceled so that other events could take their place and reduce travel. Ultimately, only three of those final 38 races were canceled -- two downhills and a Super-G -- and two of those were canceled by snowstorms during World Cup finals week, as discussed below.
