| Alpine skiing at the XXVIII Winter Universiade | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Shymbulak Ski Resort |
| Dates | 30 January – 7 February 2017 |
Alpine skiing at the 2017 Winter Universiade was held at the Shymbulak near Almaty, the largest city of Kazakhstan from January 29 to February 7, 2017. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super-G [3] |  Michelangelo Tentori | 1:03.03 |  Evgenij Pyasik | 1:03.06 | Simon Efimov | 1:03.77 |
| Giant slalom [4] | Giulio Giovanni Bosca | 2:12.77 |  Joel Müller | 2:12.99 | Cédric Noger | 2:13.39 |
| Slalom [5] |  Richard Leitgeb | 1:55.16 | Bernhard Binderitsch | 1:56.44 | Tobias Kogler | 1:56.57 |
| Combined [6] |  Kristaps Zvejnieks | 2:02.20 |  Maarten Meiners | 2:03.08 |  Matej Falat | 2:03.21 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super-G [7] | Elena Yakovishina | 1:06.25 |  Nea Luukko | 1:06.98 |  Asa Ando | 1:07.17 |
| Giant slalom [8] | Asa Ando | 2:25.68 |  Desiree Ajlec | 2:26.81 |  Maria Shkanova | 2:27.28 |
| Slalom [9] | Maria Shkanova | 1:32.57 |  Monica Hübner | 1:32.67 |  Louise Jansson | 1:32.80 |
| Combined [10] | Anastasiia Silanteva | 2:08.24 | Maria Shkanova | 2:10.02 | Barbara Kantorová | 2:10.35 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parallel Team Event [11] |  Czech Republic Adam Zika Daniel Paulus Martina Dubovská Tereza Kmochová | Austria Richard Leitgeb Tobias Kogler Denise Widner Rebecca Fiegl | Russia Aleksander Andrienko Evgenij Pyasik Anastasiia Silanteva Iulija Pleshkova | |||
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