2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

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.

2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Host cityLa Molina, Spain
Nations29
Athletes118
EventsDownhill, giant slalom, slalom, super combined, super-G
Dates18–27 February 2013
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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

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The opening ceremony was held on the 18 February.

Events

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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

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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

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Claudia Loesch (gold), Anna Schaffelhuber (silver) and Laurie Stephens (bronze), medalists of the sitting Super-G event

  *   Host nation (Spain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France (FRA)72312
2  Austria (AUT)71311
3  Russia (RUS)44311
4  Japan (JPN)3317
5  Spain (ESP)*3003
6  Germany (GER)27211
7  Slovakia (SVK)2215
8  Canada (CAN)15814
9  United States (USA)1113
10  Switzerland (SUI)0246
11  Great Britain (GBR)0235
12  Italy (ITA)0101
13  New Zealand (NZL)0011
Totals (13 entries)30303090

Participating nations

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Over 118 participants from 29 nations competed.

Classifications

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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

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  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.
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