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
Nations participating29
Athletes participating118
EventsDownhill, Giant slalom, Slalom, Super combined, Super-G
Dates18 - 27 February 2013

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

The opening ceremony was held on the 18 February.

Events

Men
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
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
 United States		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
 United States		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
 United States		2:29.70 Anna Schaffelhuber
 Germany		2:31.23 Kimberly Joines
 Canada		2:38.40

Medals table
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 nations)30303090

Participating nations

Over 118 participants from 29 nations competed.

Classifications

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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  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.
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  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.
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