World Para Alpine Skiing Championships

The World Para Alpine Skiing Championships, known before the 2017 edition as the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, along with the Winter Paralympic Games, are the most prestigious level of international competition in Paralympic alpine skiing. First held in 1974, the World Championships have been held every four years (even-numbered non-Paralympic years) from 1982 to 2004; beginning in 2009, they have been held every other year, in odd-numbered years.

Alexandr Alyabyev of Russia. 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships at La Molina in Spain. Day 2 of competition. Super-G final.

The change from holding the World Championships every four years to every two was originally set to happen in 2007. The 2007 edition was slated for Klosters, Switzerland, but organizers withdrew their bid in early 2006, citing a lack of funding. The International Paralympic Committee initially attempted to find a replacement host for the 2007 Championships but in April decided to cancel the event entirely.

On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international governing body for Alpine skiing involving competitors with disabilities, adopted the "World Para" branding for the committees that govern all disability sports for which it serves as the international federation. Accordingly, IPC world championship events in Alpine skiing have since been known as "World Para Alpine Skiing Championships".[1]

Hosts
YearDatesHostCountryEventNotes
1972Courchevel FranceWorld Winter GamesNot an official World Championships
1974Le Grand-Bornand FranceSkiing World Championships1st, featured alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country) skiing,[2][3] held by the International Sports Organisation for Disabled (ISOD)[4][5]
1982Alpes Vaudoise  Switzerland1982 Disabled Alpine World Championships[4][6]
1986Sälen Sweden1986 World Disabled Ski Championships[5] 3rd
199028 February - 7 MarchWinter Park, Colorado USA1990 Disabled Alpine World Championships[5][7]
1996Lech Austria1996 Disabled Alpine World Championships[5]
2000Anzère  Switzerland2000 World Ski Championships for Disabled6th[8] first time the world championships for alpine and Nordic skiing were held at the same time and hosted by the same Organizing Committee, 23 nations, 500+ athletes [9][10][11]
200430 January -
6 February		Wildschönau Austria2004 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
2007Klosters  SwitzerlandCancelledCancelled due to lack of funding.
200919 February - 1 MarchPyeongchang South Korea2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
201114 - 23 JanuarySestriere Italy2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
201318 - 27 FebruaryLa Molina Spain2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships[12]
20152 - 10 MarchPanorama Mountain Village Canada2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships[13]
201722 - 31 JanuaryTarvisio Italy2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships[14]
201921 - 24 January
28 - 31 January		Sella Nevea/Kranjska Gora Italy/ Slovenia2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships[15]
20217 - 20 FebruaryLillehammer Norway2021 World Para Snow Sports ChampionshipsAlpine skiing, para biathlon, para cross-country and para snowboard will all take place at these championships, it will also serve as a qualifying event for 2022 Winter Paralympics.[16]

See also

References
  1. "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  2. Athens Education Material - Paralympic Games - From 1960 to 2004 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Malaysian Paralympic Council
  3. Winter Paralympic History, HockeyCanada.ca
  4. Paralympic Winter Sports Programme Build-up Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, The Paralympian 1/2002, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  5. History of the New Zealand Disabled Ski Team, disabledsnowsports.org.nz
  6. Canadian disabled team shines at winter games, The Vancouver Sun - Mar 15, 1982]
  7. Record-Journal - Apr 14, 1989, Google News Archive Search
  8. Winter Sports Celebrate New World Champions, The Paralympian 2/2000, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  9. 6th World Ski Championships for the Disabled, amputee-online.com
  10. Results Alpine Skiing (Anzère), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), (archived, Wayback Machine)
  11. Disabled 2000 The Will to Win, highbeam.com, Ski - November 1, 1999
  13. Panorama 2015
  15. "Sella Nevea/Kranjska Gora - 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships".
  16. "Seven things to know about Lillehammer 2021". International Paralympic Committee. 13 August 2020.
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