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.
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".
At the 53rd International Ski Congress in July 2022, the IPC transferred responsibility of para-alpine skiing to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation.
Hosts Year Dates Host Country Event Notes 1972 Courchevel World Winter Games Not an official World Championships 1974 Le Grand-Bornand Skiing World Championships 1st, featured alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country) skiing,Athens Education Material - Paralympic Games - From 1960 to 2004 , Malaysian Paralympic CouncilWinter Paralympic History, HockeyCanada.ca held by the International Sports Organisation for Disabled (ISOD)Paralympic Winter Sports Programme Build-up , The Paralympian 1/2002, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) 1982 Alpes Vaudoise 1982 Disabled Alpine World Championships Canadian disabled team shines at winter games, The Vancouver Sun - Mar 15, 1982] 1986 Sälen 1986 World Disabled Ski Championships History of the New Zealand Disabled Ski Team, disabledsnowsports.org.nz 3rd 1990 28 February - 7 March Winter Park, Colorado 1990 Disabled Alpine World Championships Record-Journal - Apr 14, 1989, Google News Archive Search 1996 Lech 1996 Disabled Alpine World Championships 2000 Anzère 2000 World Ski Championships for Disabled 6thWinter Sports Celebrate New World Champions, The Paralympian 2/2000, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) 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 6th World Ski Championships for the Disabled, amputee-online.comResults Alpine Skiing (Anzère), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), (archived, Wayback Machine) 2004 30 January - 6 FebruaryWildschönau 2004 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2007 Klosters Cancelled Cancelled due to lack of funding. 2009 19 February - 1 March Pyeongchang 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2011 14 - 23 January Sestriere 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2013 18 - 27 FebruaryLa Molina 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2015 2 - 10 March Panorama Mountain Village 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Panorama 2015 2017 22 - 31 January Tarvisio 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships 2019 21 - 24 January 28 - 31 January Sella Nevea/Kranjska Gora / 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships 2022 8 - 23 January Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships Alpine skiing, para biathlon, para cross-country and para snowboard all took place at these championships, it also served as a qualifying event for 2022 Winter Paralympics. 2023 21-29 January Espot 2025 4–11 February Maribor 2025 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
Medal table (2009)
See also FIS Alpine World Ski Championships World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics Alpine skiing at the Youth Olympic Games Alpine skiing World Cup Para Alpine Skiing World Cup
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