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 biennially by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is the largest event of its type outside the Winter Paralympics.
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 TimeDownhillFeb 20Visually impairedYon Santacana MaizteguiGuide: M. Galidno Garces 1:25.14Alessandro DaldossGuide: Davide Riva 1:26.80Chris WilliamsonGuide: Robin Femy 1:27.77StandingMarkus Salcher 1:29.74Michael Bruegger 1:32.51Matthias Lanzinger 1:33.80SittingFranz Hanfstingl 1:31.92Stephen Lawler 1:32.58Yohann Taberlet 1:32.77Super-GFeb 21Visually impairedYon Santacana MaizteguiGuide: M. Galidno Garces 1:10.49Chris WilliamsonGuide: Robin Femy 1:11.65Hugo ThomasGuide: Luana Bergamin 1:12.78StandingMarkus Salcher 1:12.49Matthias Lanzinger 1:13.66Michael Bruegger 1:14.82SittingTaiki Morii 1:13.49Yohann Taberlet 1:13.50Akira Kano 1:13.69SlalomFeb 24Visually impairedIvan FrantsevGuide: German Agranovskii 1:57.94Miroslav HarausGuide: Maria Zatovicova 1:59.21Valery RedkozubovGuide: V. Molodtsov 2:00.11StandingVincent Gauthier-Manuel 1:55.85Thomas Pfyl 1:57.30Adam Hall 1:57.69SittingPhilipp Bonadimann 1:58.52Taiki Morii 2:02.67Dietmar Dorn 2:05.46Super combinedFeb 25Visually impairedChris WilliamsonGuide: Robin Femy 1:43.47Miroslav HarausGuide: Maria Zatovicova 1:45.02Ivan FrantsevGuide: German Agranovskii 1:47.90StandingMatthias Lanzinger 1:42.44Alexey Bugaev 1:42.90Cedric Amafroi-Broisat 1:44.89SittingTaiki Morii 1:44.74Takeshi Suzuki 1:47.37Philipp Bonadimann 1:47.58Giant slalomFeb 26Visually impairedYon Santacana MaizteguiGuide: M. Galidno Garces 2:12.32Mac MarcouxGuide: B. J. Marcoux 2:13.59Chris WilliamsonGuide: Robin Femy 2:13.87StandingVincent Gauthier-Manuel 2:09.02Alexey Bugaev 2:09.61Michael Bruegger 2:11.50SittingTaiki Morii 2:15.80Takeshi Suzuki 2:20.12Christoph Kunz 2:20.26
Women Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeDownhillFeb 20Visually impairedHenrieta FarkasovaGuide: Natalia Subrtova 1:33.11Aleksandra FrantcevaGuide: Pavel Zabotin 1:34.63Kelly GallagherGuide: Charlotte Evans 1:51.57StandingMarie Bochet 1:35.62Andrea Rothfuss 1:37.23Solene Jambaque 1:38.52SittingLaurie Stephens 1:41.07Kimberly Joines 1:41.37Anna Schaffelhuber 1:44.17Super-GFeb 21Visually impairedAlexandra FrantsevaGuide: Pavel Zabotin 1:18.20Kelly GallagherGuide: Charlotte Evans 1:21.30;Jade EtheringtonGuide: John Clark 1:21.58StandingMarie Bochet 1:18.94Solene Jambaque 1:19.29Inga Medvedeva 1:20.99SittingClaudia Loesch 1:18.86Anna Schaffelhuber 1:22.65Laurie Stephens 1:23.33SlalomFeb 24Visually impairedHenrieta FarkasovaGuide: Natalia Subrtova 2:08.82Alexandra FrantsevaGuide: Pavel Zabotin 2:10.49Viviane ForestGuide: C. Lauzon-Gauthier 2:13.60StandingMarie Bochet 2:04.98Andrea Rothfuss 2:11.80Alexandra Starker 2:13.65SittingAnna Schaffelhuber 2:26.18Anna-Lena Forster 2:31.31Kimberly Joines 2:32.76Super combinedFeb 25Visually impairedAlexandra FrantsevaGuide: Pavel Zabotin 1:56.21Kelly GallagherGuide: Charlotte Evans 1:58.81Petra KozickovaGuide: Tomas Hajek 2:04.63StandingMarie Bochet 1:55.32Andrea Rothfuss 1:57.23Alexandra Starker 2:00.49SittingClaudia Loesch 2:04.29Kimberly Joines 2:07.51Anna Schaffelhuber 2:08.05Giant slalomFeb 26Visually impairedAleksandra FrantcevaGuide: Pavel Zabotin 2:27.57Viviane ForestGuide: C. Lauzon-Gauthier 2:27.81Kelly GallagherGuide: Charlotte Evans 2:29.07StandingMarie Bochet 2:21.61Andrea Rothfuss 2:22.95Alexandra Starker 2:28.26SittingClaudia Loesch 2:29.70Anna Schaffelhuber 2:31.23Kimberly Joines 2:38.40
Medals table
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
Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
External links
official site IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships – official results ParalympicSport.TV