2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

The 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was held in Sestriere, Italy, from January 14 to 23, 2011. IPC stands for International Paralympic Committee.

2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Host citySestriere, Italy
Nations participating23[1][2]
Athletes participating130
DatesJanuary 14 – 23

Skiers competed in sitting, standing or visually impaired classification categories in Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Super-G, Super Combined and Team events.

Over 130 skiers competed, including German multiple-Paralympic medalist Gerd Schönfelder, who competed in classification-category standing events.

Sestriere hosted the Paralympic alpine skiing competition, at the 2006 Winter Paralympics.

The internet-TV channel ParalympicSport.TV, owned by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) broadcast daily live coverage of the Championships, from January 18–23,[3] also available after the Championships as Video on Demand (VOD). They also added some interview clips to their YouTube channel.

Opening ceremony

On January 15, the opening ceremony was held at the Palazzetto dello Sport in the town square of Sestriere, and included a series of performances by three dance couples. The dancers were to represent the people of the region. Among the dignitaries in attendance was the IPC President Sir Philip Craven.[4]

Medal winners

The men's events and the women's events were held at Kandahar Banchetta Giovanni N., in Sestriere. Visually impaired skiers compete with the help of a sighted guide. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[5]

Men

Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Downhill
details
Jan 16 Visually impaired Nicolas Berejny
Guide: Gregory Nouhaud
 France
1:21.40 Yon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
 Spain
1:21.59 Chris Williamson
Guide: Robin Femy
 Canada
1:22.76
Standing Gerd Schönfelder
 Germany
1:21.84 Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
 France
1:22.08 Thomas Pfyl
  Switzerland
1:22.96
Sitting Akira Kano
 Japan
1:20.94 Taiki Morii
 Japan
1:21.39 Kees-Jan van der Klooster
 Netherlands
1:21.63
Super-G
details
Jan 18 Visually impaired Yon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
 Spain
1:19.20 Chris Williamson
Guide: Robin Femy
 Canada
1:19.50 Nicolas Berejny
Guide: Gregory Nouhaud
 France
1:20.47
Standing Gerd Schönfelder
 Germany
1:19.22 Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
 France
1:19.26 Thomas Pfyl
  Switzerland
1:19.95
Sitting Christopher Devlin-Young
 United States
1:17.67 Taiki Morii
 Japan
1:18.29 Cyril More
 France
1:19.50
Super Combined
details
Jan 19 Visually impaired Yon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
 Spain
2:07.43 Jakub Krako
Guide: Dusan Simo
 Slovakia
2:08.36 Chris Williamson
Guide: Robin Femy
 Canada
2:09.29
Standing Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
 France
2:05.31 Gerd Schönfelder
 Germany
2:07.06 Thomas Pfyl
  Switzerland
2:08.88
Sitting Takeshi Suzuki
 Japan
2:07.79 Cyril More
 France
2:08.93 Yohann Taberlet
 France
2:09.98
Slalom
details
Jan 20 Visually impaired Jakub Krako
Guide: Dusan Simo
 Slovakia
1:28.83 Yon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
 Spain
1:29.11 Chris Williamson
Guide: Robin Femy
 Canada
1:30.68
Standing Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
 France
1:27.05 Gerd Schönfelder
 Germany
1:27.22 Toby Kane
 Australia
1:28.49
Sitting Takeshi Suzuki
 Japan
1:29.31 Yohann Taberlet
 France
1:32.24 Thomas Nolte
 Germany
1:33.76
Giant slalom
details
Jan 22 Visually impaired Yon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
 Spain
2:10.78 Jakub Krako
Guide: Dusan Simo
 Slovakia
2:12.10 Radomir Dudas
Guide: Maros Hudik
 Slovakia
2:17.42
Standing Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
 France
2:10.98 Thomas Pfyl
  Switzerland
2:11.41 Gerd Schönfelder
 Germany
2:11.47
Sitting Taiki Morii
 Japan
2:15.79 Takeshi Suzuki
 Japan
2:15.90 Christoph Kunz
  Switzerland
2:16.11

Women

Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Downhill
details
Jan 16 Visually impaired Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
 Slovakia
1:28.36 Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
 Australia
1:40.50 Alexandra Frantseva
Guide: Evgenia Kolosovskaya
 Russia
1:41.87
Standing Andrea Rothfuss
 Germany
1:29.62 Marie Bochet
 France
1:29.86 Solène Jambaqué
 France
1:30.09
Sitting Alana Nichols
 United States
1:30.45 Laurie Stephens
 United States
1:33.05 Claudia Loesch
 Austria
1:35.35
Super-G
details
Jan 18 Visually impaired Anna Kuliskova
Guide: Michaela Hubacova
 Czech Republic
1:34.28 Alexandra Frantseva
Guide: Evgenia Kolosovskaya
 Russia
1:35.49 Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
 Australia
1:38.08
Standing Solène Jambaqué
 France
1:25.08 Marie Bochet
 France
1:25.48 Andrea Rothfuss
 Germany
1:26.48
Sitting Alana Nichols
 United States
1:27.56 Laurie Stephens
 United States
1:28.66 Claudia Loesch
 Austria
1:29.04
Super Combined
details
Jan 19 Visually impaired Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
 Slovakia
2:25.83 Alexandra Frantseva
Guide: Evgenia Kolosovskaya
 Russia
2:32.31 Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
 Australia
2:32.84
Standing Solène Jambaqué
 France
2:21.94 Andrea Rothfuss
 Germany
2:22.28 Karolina Wisniewska
 Canada
2:25.79
Sitting Anna Schaffelhuber
 Germany
2:31.62 Claudia Loesch
 Austria
2:33.11 Laurie Stephens
 United States
2:42.68
Slalom
details
Jan 20 Visually impaired Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
 Slovakia
1:42.71 Kelly Gallagher
Guide: Charlotte Evans
 Great Britain
1:47.67 Alexandra Frantseva
Guide: Evgenia Kolosovskaya
 Russia
1:49.98
Standing Andrea Rothfuss
 Germany
1:39.98 Petra Smarzova
 Slovakia
1:43.72 Karolina Wisniewska
 Canada
1:45.53
Sitting Anna Schaffelhuber
 Germany
1:48.80 Claudia Loesch
 Austria
1:52.62 Alana Nichols
 United States
2:27.49
Giant slalom
details
Jan 22 Visually impaired Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
 Slovakia
2:19.20 Alexandra Frantseva
Guide: Evgenia Kolosovskaya
 Russia
2:28.73 Kelly Gallagher
Guide: Charlotte Evans
 Great Britain
2:31.68
Standing Marie Bochet
 France
2:23.32 Petra Smarzova
 Slovakia
2:24.55 Andrea Rothfuss
 Germany
2:24.99
Sitting Anna Schaffelhuber
 Germany
2:31.73 Claudia Loesch
 Austria
2:32.43 Alana Nichols
 United States
2:38.22

Team

Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Nations team event
details
Jan 23 Open  France
Vincent Gauthier-Manuel,
Nicolas Berejny
Guide: Gregory Nouhaud,
Marie Bochet.
Cyril More,
Yohann Taberlet.
6:55.09  Germany
Gerd Schönfelder,
Andrea Rothfuss,
Thomas Nolte.
Georg Kreiter,
Franz Hanfstingl,
Anna Schaffelhuber.
6:56.28  Slovakia
Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova,
Jakub Krako
Guide: Dusan Simo,
Martin France.
Norbert Holik
Guide: Lubos Bosela.
7:03.86

Medals table

[6]

  *   Host nation (ITA)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 FRA86418
2 GER74415
3 SVK54211
4 JPN4307
5 USA3238
6 ESP3205
7 CZE1001
8 AUT0325
 RUS0325
10 CAN0156
11  SUI0145
12 AUS0134
13 GBR0112
14 NED0011
15 ITA*0000
Totals (15 nations)31313193

Participating nations

Over 130 participants from 23 nations competed.[1]

Classifications

Skiers compete in sitting, standing or visually impaired events, after what classification of disability they have.

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

See also

References

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