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
Nations23[1][2]
Athletes130
DatesJanuary 14 – 23
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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

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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

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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]

Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Downhill
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Downhill
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Nations team event
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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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France (FRA)86418
2  Germany (GER)74415
3  Slovakia (SVK)54211
4  Japan (JPN)4307
5  United States (USA)3238
6  Spain (ESP)3205
7  Czech Republic (CZE)1001
8  Austria (AUT)0325
  Russia (RUS)0325
10  Canada (CAN)0156
11  Switzerland (SUI)0145
12  Australia (AUS)0134
13  Great Britain (GBR)0112
14  Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (14 entries)31313193

Participating nations

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Over 130 participants from 23 nations competed.[1]

Classifications

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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

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References

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