2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

Host city| Sestriere, Italy
Nations| 23[1][2]
Athletes| 130
Dates| January 14 – 23

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Alpine skiing at the
World Ski Championships 2011

Combined| men| women
Downhill| men| women
Giant slalom| men| women
Slalom| men| women
Super-G| men| women
Team| mixed

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

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]

### Men

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Event | Date | Class | Gold | Time  | Silver | Time  | Bronze | Time

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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

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Event | Date | Class | Gold | Time  | Silver | Time  | Bronze | Time

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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

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Event | Date | Class | Gold | Time  | Silver | Time  | Bronze | Time

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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

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  France (FRA)| 8| 6| 4| 18
2|  Germany (GER)| 7| 4| 4| 15
3|  Slovakia (SVK)| 5| 4| 2| 11
4|  Japan (JPN)| 4| 3| 0| 7
5|  United States (USA)| 3| 2| 3| 8
6|  Spain (ESP)| 3| 2| 0| 5
7|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 1| 0| 0| 1
8|  Austria (AUT)| 0| 3| 2| 5
Russia (RUS)| 0| 3| 2| 5
10|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 1| 5| 6
11|  Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 1| 4| 5
12|  Australia (AUS)| 0| 1| 3| 4
13|  Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 1| 1| 2
14|  Netherlands (NED)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (14 entries)| 31| 31| 31| 93

## Participating nations

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Over 130 participants from 23 nations competed.[1]

* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Canada
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Japan
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom
* United States

## 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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* FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011

## References

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1. ^ a b 11 Countries Medal in Slalom at World Championships, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 20, 2011
2. ^ 50 Days to Alpine World Champs in Sestriere Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, IPC Alpine Skiing, November 26, 2010
3. ^ ParalympicSport.TV to Broadcast Live Coverage of Athletics World Champs, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 14, 2011
4. ^ Opening Ceremony in Sestriere Kicks off World Champs, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 15, 2011
5. ^ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
6. ^ Medal Standings 23 Jan 2011 Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, IPC Athletics

* Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

## External links

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* IPC Alpine Skiing
* World Championships – official results
* ParalympicSport.TV

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