2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
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| Host city | Sestriere, Italy |
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| Nations | 23[1][2] |
| Athletes | 130 |
| Dates | January 14 – 23 |
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
| Team | mixed | |
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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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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Women
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Team
[edit | edit source]| Event | Date | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Nations team event details |
Jan 23 | Open |  FranceVincent Gauthier-Manuel, Nicolas Berejny Guide: Gregory Nouhaud, Marie Bochet. Cyril More, Yohann Taberlet. |
6:55.09 |  GermanyGerd Schönfelder, Andrea Rothfuss, Thomas Nolte. Georg Kreiter, Franz Hanfstingl, Anna Schaffelhuber. |
6:56.28 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova, Jakub Krako Guide: Dusan Simo, Martin France. Norbert Holik Guide: Lubos Bosela. |
7:03.86 |
Medals table
[edit | edit source]| 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 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia (SVK) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 |  Spain (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (AUT) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (RUS) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Error creating thumbnail: Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 | |
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Participating nations
[edit | edit source]Over 130 participants from 23 nations competed.[1]
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
- Canada
- File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
- France
- Germany
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
- Japan
- Error creating thumbnail: Netherlands
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
- File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
- File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- Spain
- File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
- Switzerland
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
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Classifications
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b 11 Countries Medal in Slalom at World Championships, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 20, 2011
- ^ 50 Days to Alpine World Champs in Sestriere Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, IPC Alpine Skiing, November 26, 2010
- ^ ParalympicSport.TV to Broadcast Live Coverage of Athletics World Champs, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 14, 2011
- ^ Opening Ceremony in Sestriere Kicks off World Champs, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 15, 2011
- ^ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
- ^ Medal Standings 23 Jan 2011 Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, IPC Athletics