2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships Explained

2017 World Para Alpine Skiing World Championships
Host City:	Tarvisio, Italy
Dates:	22–31 January
Nations:	30
Events:	Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, super combined, super-G
Previous:	2015

The 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in Tarvisio, Italy from 22 to 31 January 2017.

The Championship is held biannually by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). This was the first time the championship was held under the name World Para Alpine Skiing Championships.

Events

Men

Event	Class	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Downhill	Visually impaired^[1]	Guide: Jack Leitch	1:10.98	Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces	1:11.55	Guide: Maros Hudik	1:11.80
	Sitting^[2]		1:11.55		1:12.16		1:13.77
	Standing^[3]		1:12.22		1:13.84		1:14.00
Super-G	Visually impaired^[4]	Guide: Jack Leitch	1:04.22	Guide: Branislav Brozman	1:05.22	Guide: Fabrizio Casal	1:05.82
	Sitting^[5]		1:04.35		1:05.05		1:05.08
	Standing^[6]		1:03.88		1:04.09		1:04.65
Slalom	Visually impaired^[7]	Guide: Jack Leitch	1:23.79	Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces	1:25.09	Guide: Branislav Brozman	1:29.60
	Sitting^[8]		1:24.61		1:24.98		1:26.76
	Standing^[9]		1:25.33		1:26.27		1:26.71
Super combined	Visually impaired^[10]	Guide: Fabrizio Casal	1:50.49	Guide: Jack Leitch	1:51.97	Guide: Branislav Brozman	1:52.28
	Sitting^[11]		1:51.25		1:52.29		1:52.70
	Standing^[12]		1:51.51		1:53.15		1:53.81
Giant slalom	Visually impaired^[13]	Guide: Jack Leitch	2:09.92	Guide: Fabrizio Casal	2:12.92	Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces	2:14.86
	Sitting^[14]		2:16.75		2:17.32		2:18.41
	Standing^[15]		2:13.63		2:14.34		2:15.24

Women

Event	Class	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Downhill	Visually impaired^[16]	Guide: Brett Wild	1:13.42	Guide: Natalia Subrtova	1:14.62	Guide: Chloe Sana	1:19.02
	Sitting^[17]		1:18.05		1:18.28		1:22.73
	Standing^[18]		1:16.28		1:17.91		1:18.63
Super-G	Visually impaired^[19]	Guide: Natalia Subrtova	1:10.02	Guide: Chloe Sana	1:14.34	Guide: Robert Umstead	1:16.53
	Sitting^[20]		1:08.97		1:09.42		1:13.43
	Standing^[21]		1:08.92		1:09.39		1:10.93
Slalom	Visually impaired^[22]	Guide: Natalia Subrtova	1:32.91	Guide: Brett Wild	1:35.13	Guide: Lucien Gerkau	1:36.05
	Sitting^[23]		1:34.31		1:34.80		1:36.84
	Standing^[24]		1:36.51		1:36.54		1:37.70
Super combined	Visually impaired^[25]	Guide: Natalia Subrtova	1:58.89	Guide: Brett Wild	2:03.62	Guide: Sadie de Baun	2:07.92
	Sitting^[26]		2:00.27		2:06.25		2:06.88
	Standing^[27]		2:00.63		2:03.13		2:05.18
Giant slalom	Visually impaired^[28]	Guide: Natalia Subrtova	2:21.05	Guide: Brett Wild	2:27.60	Guide: Jennifer Kehoe	2:30.63
	Sitting^[29]		2:22.12		2:24.90		2:27.47
	Standing^[30]		2:22.42		2:23.13		2:28.46

Medal table

Germany topped the medal tally with 14 medals. Hosts Italy finished 10th with 3 medals.^[31]

Participating nations

30 nations participated.^[32]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's downhill visually impaired. 25 January 2017.
2. Web site: Men's downhill sitting. 25 January 2017.
3. Web site: Men's downhill standing. 25 January 2017.
4. Web site: Men's super-G visually impaired. 26 January 2017.
5. Web site: Men's super-G sitting. 26 January 2017.
6. Web site: Men's super-G standing. 26 January 2017.
7. Web site: Men's Slalom visually impaired. 31 January 2017.
8. Web site: Men's Slalom sitting. 31 January 2017.
9. Web site: Men's Slalom standing. 31 January 2017.
10. Web site: Men's super combined visually impaired. 28 January 2017.
11. Web site: Men's super combined sitting. 28 January 2017.
12. Web site: Men's super combined standing. 28 January 2017.
13. Web site: Men's Giant Slalom visually impaired. 30 January 2017.
14. Web site: Men's Giant Slalom sitting. 30 January 2017.
15. Web site: Men's Giant Slalom standing. 30 January 2017.
16. Web site: Women's downhill visually impaired. 25 January 2017.
17. Web site: Women's downhill sitting. 25 January 2017.
18. Web site: Women's downhill standing. 25 January 2017.
19. Web site: Women's super-G visually impaired. 26 January 2017.
20. Web site: Women's super-G sitting. 26 January 2017.
21. Web site: Women's super-G standing. 26 January 2017.
22. Web site: Women's Slalom visually impaired. 31 January 2017.
23. Web site: Women's Slalom sitting. 31 January 2017.
24. Web site: Women's Slalom standing. 31 January 2017.
25. Web site: Women's super combined visually impaired. 28 January 2017.
26. Web site: Women's super combined sitting. 28 January 2017.
27. Web site: Women's super combined standing. 28 January 2017.
28. Web site: Women's Giant Slalom visually impaired. 30 January 2017.
29. Web site: Women's Giant Slalom. 30 January 2017.
30. Web site: Women's Giant Slalom standing. 30 January 2017.
31. Web site: Medal count.
32. Web site: NPCs list.