World Para Alpine Skiing Championships Explained

The World Para Alpine Skiing Championships, known before the 2017 edition as the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, along with the Winter Paralympic Games, are the most prestigious level of international competition in Paralympic alpine skiing. First held in 1974, the World Championships have been held every four years (even-numbered non-Paralympic years) from 1982 to 2004; beginning in 2009, they have been held every other year, in odd-numbered years.

The change from holding the World Championships every four years to every two was originally set to happen in 2007. The 2007 edition was slated for Klosters, Switzerland, but organizers withdrew their bid in early 2006, citing a lack of funding. The International Paralympic Committee initially attempted to find a replacement host for the 2007 Championships but in April decided to cancel the event entirely.

On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international governing body for Alpine skiing involving competitors with disabilities, adopted the "World Para" branding for the committees that govern all disability sports for which it serves as the international federation. Accordingly, IPC world championship events in Alpine skiing have since been known as "World Para Alpine Skiing Championships".[1]

Hosts

Year Dates Host Country Event Notes
1972 World Winter Games Not an official World Championships
1974 Skiing World Championships 1st, featured alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country) skiing,[2] [3] held by the International Sports Organisation for Disabled (ISOD)[4]
1982 [5] https://archive.today/20121130155027/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AYu1EFQvoX8J:www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/7806/la_id/1.htm+Winter+World+Championships+diablerets+disabled&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&source=www.google.com
1986 [6] 3rd https://web.archive.org/web/20060301074559/http://camps.atrc.utoronto.ca/Sarah/Sarah/activities.html
1990 28 February - 7 March [7]
1996
2000 6th[8] first time the world championships for alpine and Nordic skiing were held at the same time and hosted by the same Organizing Committee, 23 nations, 500+ athletes http://www.paralympic.org/paralympian/20002/11.htm [9] [10] [11]
2004 30 January -
6 February
2007Cancelled Cancelled due to lack of funding.
2009 19 February - 1 March
2011 14 - 23 January
2013 18 - 27 February[12]
2015 2 - 10 March [13]
2017 22 - 31 January[14]
2019 21 - 24 January
28 - 31 January
[15]
2022 8 - 23 January Alpine skiing, para biathlon, para cross-country and para snowboard all took place at these championships, it also served as a qualifying event for 2022 Winter Paralympics.[16]
2023 21-29 January

See also

External links

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

  1. The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for . International Paralympic Committee . 30 November 2016 . 13 December 2016.
  2. http://www.paralympic.org.my/documents/ATHENS_Education_Material.pdf Athens Education Material - Paralympic Games - From 1960 to 2004
  3. http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/70539/la_id/1.htm Winter Paralympic History
  4. http://www.paralympic.org/paralympian/20021/2002108.htm Paralympic Winter Sports Programme Build-up
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WKFlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R4wNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5782,2762203&dq=winter-world-championships+disabled&hl=en Canadian disabled team shines at winter games
  6. http://www.disabledsnowsports.org.nz/events/Past/TeamHistory.html History of the New Zealand Disabled Ski Team
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u_BHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Vv8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1480,3227696&dq=disabled+alpine+skiing+world+championships&hl=en Record-Journal - Apr 14, 1989
  8. http://www.paralympic.org/paralympian/20002/01.htm Winter Sports Celebrate New World Champions
  9. http://amputee-online.com/amputation/mar00/mar00sport.html 6th World Ski Championships for the Disabled
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20040617060621/http://www.paralympic.org/sports/results/wcs/2000ski/index.htm Results Alpine Skiing (Anzère)
  11. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-57103335.html Disabled 2000 The Will to Win
  12. Web site: La Molina - About Us - About la Molina.
  13. http://www.paralympic.org/panorama-2015/about-us Panorama 2015
  14. Web site: Tarvisio 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships.
  15. Web site: Sella Nevea/Kranjska Gora - 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships.
  16. Web site: 13 August 2020. Seven things to know about Lillehammer 2021. International Paralympic Committee.