Disabled Alpine Skiing World Championships
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The IPC Alpine skiing World Championship, 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 198? 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 IPC
initially attempted to find a replacement host for the 2007 Championships but in April decided to cancel the event entirely.
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...
, are the most prestigious level of international competition in Paralympic alpine skiing
Paralympic alpine skiing
Paralympic alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. Paralympic alpine skiing is one of the sports in the Paralympic Winter Games...
. First held in 1974, the World Championships have been held every four years (even-numbered non-Paralympic
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...
years) from 198? 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
Klosters
Klosters-Serneus is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.Its well-known ski resort lies from Zurich, the nearest international airport. Transfer time is about 1.5 hours. Klosters is from Davos...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, but organizers withdrew their bid in early 2006, citing a lack of funding. The IPC
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...
initially attempted to find a replacement host for the 2007 Championships but in April decided to cancel the event entirely.
Hosts
| Year | Place | Country | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Courchevel Courchevel Courchevel is the name of a ski resort located in the commune of Saint-Bon-Tarentaise in the French Alps, in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes region. It is a part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski area in the world... |
 Early Modern France |
World Winter Games | not an official World Championships |
| 1974 | Le Grand-Bornand Le Grand-Bornand Le Grand-Bornand is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The commune is a ski resort and owes its name to the river which runs through it... |
Early Modern France |
Skiing World Championships | 1st, featured alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country) skiing, held by the International Sports Organisation for Disabled (ISOD) |
| 1978 | ||||
| 1982 | 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 | Sälen Sälen Sälen is a locality situated in Malung-Sälen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 508 inhabitants in 2005.In the winter tens of thousands of tourists enter the area. Sälen is noted for hosting the start of Vasaloppet, the oldest , longest , and largest cross country ski race in the world... |
 Sweden |
1986 World Disabled Ski Championships | 3rdhttp://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:T_IWgI3povMJ:camps.atrc.utoronto.ca/Sarah/Sarah/activities.html+%22WORLD+DISABLED+SKI+CHAMPIONSHIPS%22&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&source=www.google.com |
| 1990 | Winter Park Winter Park Resort Winter Park Resort is an alpine ski resort in Winter Park, Colorado in the Rocky Mountains. Located just off U.S. Highway 40, the resort is about an hour and a half's drive from Denver, Colorado.... , Colorado Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains... |
 United States |
1990 Disabled Alpine World Championships | |
| 1996 | Lech Lech am Arlberg Lech am Arlberg is a mountain village and an exclusive ski resort in the Bludenz district of Vorarlberg, in western Austria, on the banks of the river Lech. In terms of both geography and history, Lech belongs to the Tannberg district... |
 Austria |
1996 Disabled Alpine World Championships | |
| 2000 | Anzère Anzère Anzère is a small village in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, located in the municipality of Ayent and close to Sion and Crans. A south-facing purpose-built resort in traditional Swiss architectural style... |
 Switzerland |
2000 World Ski Championships for Disabled | 6thfirst 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 |
| 2004 | Wildschönau Wildschönau Wildschönau is an Austrian municipality within the district of Kufstein in Tyrol 6km south of Wörgl.The 24 km long high valley near Wörgl is one of the district's tourist centers. Besides a few hamlets, the municipality consists of the four church villages Niederau, Oberau, Auffach, and Thierbach... |
Austria |
2004 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships | |
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Klosters Klosters Klosters-Serneus is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.Its well-known ski resort lies from Zurich, the nearest international airport. Transfer time is about 1.5 hours. Klosters is from Davos... |
Switzerland |
Cancelled | |
| 2009 | High1 Resort, Jeongseon (Pyeongchang) |  South Korea |
2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships | |
| 2011 | Sestriere Sestriere Sestriere is an alpine village in Italy, a comune of the Province of Turin. It is from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin.... |
 Italy |
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships The 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was held in Sestriere, Italy, from January 14 to January 23, 2011. IPC stands for International Paralympic Committee.... |
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| 2013 | 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships | |||
| 2015 | 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships |
External links
- Results - World Championships, IPC Alpine Skiing