Alpine Canada

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Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) is the governing body for alpine ski racing in Canada. ACA represents coaches, officials, supporters and athletes, including the elite racers of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team and the Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team. Relentlessly pursuing excellence, ACA seeks to put Canadian athletes on the top step of the podium through the commitment of financial, technical and human resources. ACA is also dedicated to promoting participation within Canada’s four million recreational skiers.

1 Goals
2 Canadian Alpine Ski Team
3 Para-Alpine Ski Team
4 Divisions
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Goals

Its mission is to produce the best skiers in the world for Canada by providing support, funding and instruction at every level of competition, ranging from the very introduction, to the World Cup level. Thus, its involvement is broad by nature, encompassing national, provincial and regional teams, while promoting at the same time ski racing to the general population, the majority of its focus is result based, which means that a lot of effort is put on developing material and structures with the goal of developing the potential of elite level skiers for Canada.

[edit] Canadian Alpine Ski Team

The National team comprises athletes who are, or who will, participate in events on the World Cup circuit. Both men and women have a national team and a different coaching staff. Athletes who are not yet ready or old enough to take part at the highest level of competition are thus placed on the development team, while members who have earned a permanent spot are on the senior team.

It is to be noted that while an athlete can be on the senior team, it doesn't mean that he will take part in all of the disciplines. In the 2006/07 season, the Canadian Alpine Ski Team and Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team combined to collect two World Cup Globes, four World Cup overall titles, 44 World Cup podiums results and one World Championships medal.

[edit] Para-Alpine Ski Team

The Para-Alpine ski team comprises both female and male athletes who are suffering from various physical disabilities. These athletes take part in special competitions were they compete in the same disciplines as the members of the mainstream National Team (Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G and Downhill)