IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

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.

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Hosts

Year Place Country Event Notes
1972 Courchevel  France World Winter Games not an official World Championships
1974 Le Grand-Bornand  France Skiing World Championships 1st, featured alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country) skiing[1][2], held by the International Sports Organisation for Disabled (ISOD)[3][4]
1978 [[]]  [[|]] [[]] [5]
1982 [[]]  [[|]] [[]] [3][6][1]
1986 Sälen  Sweden 1986 World Disabled Ski Championships [4] 3rd[2]
1990 Winter Park, Colorado  USA 1990 Disabled Alpine World Championships [7][4]
1996 Lech  Austria 1996 Disabled Alpine World Championships [4]
2000 Anzère  Switzerland 2000 World Ski Championships for Disabled 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 [3] [9][10][11]
2004 Wildschönau  Austria 2004 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
2007 Klosters  Switzerland Cancelled
2009 High1 Resort, Jeongseon (Pyeongchang)  South Korea 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
2011 Sestriere  Italy 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
2013 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
2015 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

See also

References

  1. ^ Athens Education Material - Paralympic Games - From 1960 to 2004, Malaysian Paralympic Council
  2. ^ Winter Paralympic History, HockeyCanada.ca
  3. ^ a b Paralympic Winter Sports Programme Build-up, The Paralympian 1/2002, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  4. ^ a b c d History of the New Zealand Disabled Ski Team, disabledsnowsports.org.nz
  5. ^ Blind Skier Gets His Kicks On The Slopes.‎, The Leader-Post - Apr 12, 1977
  6. ^ Canadian disabled team shines at winter games, The Vancouver Sun - Mar 15, 1982]
  7. ^ Record-Journal - Apr 14, 1989, Google News Archive Search
  8. ^ Winter Sports Celebrate New World Champions, The Paralympian 2/2000, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  9. ^ 6th World Ski Championships for the Disabled, amputee-online.com
  10. ^ Results Alpine Skiing (Anzère), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), (archived, Wayback Machine)
  11. ^ Disabled 2000 The Will to Win, highbeam.com, Ski - November 1, 1999

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