FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup

Aerials

The FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup is an annual freestyle skiing competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1980.[1][2] The events currently include Moguls, Aerials, Ski cross, Halfpipe and Slopestyle competitions. In the past there were two more disciplines, ski ballet and combined, which were cancelled in the end of the Nineteen Nineties.

Races are hosted primarily at ski resorts in North America, the Alps in Europe, with regular stops in Scandinavia, east Asia, but a few races have also been held in the Southern Hemisphere. World Cup competitions have been hosted in 19 different countries around the world: Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States.[3] (Note that all World Cup races hosted at ski resort in Ukraine was still part of Soviet Union respectively.)

Overall

Halfpipe

List of winners

Season Men Ladies
1980 Canada Greg Athans Canada Stephanie Sloan
1981 United States Frank Beddor Canada Marie-Claude Asselin
1982 United States Frank Beddor Canada Marie-Claude Asselin
1983 Canada Peter Judge, Canada Alain Laroche Switzerland Conny Kissling
1984 Canada Alain Laroche Switzerland Conny Kissling
1984–85 Canada Alain Laroche Switzerland Conny Kissling
1985–86 France Éric Laboureix Switzerland Conny Kissling
1986–87 France Éric Laboureix Switzerland Conny Kissling
1987–88 France Éric Laboureix Switzerland Conny Kissling
1988–89 Canada Chris Simboli Switzerland Conny Kissling
1989–90 France Éric Laboureix Switzerland Conny Kissling
1990–91 France Éric Laboureix Switzerland Conny Kissling
1991–92 United States Trace Worthington Switzerland Conny Kissling
1992–93 United States Trace Worthington Canada Katherina Kubenk
1993–94 Russia Sergei Schuplezow United States Kristean Porter
1994–95 United States Jonny Moseley United States Kristean Porter
1995–96 United States Jonny Moseley Canada Katherina Kubenk
1996–97 Canada Darcy Downs United States Stacey Blumer,

Russia Elena Batalova

1997–98 France Fabrice Becker United States Nikki Stone,

Russia Elena Batalova

1998–99 Canada Nicolas Fontaine Australia Jacqui Cooper
1999–00 Finland Janne Lahtela Australia Jacqui Cooper
2000–01 Finland Mikko Ronkainen Australia Jacqui Cooper
2001–02 Canada Eric Bergoust Norway Kari Traa
2002–03 Russia Dmitri Archipow Norway Kari Traa
2003–04 Canada Steve Omischl Norway Kari Traa
2004–05 United States Jeremy Bloom China Li Nina
2005–06 Czech Republic Tomáš Kraus France Ophélie David
2006–07 Australia Dale Begg-Smith Canada Jennifer Heil
2007–08 Canada Steve Omischl France Ophélie David
2008–09 Canada Alexandre Bilodeau France Ophélie David
2009–10 Belarus Anton Kuschnir China Li Nina
2010–11 France Guilbaut Colas United States Hannah Kearney
2011–12 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury United States Hannah Kearney
2012–13 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury China Xu Mengtao
2013–14 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury United States Hannah Kearney
2014–15 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury United States Hannah Kearney

Overall winners by nation

Nation Overall Winners
Total Men Ladies
 Canada 21 15 6
 United States 14 7 7
  Switzerland 10 - 10
 France 10 7 3
 Australia 4 1 3
 China 3 - 3
 Norway 3 - 3
 Russia 3 2 1
 Finland 2 2 -
 Belarus 1 1 -
 Czech Republic 1 1 -

Most overall World Cup titles

The following skiers have at least 3 overall alpine World Cup titles.

Men

Name Overall World Cups Discipline World Cups
MO AE AC KB DM SX HP SS
France Éric Laboureix 5 - - - 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Mikael Kingsbury 4 4 - N/A N/A N/A - - -
Canada Alain Laroche 3 - - - 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Ladies

Name Overall World Cups Discipline World Cups
MO AE AC KB DM SX HP SS
Switzerland Conny Kissling 10 - - 3 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Hannah Kearney 4 6 - N/A N/A N/A - - -
France Ophélie David 3 - - N/A N/A - 7 - -
Australia Jacqui Cooper 3 - 5 - - - - - N/A
Norway Kari Traa 3 2 - - - 2 - - N/A

Most discipline World Cup titles

The records for most World Cup titles in each discipline are as follows:

Discipline Men Ladies
Name Titles Name Titles
Moguls Australia Dale Begg-Smith
France Edgar Grospiron
Canada Mikael Kingsbury
4 United States Hannah Kearney 6
Aerials Canada Nicolas Fontaine
Canada Steve Omischl
4 Australia Jacqui Cooper 5
Ski Ballet (Acro) Germany H. Reitberger 5 United States Jan Bucher 7
Combined France Éric Laboureix
Canada Alain Laroche
4 Switzerland Conny Kissling 9
Dual moguls Sweden Jesper Rönnback
France Thony Héméry
Finland Janne Lahtela
2 France Candice Gilg
Norway Kari Traa
2
Ski Cross Czech Republic Tomáš Kraus 4 France Ophélie David 7
Halfpipe Finland Kalle Leinonen 2 Canada Sarah Burke 2
Slopestyle Switzerland Cyrill Hunziker
United States Thomas Wallisch
1 Norway Linn-Ida Murud
Canada Kaya Turski
1

Nations which have won World Cup races

The table below lists those nations which have won at least one World Cup race (as of March 9, 1986).

Nation Total Victories   Victories by Discipline
Men Ladies Both MO AE AC KB DM SX HP SS
 United States 63 87 150 53 4 75 18 - - - -
 Canada 85 62 147 15 78 6 48 - - - -
 France 33 19 52 25 2 16 9 - - - -
  Switzerland 6 32 38 2 11 2 23 - - - -
 Czech Republic 15 2 17 2 - - - - 15 - -
 Sweden 3 11 14 6 8 - - - - - -
 Italy 2 2 4 3 - - 1 - - - -
 United Kingdom 3 - 3 - 3 - - - - - -
 Sweden 1 2 3 1 2 - - - - - -
 Austria 2 1 3 2 1 - - - - - -
 Germany 2 - 2 1 - 1 - - - - -
 Finland 2 - 2 2 - - - - - - -
Totals 217 218 435 118 109 92 99 - - - -

World Cup scoring system

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Current System Individual discipline
100 80 60 50 45 40 36 32 29 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Overall (round up points)
20 16 12 10 9 8 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Overall (exact points)
20.00 16.00 12.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.20 6.40 5.80 5.20 4.80 4.40 4.00 3.60 3.20 3.00 2.80 2.60 2.40 2.20 2.00 1.80 1.60 1.40 1.20 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.20

See also

References

  1. "FIS-Ski - Freestyle World Cup". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012.
  2. "Freestyle Skiing History". CBC Sports. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  3. "FIS: Complete Calendar of Alpine Ski World Cup Races". Retrieved 6 December 2012.

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