Skiers competed in sitting, standing or visually impaired classification categories in Downhill, giant slalom, Slalom, Super-G, Super Combined and Team events.
Over 130 skiers competed, including German multiple-Paralympic medalist Gerd Schönfelder, who competed in classification-category standing events.
The internet-TV channel ParalympicSport.TV, owned by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) broadcast daily live coverage of the Championships, from January 18–23,[3] also available after the Championships as Video on Demand (VOD). They also added some interview clips to their YouTube channel.
On January 15, the opening ceremony was held at the Palazzetto dello Sport in the town square of Sestriere, and included a series of performances by three dance couples. The dancers were to represent the people of the region. Among the dignitaries in attendance was the IPC President Sir Philip Craven.[4]
Medal winnersedit
The men's events and the women's events were held at Kandahar Banchetta Giovanni N., in Sestriere. Visually impaired skiers compete with the help of a sighted guide. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[5]
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The 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was held in Sestriere Italy from January 14 to 23 2011 IPC stands for International Paralympic Committee 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World ChampionshipsHost citySestriere ItalyNations23 1 2 Athletes130DatesJanuary 14 23 20092013 Skiers competed in sitting standing or visually impaired classification categories in Downhill giant slalom Slalom Super G Super Combined and Team events Over 130 skiers competed including German multiple Paralympic medalist Gerd Schonfelder who competed in classification category standing events Sestriere hosted the Paralympic alpine skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Paralympics The internet TV channel ParalympicSport TV owned by the International Paralympic Committee IPC broadcast daily live coverage of the Championships from January 18 23 3 also available after the Championships as Video on Demand VOD They also added some interview clips to their YouTube channel Contents 1 Opening ceremony 2 Medal winners 2 1 Men 2 2 Women 2 3 Team 3 Medals table 4 Participating nations 5 Classifications 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksOpening ceremony editOn January 15 the opening ceremony was held at the Palazzetto dello Sport in the town square of Sestriere and included a series of performances by three dance couples The dancers were to represent the people of the region Among the dignitaries in attendance was the IPC President Sir Philip Craven 4 Medal winners editThe men s events and the women s events were held at Kandahar Banchetta Giovanni N in Sestriere Visually impaired skiers compete with the help of a sighted guide The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team and dual medals are awarded 5 Men edit Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Downhilldetails Jan 16 Visually impaired Nicolas BerejnyGuide Gregory Nouhaud nbsp France 1 21 40 Yon Santacana MaizteguiGuide Miguel Galindo Garces nbsp Spain 1 21 59 Chris WilliamsonGuide Robin Femy nbsp Canada 1 22 76 Standing Gerd Schonfelder nbsp Germany 1 21 84 Vincent Gauthier Manuel nbsp France 1 22 08 Thomas Pfyl nbsp Switzerland 1 22 96 Sitting Akira Kano nbsp Japan 1 20 94 Taiki Morii nbsp Japan 1 21 39 Kees Jan van der Klooster nbsp Netherlands 1 21 63 Super Gdetails Jan 18 Visually impaired Yon Santacana MaizteguiGuide Miguel Galindo Garces nbsp Spain 1 19 20 Chris WilliamsonGuide Robin Femy nbsp Canada 1 19 50 Nicolas BerejnyGuide Gregory Nouhaud nbsp France 1 20 47 Standing Gerd Schonfelder nbsp Germany 1 19 22 Vincent Gauthier Manuel nbsp France 1 19 26 Thomas Pfyl nbsp Switzerland 1 19 95 Sitting Christopher Devlin Young nbsp United States 1 17 67 Taiki Morii nbsp Japan 1 18 29 Cyril More nbsp France 1 19 50 Super Combineddetails Jan 19 Visually impaired Yon Santacana MaizteguiGuide Miguel Galindo Garces nbsp Spain 2 07 43 Jakub KrakoGuide Dusan Simo nbsp Slovakia 2 08 36 Chris WilliamsonGuide Robin Femy nbsp Canada 2 09 29 Standing Vincent Gauthier Manuel nbsp France 2 05 31 Gerd Schonfelder nbsp Germany 2 07 06 Thomas Pfyl nbsp Switzerland 2 08 88 Sitting Takeshi Suzuki nbsp Japan 2 07 79 Cyril More nbsp France 2 08 93 Yohann Taberlet nbsp France 2 09 98 Slalomdetails Jan 20 Visually impaired Jakub KrakoGuide Dusan Simo nbsp Slovakia 1 28 83 Yon Santacana MaizteguiGuide Miguel Galindo Garces nbsp Spain 1 29 11 Chris WilliamsonGuide Robin Femy nbsp Canada 1 30 68 Standing Vincent Gauthier Manuel nbsp France 1 27 05 Gerd Schonfelder nbsp Germany 1 27 22 Toby Kane nbsp Australia 1 28 49 Sitting Takeshi Suzuki nbsp Japan 1 29 31 Yohann Taberlet nbsp France 1 32 24 Thomas Nolte nbsp Germany 1 33 76 Giant slalomdetails Jan 22 Visually impaired Yon Santacana MaizteguiGuide Miguel Galindo Garces nbsp Spain 2 10 78 Jakub KrakoGuide Dusan Simo nbsp Slovakia 2 12 10 Radomir DudasGuide Maros Hudik nbsp Slovakia 2 17 42 Standing Vincent Gauthier Manuel nbsp France 2 10 98 Thomas Pfyl nbsp Switzerland 2 11 41 Gerd Schonfelder nbsp Germany 2 11 47 Sitting Taiki Morii nbsp Japan 2 15 79 Takeshi Suzuki nbsp Japan 2 15 90 Christoph Kunz nbsp Switzerland 2 16 11 Women edit Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Downhilldetails Jan 16 Visually impaired Henrieta FarkasovaGuide Natalia Subrtova nbsp Slovakia 1 28 36 Melissa PerrineGuide Andrew Bor nbsp Australia 1 40 50 Alexandra FrantsevaGuide Evgenia Kolosovskaya nbsp Russia 1 41 87 Standing Andrea Rothfuss nbsp Germany 1 29 62 Marie Bochet nbsp France 1 29 86 Solene Jambaque nbsp France 1 30 09 Sitting Alana Nichols nbsp United States 1 30 45 Laurie Stephens nbsp United States 1 33 05 Claudia Loesch nbsp Austria 1 35 35 Super Gdetails Jan 18 Visually impaired Anna KuliskovaGuide Michaela Hubacova nbsp Czech Republic 1 34 28 Alexandra FrantsevaGuide Evgenia Kolosovskaya nbsp Russia 1 35 49 Melissa PerrineGuide Andrew Bor nbsp Australia 1 38 08 Standing Solene Jambaque nbsp France 1 25 08 Marie Bochet nbsp France 1 25 48 Andrea Rothfuss nbsp Germany 1 26 48 Sitting Alana Nichols nbsp United States 1 27 56 Laurie Stephens nbsp United States 1 28 66 Claudia Loesch nbsp Austria 1 29 04 Super Combineddetails Jan 19 Visually impaired Henrieta FarkasovaGuide Natalia Subrtova nbsp Slovakia 2 25 83 Alexandra FrantsevaGuide Evgenia Kolosovskaya nbsp Russia 2 32 31 Melissa PerrineGuide Andrew Bor nbsp Australia 2 32 84 Standing Solene Jambaque nbsp France 2 21 94 Andrea Rothfuss nbsp Germany 2 22 28 Karolina Wisniewska nbsp Canada 2 25 79 Sitting Anna Schaffelhuber nbsp Germany 2 31 62 Claudia Loesch nbsp Austria 2 33 11 Laurie Stephens nbsp United States 2 42 68 Slalomdetails Jan 20 Visually impaired Henrieta FarkasovaGuide Natalia Subrtova nbsp Slovakia 1 42 71 Kelly GallagherGuide Charlotte Evans nbsp Great Britain 1 47 67 Alexandra FrantsevaGuide Evgenia Kolosovskaya nbsp Russia 1 49 98 Standing Andrea Rothfuss nbsp Germany 1 39 98 Petra Smarzova nbsp Slovakia 1 43 72 Karolina Wisniewska nbsp Canada 1 45 53 Sitting Anna Schaffelhuber nbsp Germany 1 48 80 Claudia Loesch nbsp Austria 1 52 62 Alana Nichols nbsp United States 2 27 49 Giant slalomdetails Jan 22 Visually impaired Henrieta FarkasovaGuide Natalia Subrtova nbsp Slovakia 2 19 20 Alexandra FrantsevaGuide Evgenia Kolosovskaya nbsp Russia 2 28 73 Kelly GallagherGuide Charlotte Evans nbsp Great Britain 2 31 68 Standing Marie Bochet nbsp France 2 23 32 Petra Smarzova nbsp Slovakia 2 24 55 Andrea Rothfuss nbsp Germany 2 24 99 Sitting Anna Schaffelhuber nbsp Germany 2 31 73 Claudia Loesch nbsp Austria 2 32 43 Alana Nichols nbsp United States 2 38 22 Team edit Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Nations team eventdetails Jan 23 Open nbsp FranceVincent Gauthier Manuel Nicolas BerejnyGuide Gregory Nouhaud Marie Bochet Cyril More Yohann Taberlet 6 55 09 nbsp GermanyGerd Schonfelder Andrea Rothfuss Thomas Nolte Georg Kreiter Franz Hanfstingl Anna Schaffelhuber 6 56 28 nbsp SlovakiaHenrieta FarkasovaGuide Natalia Subrtova Jakub KrakoGuide Dusan Simo Martin France Norbert HolikGuide Lubos Bosela 7 03 86Medals table edit 6 RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp France FRA 864182 nbsp Germany GER 744153 nbsp Slovakia SVK 542114 nbsp Japan JPN 43075 nbsp United States USA 32386 nbsp Spain ESP 32057 nbsp Czech Republic CZE 10018 nbsp Austria AUT 0325 nbsp Russia RUS 032510 nbsp Canada CAN 015611 nbsp Switzerland SUI 014512 nbsp Australia AUS 013413 nbsp Great Britain GBR 011214 nbsp Netherlands NED 0011Totals 14 entries 31313193Participating nations editOver 130 participants from 23 nations competed 1 nbsp Australia nbsp Austria nbsp Belgium nbsp Canada nbsp Croatia nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Finland nbsp France nbsp Germany nbsp Italy nbsp Japan nbsp Netherlands nbsp New Zealand nbsp Russia nbsp Serbia nbsp Slovakia nbsp Slovenia nbsp South Korea nbsp Spain nbsp Sweden nbsp Switzerland nbsp United Kingdom nbsp United StatesClassifications editSkiers compete in sitting standing or visually impaired events after what classification of disability they have Standing LW2 single leg amputation above the knee LW3 double leg amputation below the knee mild cerebral palsy or equivalent impairment LW4 single leg amputation below the knee LW5 7 double arm amputation LW6 8 single arm amputation LW9 amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg Sitting LW 10 paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance LW 11 paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance LW 12 double leg amputation above the knees or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance Visually impaired B1 no functional vision B2 up to ca 3 5 functional vision B3 under 10 functional visionSee also editFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011References edit a b 11 Countries Medal in Slalom at World Championships International Paralympic Committee IPC January 20 2011 50 Days to Alpine World Champs in Sestriere Archived July 26 2011 at the Wayback Machine IPC Alpine Skiing November 26 2010 ParalympicSport TV to Broadcast Live Coverage of Athletics World Champs International Paralympic Committee IPC January 14 2011 Opening Ceremony in Sestriere Kicks off World Champs International Paralympic Committee IPC January 15 2011 Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide s hands thestar com March 13 2010 Medal Standings 23 Jan 2011 Archived July 26 2011 at the Wayback Machine IPC Athletics Winter Sport Classification Canadian Paralympic CommitteeExternal links editIPC Alpine Skiing World Championships official results ParalympicSport TV Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships amp oldid 1217279251, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
