2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

The 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in Panorama Mountain Village, British Columbia, Canada from March 2 to 10, 2015. The Championship is held biannually by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is the largest event of its type outside the Winter Paralympics.

2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Host cityPanorama Mountain Village, British Columbia, Canada
Nations22[1]
Athletes130
EventsDownhill, giant slalom, slalom, super combined, super-G
DatesMarch 2–10
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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, with Russia finishing the championship on top of the medal table in both gold medals won and total medals.

This proved to be the last event under the title of "IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships". On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international governing body for 10 disability sports, including Alpine skiing, adopted the "World Para" branding for all of those sports. The world championships in said sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" events. Accordingly, from 2017 forward, the event will be known as the "World Para Alpine Skiing Championships".[2]

Opening ceremony edit

On March 2, the opening ceremony was held.

Events edit

Men edit

Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Downhill Mar 4 Visually impaired[3] Mac Marcoux
Guide: B.J. Marcoux
  Canada
1:29.68 Mark Bathum
Guide: Cade Yamamoto
  United States
1:31.89 Miroslav Haraus
Guide: Maris Hudik
  Slovakia
1:32.12
Standing[4] Alexey Bugaev
  Russia
1:27.60 Matthias Lanzinger
  Austria
1:29.71 Alexander Vetrov
  Russia
1:31.25
Sitting[5] Corey Peters
  New Zealand
1:28.06 Roman Rabl
  Austria
1:28.80 Taiki Morii
  Japan
1:29.26
Super-G Mar 5 Visually impaired[6] Ivan Frantsev
Guide: German Agranovskii
  Russia
1:23.63 Mac Marcoux
Guide: B.J. Marcoux
  Canada
1:24.04 Miroslav Haraus
Guide: Maris Hudik
  Slovakia
1:24.81
Standing[7] Alexey Bugaev
  Russia
1:19.88 Matthias Lanzinger
  Austria
1:21.55 Thomas Pfyl
  Switzerland
1:21.91
Sitting[8] Corey Peters
  New Zealand
1:20.41 Frederic Francois
  France
1:21.20 Andrew Earl Kurka
  United States
1:21.32
Super combined Mar 7 Visually impaired[9] Miroslav Haraus
Guide: Maris Hudik
  Slovakia
1:59.81 Ivan Frantsev
Guide: German Agranovskii
  Russia
2:01.35 Yon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
  Spain
2:03.32
Standing[10] Alexey Bugaev
  Russia
1:54.46 Markus Salcher
  Switzerland
1:56.94 Matthias Lanzinger
  Austria
1:56.96
Sitting[11] Georg Kreiter
  Germany
1:56.84 Roman Rabl
  Austria
1.57.70 Frederic Francois
  France
1:58.39
Giant slalom Mar 8 Visually impaired[12] Valerii Redkozubov
Guide: Evgeny Geroev
  Russia
2:09.28 Yon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
  Spain
2:09.88 Patrik Hetmer
Guide: Miroslav Macala
  Czech Republic
2:11.71
Standing[13] Alexey Bugaev
  Russia
2:01.19 Markus Salcher
  Switzerland
2:02.16 Matthias Lanzinger
  Austria
2:04.27
Sitting[14] Georg Kreiter
  Germany
2:03.49 Corey Peters
  New Zealand
2:03.89 Taiki Morii
  Japan
2:04.71
Slalom Mar 10 Visually impaired[15] Valerii Redkozubov
Guide: Evgeny Geroev
  Russia
1:47.71 Miroslav Haraus
Guide: Maris Hudik
  Slovakia
1:48.90 Yon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
  Spain
1:53.05
Standing[16] Alexey Bugaev
  Russia
1:39.05 Alexander Alyabyev
  Russia
1:46.15 Matt Hallat
  Canada
1:47.86
Sitting[17] Takeshi Suzuki
  Japan
1:47.93 Taiki Morii
  Japan
1:53.67 Thomas Nolte
  Germany
1:55.38

Women edit

Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Downhill Mar 4 Visually impaired[18] Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
  Australia
1:45.80 Danelle Umstead
Guide: Robert Umstead
  United States
1:46.32 Aleksandra Frantceva
Guide: Semen Pliaskin
  Russia
1:51.57
Standing[19] Marie Bochet
  France
1:32.81 Andrea Rothfuss
  Germany
1:36.83 Mariia Papulova
  Russia
1:42.12
Sitting[20] Claudia Loesch
  Austria
1:33.29 Momoka Muraoka
  Japan
1:35.95 Anna Schaffelhuber
  Germany
1:38.06
Super-G Mar 5 Visually impaired[21] Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
  Australia
1:33.52 Danelle Umstead
Guide: Robert Umstead
  United States
1:37.55 Aleksandra Frantceva
Guide: Semen Pliaskin
  Russia
1:40.55
Standing[22] Marie Bochet
  France
1:24.77 Andrea Rothfuss
  Germany
1:28.83 Mariia Papulova
  Russia
1:33.60
Sitting[23] Anna Schaffelhuber
  Germany
1:27.65
Super combined Mar 7 Visually impaired[24] Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
  Australia
2:14.18 Aleksandra Frantceva
Guide: Semen Pliaskin
  Russia
2:16.95 Danelle Umstead
Guide: Robert Umstead
  United States
2:22.20
Standing[25] Marie Bochet
  France
2:03.17 Andrea Rothfuss
  Germany
2:09.58 Anna Jochemsen
  Netherlands
2:12.52
Sitting[26] Claudia Loesch
  Austria
2:04.79 Anna Schaffelhuber
  Germany
2:06.10 Laurie Stephens
  United States
2:17.78
Giant slalom Mar 8 Visually impaired[27] Aleksandra Frantceva
Guide: Semen Pliaskin
  Russia
2:24.05 Millie Knight
Guide: Jen Kehoe
  Great Britain
2:24.39 Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
  Australia
2:25.41
Standing[28] Marie Bochet
  France
2:11.63 Andrea Rothfuss
  Germany
2:14.04 Stephanie Jallen
  United States
2:20.49
Sitting[29] Anna Schaffelhuber
  Germany
1:09.50 Claudia Loesch
  Austria
1:11.38 Momoka Muraoka
  Japan
1:15.44
Slalom Mar 10 Visually impaired[30] Aleksandra Frantceva
Guide: Semen Pliaskin
  Russia
2:03.31 Melissa Perrine
Guide: Andrew Bor
  Australia
2:04.50 Millie Knight
Guide: Jen Kehoe
  Great Britain
2:13.81
Standing[31] Marie Bochet
  France
1:58.67 Mariia Papulova
  Russia
2:04.22 Laura Valeanu
  Romania
2:09.55
Sitting[32] Claudia Loesch
  Austria
2:03.28 Anna Schaffelhuber
  Germany
2:03.38 Anna-Lena Forster
  Germany
2:04.31

Medals table edit

[33]

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)104519
2  France (FRA)5117
3  Germany (GER)46313
4  Austria (AUT)37212
5  Australia (AUS)3115
6  New Zealand (NZL)2103
7  Japan (JPN)1236
8  Slovakia (SVK)1124
9  Canada (CAN)*1113
10  United States (USA)0347
11  Spain (ESP)0123
12  Great Britain (GBR)0112
13  Czech Republic (CZE)0011
  Netherlands (NED)0011
  Romania (ROU)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (16 entries)30292988

Participating nations edit

Over 130 participants from 22 nations competed.[34]

Classifications edit

Skiers compete in sitting, standing or visually impaired events, depending on their classification of disability.

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 vision

References edit

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External links edit