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Corviglia (ski course)

Corviglia
Place: Switzerland St. Moritz
Mountain: Piz Nair, Albula Alps
Opened: 1934
Level: advanced
Downhill
Start: 2,840 m (9,318 ft) (AA)
Finish: 2,040 m (6,693 ft)
Vertical drop:    800 m (2,625 ft)
Length: 2,774 m (1.72 mi)
Max. incline:    45 degrees (100%)
Avr. incline: 15.3 degrees (27.4%)
Min. incline:   6.8 degrees (12%)
Super-G
Start: 2,645 m (8,678 ft) (AA)
Finish: 2,040 m (6,693 ft)
Vertical drop:    605 m (1,985 ft)
Length: 2,196 m (1.36 mi)
Max. incline: 31.4 degrees (61%)
Avr. incline: 15.4 degrees (27.6%)
Min. incline:   6.8 degrees (12%)

Corviglia is a World Cup ski course in Switzerland at St. Moritz, Grisons. Opened 90 years ago in 1934, it is located in the Engadin valley on Piz Nair mountain in the Albula Alps.[1][2][3]

Corviglia has hosted a record five World Championships (1934, 1948, 1974, 2003, 2017) and the Winter Olympics in 1948 (concurrent World Championships).[4]

It is adjacent to the newer "Engiadina", a course used for women's speed events, which hosted those events during the two most recent World Championships (2003, 2017).

"Free Fall", a new downhill start constructed in 2003 by Bernhard Russi, has the steepest incline in circuit at 45 degrees (100% gradient).[5][6]

Winter Olympics

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The descent started at Piz Nair Pitschen in 1948, with the finish area below the Signalbahn mountain station at an elevation of 1,870 meters (6,135 ft) above sea level.

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were concurrent World Championships for alpine skiing.[7]

Men's events

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Year Event Date Gold Silver Bronze
1948 DH 2 February 1948     Henri Oreiller   Franz Gabl     Karl Molitor
    Rolf Olinger
KB 2 / 4 February 1948     Henri Oreiller     Karl Molitor   James Couttet
SL 5 February 1948       Edy Reinalter   James Couttet   Henri Oreiller

Women's events

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Year Event Date Gold Silver Bronze
1948 DH 2 February 1948       Hedy Schlunegger   Trude Beiser   Resi Hammerer
KB 2 / 4 February 1948     Erika Mahringer   Gretchen Fraser   Erika Mahringer
SL 5 February 1948     Gretchen Fraser     Antoinette Meyer   Erika Mahringer

World Championships

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During its first World Championships in 1934, the downhill's course length was 4.4 km (2.7 mi) for both men and women. The start was at Munt da San Murezzan and the finish line at St. Moritz Bad, which was never used again. An access path had to be cut in the forest.[7]

 
 
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Men's events

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Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1934 DH 15 February 1934       David Zogg   Franz Pfnür   Ido Cattaneo
    Heinz von Allmen
SL 17 February 1934     Franz Pfnür     David Zogg     Willi Steuri
KB 15 / 17 February 1934       David Zogg   Franz Pfnür     Heinz Von Allmen
1974 GS 5 February 1974     Gustav Thöni   Hansi Hinterseer   Piero Gros
DH 9 February 1974     David Zwilling   Franz Klammer   Willi Frommelt
SL 10 February 1974     Gustav Thöni   David Zwilling   Francisco Fernández-Ochoa
KB 5 / 9 / 10 February 1974     Franz Klammer   Andrzej Bachleda   Wolfgang Junginger
2003 SG 2 February 2003     Stephan Eberharter   Hermann Maier   Bode Miller
KB 6 February 2003     Bode Miller    Lasse Kjus    Kjetil André Aamodt
DH 8 February 2003     Michael Walchofer    Kjetil André Aamodt     Bruno Kernen
SL 16 February 2003     Ivica Kostelić     Silvan Zurbriggen   Giorgio Rocca
2017 SG 8 February 2017     Erik Guay    Kjetil Jansrud   Manuel Osborne-Paradis
DH 12 February 2017       Beat Feuz   Erik Guay   Max Franz
AC 13 February 2017       Luca Aerni   Marcel Hirscher     Mauro Caviezel
GS 17 February 2017     Marcel Hirscher   Roland Leitinger    Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen

Women's events

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Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1934 DH 15 February 1934       Anny Rüegg   Christl Cranz   Lisa Resch
SL 16 February 1934     Christl Cranz   Lisa Resch     Rösli Rominger
KB 15 / 16 February 1934     Christl Cranz   Lisa Resch     Anny Rüegg
1974 GS 3 February 1974     Fabienne Serrat   Traudl Treichl   Jacqueline Rouvier
DH 7 February 1974     Annemarie Pröll   Betsy Clifford   Wiltrud Drexel
SL 8 February 1974     Hanni Wenzel   Michèle Jacot     Lise-Marie Morerod
KB 3 / 7 / 8 February 1974     Fabienne Serrat   Hanni Wenzel   Monika Kaserer
2017 AC 10 February 2017       Wendy Holdener   Michelle Gisin   Michaela Kirchgasser
GS 16 February 2017     Tessa Worley   Mikaela Shiffrin   Sofia Goggia
  • Championships from 1954 to 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

World Cup

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Men

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No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
95 DH 1970/71 16 January 1971       Walter Tresch     Bernhard Russi     Andreas Sprecher
96 SL 17 January 1971     Tyler Palmer   Harald Rofner   Gustav Thöni
112 DH 1971/72 5 December 1971       Bernhard Russi   Heinrich Messner     Walter Tresch
149 DH 1972/73 11 February 1973     Werner Grissmann   Josef Walcher   Franz Klammer
180 DH 1974/75 15 December 1974     Franz Klammer   Herbert Plank   Werner Grissmann
351 DH 1980/81 21 December 1980     Steve Podborski   Peter Wirnsberger     Peter Müller
1105 DH 2001/02 2 February 2002     Stephan Eberharter   Fritz Strobl   Michael Walchhofer
1106 GS 3 February 2002     Stephan Eberharter     Didier Cuche   Hans Knauß
DH 2013/14 1 February 2014   instead of Ga-Pa, cancelled due to fog; replaced in Kvitfjell on 28 February 2014
1546 GS 2 February 2014     Ted Ligety   Marcel Hirscher   Alexis Pinturault
1633 DH 2015/16 16 March 2016       Beat Feuz   Steven Nyman   Erik Guay
1634 SG 17 March 2016       Beat Feuz    Kjetil Jansrud
   Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
1635 GS 19 March 2016     Thomas Fanara   Alexis Pinturault   Mathieu Faivre
1636 SL 20 March 2016     Andre Myhrer   Marcel Hirscher    Sebastian Foss-Solevåg

Women

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Unclear if 1999, 2000 and 2001 events were held on Corviglia or Engiadina course?

No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
110 DH 1971/72 3 December 1971     Annemarie Pröll   Françoise Macchi   Jacqueline Rouvier
146 DH 1972/73 10 February 1973     Annemarie Pröll   Ingrid Gfölner   Wiltrud Drexel
947 DH 1999/00 17 December 1999     Isolde Kostner   Regina Häusl   Špela Bračun
948 DH 18 December 1999     Pernilla Wiberg   Renate Götschl   Hilde Gerg
949 SG 19 December 1999     Karen Putzer   Alessandra Merlin   Régine Cavagnoud
988 DH 2000/01 16 December 2000     Brigitte Obermoser   Renate Götschl   Emily Brydon
989 DH 17 December 2000     Renate Götschl   Isolde Kostner   Régine Cavagnoud
1020 DH 2001/02 21 December 2001       Sylviane Berthod   Isolde Kostner     Corinne Rey-Bellet
1021 SG 22 December 2001     Karen Putzer   Daniela Ceccarelli   Kirsten Lee Clark
  Stefanie Schuster
1087 DH 2003/04 20 December 2003     Renate Götschl   Hilde Gerg   Maria Riesch
1164 SG 2005/06 20 January 2006     Michaela Dorfmeister   Tina Maze   Nicole Hosp
1165 DH 21 January 2006     Michaela Dorfmeister   Renate Götschl   Janica Kostelić
1166 SC 22 January 2006     Janica Kostelić   Anja Pärson   Lindsey Kildow
DH 2006/07 9 December 2006   replaced in Val d'Isère on 20 December 2006
SC 10 December 2006   replaced in Reiteralm on 15 December 2006
1225 DH 2007/08 15 December 2007     Anja Pärson   Lindsey Vonn   Maria Riesch
1226 SG 16 December 2007     Anja Pärson   Emily Brydon   Renate Götschl
1240 DH 2 February 2008     Tina Maze   Maria Holaus     Lara Gut
1241 SG 3 February 2008     Emily Brydon   Elisabeth Görgl   Renate Götschl
1260 SC 2008/09 19 December 2008     Anja Pärson   Nicole Hosp     Fabienne Suter
1261 SG 20 December 2008       Lara Gut     Fabienne Suter   Nadia Fanchini
DH 21 December 2008   high winds; replaced in Bansko on 27 February 2009
1309 SC 2009/10 9 January 2010     Anja Pärson   Michaela Kirchgasser   Lindsey Vonn
1310 DH 10 January 2010     Maria Riesch   Ingrid Jacquemod     Fabienne Suter
1311 SG 11 January 2010     Lindsey Vonn   Andrea Fischbacher
  Marie Marchand-Arvier
SG 2010/11 11 December 2010   cancelled during 1st run, strong winds; replaced in Val-d'Isère on 17 December 2010
1325 GS 12 December 2010     Tessa Worley   Tanja Poutiainen   Tina Maze
1369 SC 2011/12 27 January 2012     Lindsey Vonn   Tina Maze   Nicole Hosp
1371 SC 29 January 2012     Maria Höfl-Riesch   Lindsey Vonn   Nicole Hosp
1397 GS 2012/13 9 December 2012     Tina Maze   Viktoria Rebensburg   Tessa Worley
1432 GS 2013/14 15 December 2013     Tessa Worley   Jessica Lindell-Vikarby   Tina Maze
1524 SG 2015/16 17 March 2016     Tina Weirather     Lara Gut   Cornelia Hütter
1525 SL 19 March 2016     Mikaela Shiffrin   Veronika Velez-Zuzulová   Frida Hansdotter
1526 GS 20 March 2016     Viktoria Rebensburg   Taina Barioz     Lara Gut
1706 SG 2021/22 11 December 2021       Lara Gut-Behrami   Sofia Goggia   Mikaela Shiffrin
1707 SG 12 December 2021     Federica Brignone   Elena Curtoni   Mikaela Shiffrin
1744 DH 2022/23 16 December 2022     Elena Curtoni   Sofia Goggia     Corinne Suter
1745 DH 17 December 2022     Sofia Goggia   Ilka Štuhec   Kira Weidle
1746 DH 18 December 2022     Mikaela Shiffrin   Elena Curtoni   Romane Miradoli

 Super-G (speed event of super combined) was held on Engiadina course. 
 Not in original World Cup calendar. It replaced Laax (2003) and Val-d'Isère (2007, 2012). 

Full course sections

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  • Frei Fall, Super-G start, Suvretta Kante, Lanigiro, Mauritius, Mauer, Weißes Band, Alp Giop, Romingersprung, Lärchensprung, Salastrains (finish area).

References

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  1. ^ "Race courses (Engiadina map)". engadin.ch. 9 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Ski-Weltmeisterschaft 2017 in St. Moritz" (in German). urlaub-schweiz.biz. 9 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Egiadina (official course name from World Cup)" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 11 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Official report of the Olympic Winter Games St-Moritz 1948" (in French). olympic.org. 16 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Freier Fall – Nichts für schwache Nerven" (in German). grheute.ch. 20 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Free Fall: Vertical Start for Men's Alpine Ski Downhill Run". mountains.ch. 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Die fünfte Ski-WM in St. Moritz nach 1934, 1948, 1974 und 2003" (in German). 1815.ch. 4 February 2017.
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46°30′14″N 9°48′04″E / 46.504°N 9.801°E / 46.504; 9.801

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