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IPC Alpine Skiing

Media Guide 2015-2016

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President’s welcome

Media and broadcast contacts

About the sport

Competition description

Looking ahead to 2015-16

Competition calendar 2015-2016

Accreditation for competitions

Classification explained

Ones to Watch

Vital statistics

Participation

Medals tables

2015 World Championships medallists

Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games medallists

World Cup standings

National Paralympic Committee contacts

Officials

Anti-doping

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President’s welcome

Dear media representative,

Welcome to the first IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide, which we hope contains everything you need for the 2015-16 sea-son.

As one of the most established para- sports, alpine skiing has grown into one of the most popular on the Paralympic Winter programme.

However outside of the Games and major events like World Championships, the size and profile of the competition calendar at the World and continental Cup level has been building.

Working with organisers around the world, 2015-16 will feature six World and seven Europa Cups. The circuit will also travel to South Korea and Japan for Asia Cups and resorts in Argentina, the Netherlands, Italy, the Czech Republic, Austria, Serbia and Switzerland for youth and develop-ment races.

This range of competitions catering for skiers just starting out right through to the high performance level, expands the depth and reach of para-alpine skiing around the world.

Of particular note is the commitment to growing the sport in Asia ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. There is a vast amount of untapped talent in the region so by providing new competition opportun ities, fresh faces will hopefully emerge in the coming years.

In media terms, full coverage of the World and continental Cup calendar at ipc-alpineskiing.org and on social media will be provided. Alongside organisers, athlete stories and reactions, race re-ports, pictures and behind the scenes information will be delivered to help you to follow all the action.

I hope that this Media Guide is useful and provides you with everything you need, but we would be grateful for any comments you might have about what information you would like to see in future editions.

Thanks for your support,Regards

Sir Philip Craven MBEIPC President


Lucy DominyIPC Sports Public Relations and Campaigns ManagerTelephone: +49 228 2097-159Email: [email protected]

Eva WerthmannIPC Media Operations ManagerTelephone: +49 228 2097-143Email: [email protected]

Jose Manuel-DominguezIPC Broadcast ManagerTelephone: +49 228 2097-104Email: [email protected]

Media and broadcast contacts About the sport

Alpine skiing is practiced worldwide and features six disciplines: downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G, super combined, and team events. Athletes combine speed and agility while racing down slopes at speeds of around 100km/h.

Competition accommodates male and fe-male athletes with a physical impairment such as spinal injury, cerebral palsy, am-putation and visual impairment.

Athletes compete in three categories based on their functional ability, and a results calculation system allows athletes with different impairments to compete against each other.

Skiers with visual impairment are guided through the course by sighted guides using signals to indicate the course to

follow. Some athletes use equipment that is adapted to their needs including single ski, sit-ski or orthopaedic aids.

IPC Alpine Skiing acts as the International Federation for the sport which is co- ordinated by the IPC Alpine Skiing Tech-nical Committee.

Five events are on the Paralympic pro-gramme: downhill, super-G, super com-bined, giant slalom, and slalom.

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DownhillEach athlete completes one run down the course with the fastest time winning. Ath-letes ski down a long, steep course and must pass through a relatively small num-ber of gates. If an athlete misses a gate they are disqualified. For weather, safety and other reasons, the jury can decide to have a two-run downhill if the vertical drop does not comply.

SlalomEach athlete completes two runs on the same day on different courses. Times from the two runs are added together with the fastest time winning. It is a technical event over a shorter course than other events but with a high number of gates that the athlete must negotiate. If an ath-lete misses a gate they are disqualified.

Competition description

Giant slalomEach athlete completes two runs on the same day on different courses. Times from the two runs are added together with the fastest time winning. It is a tech-nical event with a longer course and fewer gates than the slalom. The number of gates is determined by the vertical drop of the course. If an athlete misses a gate they are disqualified.

Super-GA speed event where each athlete com-pletes one run down the course with the fastest time winning. The course is gener-ally shorter than downhill but longer than slalom and giant slalom.

Super combinedA combined competition which repre-sents the final result of two disciplines - usually one of either a downhill or super-G and a single run of slalom. Each athlete completes two runs on the same day on different courses. Times from the two runs are added together with the fastest time winning.

HistoryAfter the Second World War, ski sport for persons with an impairment was system-atically developed as injured ex-service-men returned to the sport they loved. In 1948, the first courses were offered.

The first documented Championships for skiers with an impairment were held in Badgastein, Austria, in 1948 with 17 athletes taking part. Since 1950, events have been held around the world. The in-troduction of sit-ski allowed people using wheelchairs to begin to ski and race.

The first Paralympic Winter Games took place in Ornskoldsvik in Sweden in 1976 and featured two alpine disciplines - sla-lom and giant slalom.

Downhill was added to the Paralympic programme in 1984 in Innsbruck, Aus-tria, and super-G was added in 1994 at Lillehammer, Norway. Sit-skiing was introduced as a demonstration sport at the Innsbruck 1984 Paralympics and be-came a medal event at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Games


The 2015-16 season will be highlighted by World and continental Cups across technical and speed disciplines.

The climax will come on the world re-nowned slopes of Aspen, USA, with technical World Cup Finals in slalom and giant slalom from 24-26 February, closely followed by finals in downhill and super-G from 28 February - 4 March.

Completing the Europa Cup season are the finals in Obersaxen, Switzerland, in super-G, super combined and giant sla-lom between 16-18 March.

In the lead-up, the World Cup circuit will get underway in Abtenau, Austria, on 15-17 January, whilst the Europa Cup begins on the indoor slopes at Landgraaf, the Netherlands, on 19-20 November.

World Cup races in Italy, Switzerland and France are packed into January 2016 and Austria, Spain and Serbia will all host Eur- opa Cup competitions.

Asia Cups at Yongpyong, South Korea and in Hakuna Nagano, Japan, come towards the end of the season in March.

Alongside, National Championships, lower-level and youth races will take place in the Netherlands, Italy, the Czech Republic, Austria, Canada, the USA, Serbia, Switzerland and France.

Skiers have also already competed at the Audi Quattro Winter Games in New Zealand and at races in Argentina.

The particular focus in 2015-16 is con- tinuing to develop the reach and profile of the World Cup and beginning to provide regular competitions in Asia ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games.

Looking ahead to 2015-16


Level Location, Country Date ProgrammeYouth race Landgraaf, Nether-

lands17 November Slalom

IPCAS* Landgraaf, Nether-lands

17-18 November Slalom 1, slalom 2

Europa Cup Landgraaf, Nether-lands

19-20 November Slalom 1, slalom 2

IPCAS Panorama, Canada 1-4 December Super-G, super combined, giant slalom, slalom

IPCAS Ravascletto-Zoncol-an, Italy

5-6 December Giant slalom, slalom

IPCAS Ravascletto -Zoncolan, Italy

7-8 December Giant slalom, slalom

National Championships

Pitztal, Austria 12-13 December Slalom, giant slalom

Youth race Pitztal, Austria 12-13 December Slalom, giant slalom

Europa Cup Pitztal, Austria 14-15 December Super combined, Super-G

IPCAS Winter Park, USA 16-19 December Slalom 1, slalom 2, giant slalom 1, giant slalom 2

Europa Cup Silz, Tirol (Kühtai), Austria

18-20 December Slalom, giant slalom, super combined

Youth race Rinn, Tirol (Kühtai), Austria

4-5 January Slalom 1, slalom 2

IPCAS Rinn, Tirol (Kühtai), Austria


Europa Cup La Molina, Spain 7-10 January Giant slalom 1, giant slalom 2, slalom 1, slalom 2

Europa Cup Espot, Spain 11-12 January Super combined, super-G

World Cup Abtenau, Austria 15-17 January Giant slalom, super-G 1, super-G 2, super combined

IPCAS Rokytnice nad Jizero, Czech Republik

16-18 January Giant slalom 1, sla-lom, giant slalom 2

Competition calendar 2015-2016

Level Location, Country Date ProgrammeWorld Cup Tarvisio, Italy 18-19 January Slalom, giant slalom

IPCAS Park City, Utah, USA 21-22 January Slalom, giant slalom

World Cup St Moritz, Switzer-land


World Cup St. Moritz, Switzer-land


World Cup Tignes, France 25-29 January Downhill training, downhill 1, downhill 2, super-G 1, super-G 2

IPCAS Veysonnaz, Switzer-land

25-28 January Slalom 1, slalom 2, giant slalom 1, giant slalom 2

Youth Race Stara Planina, Serbia

29-30 January Slalom, giant slalom

IPCAS Stara Planina, Serbia

30 January - 2 February

Slalom, giant slalom, downhill training, downhill 1, downhill 2

Europa Cup Stara Planina, Serbia

1-5 February Downhill training, downhill 1, downhill 2, super combined

IPCAS White Face, USA 5-7 February Super-G, giant slalom, slalom

National Champion-ships

Aspen, Buttermilk USA

11-14 February Downhill training, downhill super-G, super combined

IPCAS Aspen, Buttermilk, USA

12 February Downhill

IPCAS Kimberley, Canada 16-19 February Downhill training downhill 1, downhill 2, super-G 1, super-G 2

World Cup Final Aspen, USA 24-26 February Giant slalom 1, giant slalom 2, slalom

World Cup Final Aspen, Buttermilk, USA

28 February - 4 March

Downhill training, downhill 1, downhill 2, super-G 1, super-G 2


Level Location, Country Date ProgrammeAsian Cup Yongpyong, South

Korea8-10 March Slalom 1, slalom 2,

giant slalom


Mellau, Austria 11-13 March Super combined, giant slalom slalom

Youth Race Mellau, Austria 12-13 March Giant slalom, slalom

Europa Cup Final Obersaxen, Switzerland

16-18 March Super-G, super com-bined, giant slalom

Youth Race Obersaxen, Switzerland

19-20 March Giant slalom, slalom


Obersaxen, Switzerland

19-20 March Giant slalom, slalom

Asia Cup Hakuba Nagano, Japan

20-23 March Giant slalom, slalom, super combined, super-G


Loon Mountain, USA 21-23 March Giant slalom, slalom

IPCAS Pra-Loup, France 22 March Super- G

IPCAS Loon Mountain, USA 22-24 March Giant slalom, slalom


Pra-Loup, France 22-24 March Super- G, slalom, giant slalom

IPCAS Whistler/Blackcomb, Canada

24-26 March Slalom, giant slalom


Whistler/Blackcomb, Canada

25-27 March Slalom, giant slalom

National Champion-ships (Great Britain)

Tignes, France 26-27 March Slalom, giant slalom

* IPCAS stands for IPC Alpine Skiing. These races are an opportunity for up-and-coming skiers to gain race points that contribute towards the world rankings, as well as for established skiers.

** Events marked as 1 or 2 indicate two separate competitions.

Media accreditation and access for World Cup competitions can be obtained through the local organisers for each event.

World Cup Name Contact

Abtenau, Austria Michael Knaus [email protected]

Tarvisio, Italy Tiziano Gualtieri [email protected]

St. Moritz, Switzerland Nicolas Hausammann [email protected]

Tignes, France David Deguelle [email protected]

Aspen, USA (speed and technical World Cups)

Brianna Tammaro [email protected]

Accreditation for competitions


Classification provides a structure for competition. Athletes competing in Paralympic sports have an impairment that leads to a competitive disadvantage in sport.

Consequently, a system has to be put in place to minimise the impact of im-pairments on sport performance and to ensure the success of an athlete is deter-mined by skill, fitness, power, endurance, tactical ability and mental focus, much like able-bodied sports. This system is called classification.

Classification determines who is eligible to compete in a Paralympic sport and it groups the eligible athletes in sport classes according to their activity limitation in a certain sport.

Sport classesIn alpine skiing, athletes are grouped to-gether into sitting, standing and visually impaired classifications.

A real-time calculated timing system, developed over many years, is used to en-sure that athletes with different types of impairment grouped into the same sport class can compete together fairly.

Standing

Skiers with leg impairments:Sport class LW 1: This sport class is allo-cated to athletes with an impairment that strongly affects both legs, for example an above knee amputation of both legs or significant muscle weakness in both legs.

Sport class LW 2: Skiers have a signifi-cant impairment in one leg. Some skiers,

for example, have an impaired leg from birth. You may see them ski with one ski only.

Sport class LW 3: This sport class is for athletes who have a moderate impair-ment in both legs. They will ski with two skis and prosthesis. Some LW 3 skiers have mild coordination problems or muscle weakness in both legs, or a below knee amputation in both legs.

Sport class LW 4: Similar to skiers in sport class LW 2, LW 4 skiers have an impair-ment in one leg only, but with less activity limitation. A typical example is a below knee amputation in one leg. They will use two skis during the race.

Skiers with arm impairments:Sport class LW 5/7: Athletes in this sport class ski with an impairment in both arms. Some athletes have amputations and others have limited muscle power or co-ordination problems. They will race down the slopes without ski poles.

Sport class LW 6/8: Skiers have an im-pairment in one arm. Skiers will compete with one ski pole only.

Skiers with combined arm and leg impairments:

Sport class LW 9: Skiers in this sport class have an impairment that affects arms and legs. Some skiers in this class have coordination problems, such as spasticity or some loss of control over one side of their body. Depending on their abilities, they will ski with one or two skis and one or two poles.

Classification explained

SittingAll sit-skiers have an impairment affect-ing their legs. They are allocated different sport classes depending on their sitting balance, which is very important for acceleration and balancing during the races.

Sport class LW 10: Skiers in this sport class have no or minimal trunk stability, for example due to spinal cord injuries or spina bifida. They therefore rely mainly on their arms to manoeuvre the sit-ski.

Sport class LW 11: Skiers have good abil-ities in their upper trunk, but very limited control in their lower trunk and hips, as it would be the case for skiers with lower spinal cord injuries.

Sport class LW 12: This sport class in-cludes skiers with normal or only slightly decreased trunk function and leg im-pairments. Skiers with leg impairments in sport classes LW 1-4 often also fit this sport class, so that they can choose if they want to ski sitting or standing in the beginning of their career.

* LW stands for Locomotor Winter.

Visually impairedSport class B1: Skiers in this sport class are either blind or have very low visual acuity. By way of explanation, their level of visual acuity is such that the athlete cannot recognise the letter “E” (15x15cm in size) from a distance of 25cm. During the race they are required to wear eye-shades.

Sport class B2: This sport class profile in-cludes athletes with a higher visual acuity than athletes competing in the B1 class, but they are unable to recognise the let-ter “E” from a distance of 4m. Moreover, athletes with a visual field of less than 10 degrees diameter are eligible for this sport class.

Sport class B3: The B3 sport class profile describes the least severe visual impair-ment eligible for alpine skiing. Eligible athletes either have a restricted visual field of less than 40 degrees diameter or a low visual acuity.

In IPC Alpine Skiing, you will see athletes with a visual impairment skiing with a guide. The guide skis in front of the ath-lete and verbally gives directions to the athlete.


Ones to Watch – Women


One to Watch – Sitting:

Anna-Lena ForsterName: Anna-Lena Forster

Country: Germany

Date of birth: 15 June 1995

Born: Radolfzell, Germany

Classification: Sitting

Facebook:www.facebook.com/forster.annalena/

Career highlights2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

B Slalom

Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

S Super combined and slalom

B Giant slalom

2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

S Slalom

BiographyOnly the very bravest of athletes would try to come in between the long-standing rivalry of two of the world’s best women’s sit skiers.

But that is exactly what Anna-Lena Forst-er did at Sochi 2014, successfully elbow-ing her way onto the podium alongside multiple Paralympic and world champi-ons Austria’s Claudia Loesch and Ger-many’s Anna Schaffelhuber.

In her early twenties, Foster looks set to be her country’s next big thing and po-tentially take over the mantel of her five-time Paralympic gold medallist teammate Schaffelhuber.

Born with her impairment, Forster made her international debut in 2012 having taken up alpine skiing at the age of six.

Forster has multiple World and Europa Cup podiums under her belt and has built herself a formidable reputation of being able to pull out her best performances when it matters most. On her Paralympic debut in Sochi, she made it onto the po-dium three times.

The 2015-16 season will be an opportun-ity for Forster to attempt to break into the top three on the World Cup circuit for the first time, as Schaffelhuber and Loesch shift their focus to education and adapt-ing to new equipment.



Claudia LoeschName: Claudia Loesch

Country:Austria

Date of birth: 21 October 1988

Born: Vienna, Austria


Facebook:www.facebook.com/claudia.loesch.fan-page

Career highlights:2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

G Downhill, super combined and slalom

S Giant slalom

2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup

1 2 3Overall second


S Super-G and giant slalom


G Giant slalom, super-G and super combined

Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games

G Slalom and super-G

S Super combined

B Downhill

BiographyClaudia Loesch is a Paralympic Winter Games veteran, winning a pair of gold medals at Vancouver 2010 and a bronze medal at Torino 2006.

In 2014, she added to that collection with a further two silver medals in super-G and giant slalom.

At Sochi 2014 she was foiled in her gold medal attempts by her German long term rival Anna Schaffelhuber who left Russia with a clean sweep.

However the Innsbruck native was able to get revenge at the 2015 World Champion-ships, leaving with three titles after an in-tense competition. That included a much coveted first gold medal in downhill, a victory which she cites as one of the most important in her career alongside her first world title in 2013.

Loesch finished second in the 2014-15 World Cup standings, behind Schaffelhu-ber. In 2015-16 she changed her sit-ski manufacturer and will spend the season adjusting to her new equipment.

Loesch, who became paraplegic after a car accident at age five, was originally inspired to take up skiing in 1996 after she saw Paralympic athletes cruising down the slopes on television. Loesch gradu ated from the 2006 IPC Alpine Ski-ing development camp along with fellow Austrian Paralympic champion, Markus Salcher.



Momoko MuraokaName: Momoko Muraoka

Country: Japan

Date of birth: 3 March 1997

Born: Saitama, Japan



S Downhill

B Giant slalom

BiographyMuraoka is Japan’s top female sit-skier, with 10 Asia Cup podiums across speed and technical events from the last three seasons.

In 2015, she made her mark on the in-ternational scene with her first World Championships podiums alongside the likes of multiple Paralympic and Worlds medallists, Austria’s Claudia Loesch and Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber.

Diagnosed with transverse myelitis at the age of four, Muraoka has also showed her prowess on the World Cup circuit with a handful of top three finishes as she con-tinues to improve season-on-season.

The teenager was a T54 track para- athlete with several podium finishes from national Championships until she decided to swap her racing wheelchair for a sit-ski during 2012-13.

However Muraoka has not entirely turned her back on her track career, stating that she aims to win a medal at the Pyeong-Chang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games and go on to represent her country at Tokyo 2020.



Anna SchaffelhuberName: Anna Schaffelhuber

Country: Germany

Date of birth: 27 January 1993

Born: Regensburg, Germany


Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Anna-Schaf-felhuber/152443961493287


G Super-G and giant slalom

S Slalom and super combined

B Downhill


G Downhill, slalom, super combined, super-G and giant slalom


G Slalom

S Giant slalom and super-G

B Downhill and super combined


G Super combined, slalom and giant slalom


B Super-G

BiographyAnna Schaffelhuber is one of Germany’s most successful para-alpine skiers after winning five golds medals out of five at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Schaffelhuber has been cruising down the slopes in a sit ski since age five, and in 2007 she made the German national team for the first time.

She was the world’s top ranked sit-skier in 2012-13, winning a gold medal in the slalom event at the 2013 World Cham-pion ships. She also was the first and only female sit-skier to cross the line in the first downhill race at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals in Sochi, on the same course that was used for the Paralympic Winter Games.

She dominated the women’s sitting class on the 2013-14 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit, hauling in the most victories of any competitor and winning the overall women’s sitting trophy.

Sochi 2014 was Schaffelhuber’s second Paralympic Winter Games experience, having won a bronze medal in 2010 at just 17 years of age.

At the 2015 World Championships, Schaf-felhuber battled against her greatest rival, Austria’s Claudia Loesch. Whilst Schaf-felhuber was expected to reign supreme after her stunning performance in Sochi, she was beaten to the top of the podium twice by Loesch.

Schaffelhuber is the defending World Cup champion from 2014-15 and whilst she will be racing, her focus will be on her education before returning at full force for the next World Championships season in 2016-2017.


One to Watch – Standing:

Marie BochetName: Marie Bochet

Country: France

Date of birth: 15 February 1994

Born: Chambéry, France

Classification: Standing

Twitter: @MarieBochet

Facebook: www.facebook.com/bochetmarie

Instagram:mariebochet


G Downhill, super-G, super combined, slalom and giant slalom


1 2 3Overall women’s standing title


G Giant slalom, downhill, super combined, super-G


G Downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super combined, super-G


1 2 3Overall women’s standing title


G Giant slalom and team event

S Super-G and downhill

BiographyMarie Bochet has dominated the women’s standing class at the last two World Championships, sweeping all five events she competed in and winning her 11th consecutive gold medal in 2015.

Bochet, who has agenesis of the left arm, started skiing at the age of five and made her Paralympic Winter Games debut in Vancouver 2010 at just 15. While she failed to win a medal, she used the experi-ence to build her resume, following it up with four medals at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Sestriere, Italy.

Bochet, a native of Chambery, is a 13-time medallist on the world stage and a four-time medallist at the Paralympic Winter Games from titles won at Sochi 2014.

The 2015-16 season will see the contin-uation of the battle between Bochet and Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss for the World Cup title.



Anna JochemsenName: Anna Jochemsen

Country: Netherlands


Born: Manzini, Swaziland


Twitter: @AnnaJochemsen

Facebook:www.facebook.com/anna.jochemsen/

Instagram:annajochemsen


B Super combined

BiographyAnna Jochemsen has perhaps one of the most unusual backgrounds of all para- alpine skiers.

Born in Swaziland in 1985, Jochemsen first tried skiing at the age of seven in the USA. Many would also not expect a World Championships medallist to come out of one of the flattest countries in the world.

But that is exactly what Jochemsen did with a bronze medal in super combined at the 2015 edition – her first career po-dium at the highest level of the sport.

That followed a series of World and Eur-opa Cup podiums gained since 2011-12 and a Paralympic debut at Sochi 2014.

Jochemsen was born with one leg after her mother was involved in a car acci-dent whilst pregnant, and took up skiing thanks to the influence of her father.

She is very active off the slopes, including as an Ambassador for the Esther Vergeer Foundation.



Stephanie JallenName: Stephanie Jallen

Country: USA


Born: USA


Twitter:@StephJallen6

Instagram:javelin215


B Giant slalom


B Super-G and super combined

BiographyTeenage prodigy Stephanie Jallen is best known for her medal ceremony after win-ning bronze at Sochi 2014.

Showing the world why she has the nickname ‘Hopper’ Jallen cast away her crutches and did just that – hopped onto the podium to claim her first Paralympic medal in super-G.

But Jallen’s talents extend beyond cap-tivating the world with her celebrations. She has also taken on some of the world’s best standing skiers in recent seasons, winning World Cups and achieving her best ever overall finish of fifth in 2014-15.

That crowned a season in which she won her first ever World Championships podium, which in turn followed a double bronze at Sochi 2014.

Jallen has shown how serious she is about top-level skiing, giving up many of the normal activities of a teenager to train and compete. Since beginning para- alpine skiing, Jallen was also involved in a serious crash in 2012 which left her with facial and muscular damage, as well as fractured tibial plateau.

Despite all of the set-backs, Jallen has stuck to her own mantra of ‘Rather than fear the storm ahead, learn to dance in the rain,’ and has emerged as one of her country’s brightest medal hopes for the coming seasons.



Andrea RothfussName: Andrea Rothfuss

Country: Germany

Date of birth: 22 October 1989

Born: Freudenstadt, Germany


Facebook: www.facebook.com/andrea.rothfuss.1


S Downhill, super-G, super combined and giant slalom


1 2 3Overall second


G Slalom

S Slalom and giant slalom


S Downhill, slalom, giant slalom and super combined


G Slalom and downhill

S Super combined and team event


S Giant slalom and slalom

B Super-G and downhill

BiographyAndrea Rothfuss saw her rivalry with alpine standing skier Marie Bochet of France come into full play at Sochi 2014, winning gold in the slalom after a non-fin-ish from the Frenchwoman, and a further two silvers.

But Bochet has swept the World Cham-pionships podium in the last two editions with Rothfuss taking silver on eight of those occasions.

Rothfuss started her skiing career in the mid-1990’s at age six, and began racing by 2000. From there, she had success at the national and European level before heading to the Torino 2006 Games to make her Paralympic debut. In Torino, she took fourth in the slalom and fifth in the super-G.

Then, at just 19, Rothfuss showed her potential by winning four bronze medals in the five events she competed in at the 2009 World Championships. That set the stage for her first Paralympic Winter Games in 2010, where she won two sil-vers and a bronze.

The last time Rothfuss beat Bochet at a World Championships was in 2011 in the downhill, and the pair will continue their great rivalry during the 2015-16 World and Europa Cup season.


One to Watch – Visually impaired:

Henrieta FarkasovaName: Henrieta Farkasova

Country: Slovakia

Date of birth: 4 May 1986

Born: Roznava, Slovakia

Classification: Visually impaired

Facebook: www.facebook.com/HenrietaFarkas-ovaAndNatalySubrtova

Career highlights:Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

G Giant slalom and downhill

B Slalom


G Downhill and slalom


G Downhill, giant slalom, slalom and super combined

B Team event


G Super-G, super combined and giant slalom

S Downhill


G Downhill and super-G

S Super combined

BiographySlovakia’s Henrieta Farkasova is a five-time Paralympic champion in women’s visually impaired events.

At the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Win-ter Games, Farkasova entered all five indi-vidual events and won three gold medals.

She is an eight-time world champion and was aiming to win gold medals in all five events at the 2013 World Championships.

Farkasova won the downhill and slalom before a crash put her in a hospital bed with a broken wrist and three fractured ribs.

As her recovery continued, she was un-able to compete at the test events for Sochi 2014, but when the Games com-menced, Farkasova took her chance for a strong comeback and picked up titles in the giant slalom and downhill.

However her injury woes continued in 2014-15 and she was unable to compete at the 2015 World Championships, leav-ing the way clear for her rival Aleksandra Frantceva to collect two gold medals.

2015-16 will be therefore be another comeback season for Farkasova as she tries to put her name on the World Cup, using her self-proclaimed technical abil-ities and psychological strength, guided by Natalia Subrtova.



Aleksandra FrantcevaName: Aleksandra Frantceva

Country: Russia

Date of birth: 26 April 1987

Born: Kamchatka Krai, Russia



G Giant slalom and slalom

S Super combined



G Slalom and super combined

S Giant slalom and super-G

B Downhill




S Super combined, giant slalom and super-G

B Slalom and downhill

BiographyAleksandra Frantceva, guided by Semen Pliaskin, is a visually impaired skier of the highest order.

At the age of 17, after a local sports direc-tor noticed her training in a fitness gym, her progression led her to becoming one of the favourites for success at her home Paralympics in Sochi.

Frantceva did not disappoint, making it onto the podium in all her events, from speed to skill. The following season saw her do the same, with a 100 per cent re-cord at the 2015 World Championships.

Frantceva competed in her first Paralym-pics at the Vancouver 2010 Games, and although she did not win a medal, the experience marked the start of a very successful career.

Frantceva’s biggest rival Slovakian skier Henrieta Farkasova has pushed her hard all the way, and currently holds three more world titles.

At World and Europa Cups she has shuf-fled podium places with Farkasova, as well as Great Britain’s Kelly Gallagher and Jade Etherington and the US husband and wife team of Danelle and Rob Um-stead.

Frantceva’s younger brother Ivan is also an alpine skier who represents Russia.



Kelly GallagherName: Kelly Gallagher

Country: Great Britain



Twitter: @Kellygallagher

Facebook: www.facebook.com/KellyandCharlotte

Instagram:kellygallagher17

Career highlightsSochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

G Super-G


S Super-G and supercombined

B Downhill and giant slalom


S Slalom

B Giant slalom

BiographyGreat Britain’s Kelly Gallagher became the first ever British Winter Paralympic gold medallist at Sochi 2014.

She finished in fourth and sixth in her two events at her first Paralympics at the Van-couver 2010 Games, but has won a com-bined six medals at two IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in 2011 and 2013.

Together with guide Charlotte Evans, she won her first World Cup title in Sochi in the 2012-13 season and captured two silver medals and two bronze at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Gallagher, who has oculocutaneous al-binism, a condition that affects the pig-ment of her skin, hair and eyes, is the first athlete from her country to win a medal of any kind at the World Championships level.

However just before the 2015 Worlds, Gallagher was forced to withdraw after Evans suffered concussion after a col-lision between the two during training. Gallagher will be guided by Claire Robb in 2015-16.

Gallagher received a “Ski Barbie” when she was younger and later persuaded her father to take a detour during a family vac ation so she could try the sport for the first time. After a few years, her university friends told her she should try racing. As she is not able to drive or cycle, she thinks it is the fastest sport she can do.

Off the snow, she has a bachelor’s de-gree in mathematics from the Univer-sity of Bath, a master’s degree from the University of Belfast and worked for the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.



Danelle UmsteadName: Danelle Umstead

Country: USA


Born: Des Plaines, Illinois, USA


Twitter: @DanelleUmstead

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Vision4Gold

Instagram:vision4gold

Career Highlights:2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

S Downhill and super-G

B Super combined


B Super combined


B Downhill and super combined

BiographyVisually impaired US skier Danelle Umstead and her guide husband Rob are together known as team Vision4Gold.

Their incredible relationship has taken them to two Paralympic Winter Games and has seen them step onto the podium twice consecutively.

However before 2015 they had not won a World Championships medal, agonisingly missing out by just one place four times.

That all changed at the 2015 World Championships, with not just one but three medals. They also finished on top of the World Cup rankings in 2014-15.

Danelle is an inspiration to many not just because of her ability to ski down a moun-tain with only the voice of her husband to follow, but also because in 2010 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and has been skiing with the condition ever since.

The pair are determined to compete at PyeongChang 2018 and with a switch in focus to the downhill as Danelle’s special-ist event, the plan appears to be coming together nicely.


Ones to Watch – Men



Georg KreiterName: Georg Kreiter

Country: Germany


Born: Wolfratshausen, Germany


Facebook:www.facebook.com/georgkreiter.fanpage/


G Super combined and giant slalom

BiographyFour years after being paralysed in a motor cycle accident in 2002, Georg Kreiter took up para-alpine skiing and made his debut for Germany in 2009.

After just a couple of seasons skiing on the international circuit, in 2011-12 he broke into the World Cup top ten. Kreiter stayed there in the following seasons be-fore finishing a career high fifth in 2014-15.

Determined to make-up for a disappoint-ing Paralympic debut at Sochi 2014 where he crossed the finish line in just one event, Kreiter won double gold at the 2015 World Championships in Panorama, Canada.

He did so in the face of tough opposition. Japan’s multiple Paralympic and world medallists Takeshi Suzuki and Taiki Morii were both in Panorama aiming to put in their best performances on the world stage.

But it was Kreiter who emerged onto the top of the podium twice, equalling an-other improving skier in the form of New Zealand’s Corey Peters.

In 2015-16 Kreiter could be tempted to relax a little in a non-Championships or Paralympic Games season. However it is unlikely he will want to put the brakes on his rapidly improving form.



Taiki MoriiName: Taiki Morii

Country: Japan

Date of birth: 11 July 1980

Born: Japan



S Slalom

B Downhill and giant slalom


S Super-G




G Giant slalom

S Super-G


S Downhill

B Super-G

BiographyTaiki Morii started sit-skiing after watch-ing the 1998 Nagano Winter Games while in hospital.

He is a two-time Paralympian and while he has enjoyed success at the highest level away from the Paralympic Games, he has also medalled at every single Games since 2006.

Morii won a silver medal at the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in giant slalom, a silver medal in downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Games and a bronze medal in the super-G. He followed that up in 2014 with a super-G silver in Sochi.

Morii got his first taste of gold taking top spot in giant slalom at the 2011 World Championships.

His form continued in 2013 where the sit-skier won world titles in giant slalom, super combined and super-G, in addition to picking up a silver medal in the slalom.

Morii has a healthy rivalry with fellow countryman Takeshi Suzuki and between them they won four medals at the 2015 World Championships, where only Suzuki left with a coveted gold.



Corey PetersName: Corey Peters

Country: New Zealand

Date of birth: 13 July 1983

Born: New Zealand


Twitter: @coreypeters83

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CoreyPetersAlpine-SkiRacer

Instagram:corey_peters



S Giant slalom


S Giant slalom

BiographyNew Zealand’s sit-skier Corey Peters real-ly came of age in his career at Sochi 2014, winning his first ever major international medal with silver in the giant slalom.

As a qualified cabinet and boat maker, Peters has some natural finesse which only took three years of competitive ski-ing to perfect after his international debut in 2011.

He is also used to adrenaline-fuelled sports and became paralysed after a moto -cross accident in 2009.

At the 2015 World Championships Peters proved that his success in Sochi was no fluke, with downhill and super-G world titles and a giant slalom silver to boot.

He has been recognised in New Zealand as being amongst the best athletes his country has to offer, by being named the Snow Sports New Zealand Athlete of the Year two years in a row.

In 2015-16 Peters will be focusing on his World Cup performance, with a top three finish the only thing missing from his car-eer achievements so far.



Takeshi SuzukiName: Takeshi Suzuki

Country: Japan


Born: Fukushima, Japan



G Slalom


1 2 3Overall winner


G Slalom

B Downhill


G Super combined and slalom

S Giant slalom and downhill


B Giant slalom

Biography:At Sochi 2014, Takeshi Suzuki won his first Paralympic gold medal on the 17th anniversary of the accident in which he lost both his legs.

Suzuki is one of the stars of the men’s sit-skiing competition and composes part of a formidable Japanese team in the classification.

He started the sport when he was just seven years old and never looked back.

At the 2011 World Championships, he won the super combined and slalom and added to gold medal haul with a win in the slalom in 2015.

Suzuki, who always touches his skis before he starts a race, is a three-time Paralympian. As well as his Sochi gold and bronze, he also captured silver in giant slalom at Vancouver 2010.

On the World Cup circuit, Suzuki enters 2015-16 as the defending champion in the men’s sitting.



Alexey BugaevName: Alexey Bugaev

Country: Russia


Born: Krasnoyarsk, Russia



G Downhill, super-G, super combined, giant slalom and slalom


1 2 3Overall men’s standing title


G Slalom and super combined

S Giant slalom and downhill

B Super-G


S Super combined and giant slalom

Biography:Since his debut at Landgraaf, the Neth-erlands, in 2011, Russia’s Alexey Bugaev has been the man to beat in the men’s standing field.

From double silver at his first World Championships to a medal in every event at Sochi 2014 and a clean sweep at the 2015 World Championships, Bugaev is one of his country’s most talented skiers.

Worryingly for his competitors, he achieved all of this as a teenager.

Born with his impairment, his parents first took him to ski when Bugaev was seven-years-old as they wanted him to better integrate with his peers. He was spotted by a local coach and never looked back.

At the 2013 World Championships, Bu-gaev showed immense hunger to succeed after falling and breaking his arm during the slalom. Despite the injury, he contin-ued on in a plaster and went on to win two silver medals.

The men’s standing field remains incred-ibly competitive. But Paralympic cham-pions Markus Salcher of Austria and now retired Frenchman Vincent Gauthier- Manuel tried and failed to beat Bugaev on the slopes of the 2015 World Champion-ships.

The youngster left with all five titles to his overall World Cup globe, and shows no signs of slowing down.



Markus SalcherName: Markus Salcher

Country: Austria


Born: Klagenfurt, Austria


Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Markus-Sal-cher/309620819099311

Instagram:captain_selx


S Super combined and giant slalom





BiographyMarkus Salcher, born with the right side of his body paralysed, is one of the young-er standing skiers on the Austrian team. He surprised doubters in 2013-14 by fin-ishing atop the world rankings after cap-turing world titles in the men’s downhill and super-G.

A graduate of IPC Alpine Skiing’s 2006 development camp, at age 22 the young hopeful competed in his second Paralym-pic Winter Games in Sochi and became an overnight star in Austria after winning double gold.

He has gone from strength to strength, climbing the world rankings since com-peting at the Vancouver 2010 Games.

Supported by a close family, Salcher’s father was a coach of the Austrian team at the Torino 2006 Games, and his brother, Moritz, also competes in alpine skiing for an Austrian sports club.



Miroslav HarausName: Miroslav Haraus

Country: Slovakia

Date of birth: 1 August 1986

Born: Prešov, Slovakia



G Super combined

S Slalom

B Downhill and super-G


S Downhill


S Slalom and super combined


1 2 3 Overall third


B Super combined and super-G


B Super-G and slalom

BiographyIt was not until 2015, after 13 years of trying, that Haraus finally got his hands on his first world title with guide Maros Hudik.

A serial medallist at World Champion-ships and Paralympic Winter Games since 2009, Haraus was the nearly man of men’s visually impaired skiing despite being a good all-rounder in both speed and technical events.

However in the super combined at the Worlds, Haraus and Hudik pulled out a sensational slalom run to take top spot on the podium, improving from their third place after the super-G.

Haraus will be hoping it will be third time lucky PyeongChang 2018, where he will target his first Paralympic title.

In the meantime, Haraus will focus on the World and Europa Cups in 2015-16 ahead of the next World Championships scheduled for 2017.



Mac MarcouxName: Mac Marcoux

Country: Canada


Born: Sault Sainte Marie, Canada


Twitter: @MarcouxBros

Instagram:macmarcoux


G Downhill

S Super-G


1 2 3Overall winner


G Giant slalom



S Giant slalom

BiographyMac began skiing at the age of just four and entered his first para-alpine skiing event at 13 after being talent spotted by Alpine Canada.

Just three years later at the age of 16, Mac took the slopes of Rosa Khutor by storm, winning gold in the men’s giant slalom visually impaired on his Para-lympic Winter Games debut at Sochi 2014 with guide Robin Femy.

He also picked up two bronze medals in the downhill and super-G.

As perfect as the debut may have seemed, with just weeks to go until the start of Sochi, Mac’s brother BJ, who had been his original guide, had to step aside because of a back injury.

That was not the case at their home World Championships in 2015, when the pair were reunited and won their dream first gold medal together. Sadly, an injury to Mac put pay to any further medals and they withdrew from the competition.

Their 2014-15 season was nonetheless crowned with an overall World Cup win, and the brothers will be hoping to cement their place as the world’s best men’s vis-ually impaired skiers in 2015-16.



Jon Santacana-MaizteguiName: Jon Santacana-Maiztegui

Country: Spain

Date of birth: 2 November 1980

Born: San Sebastian, Spain


Twitter: @JonSantacana

Facebook: www.facebook.com/jonsantacana

Instagram:jonsantacana


S Giant slalom

B Super combined and slalom


G Downhill

S Slalom


G Downhill, giant slalom and super-G


G Super-G, giant slalom and super combined

S Slalom and downhill


G Downhill

S Giant slalom and slalom

BiographyJon Santacana-Maiztegui is a visually impaired skier who, with guide Miguel Galindo-Garces, is one of the best, but possibly most unlucky, performers in the men’s field. Before Vancouver 2010, Santacana- Maiztegui suffered a knee injury which very nearly ruled him out of his second Paralympic Games. However, he was determined to travel to Canada for what turned out to be a successful trip, win-ning downhill gold and a further two silver medals.The following seasons proved fruitful and injury free, with Santacana winning three world titles at 2011 World Champion-ships. Then in 2013 at his home World Championships he won three gold medals in the downhill, giant slalom and super-G events.But disaster was to strike once again in the year before a Paralympic Games, as Santacana-Maiztegui tore his Achilles tendon, putting him out of action for six months.And so the comeback king returned at the very last opportunity for the 2013-14 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals just weeks before the start of Sochi 2014. He went on to retain his Paralympic title.In 2015, Russia’s Valerii Redkozubov dominated at the World Championships but Santacana-Maiztegui proved he is still amongst the best with one silver and two bronze medals.Off the slopes, Santacana-Maiztegui is a keen surfer and mountain biker.


Top 20 Paralympic Games medallists of all time - Men

Rank Athlete Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Gerd Schoenfelder GER 16 4 2 22

2 Rolf Heinzmann SUI 12 2 14

3 Martin Braxenthaler GER 10 1 1 12

4 Hans Burn SUI 6 5 3 14

5 Greg Mannino USA 6 4 2 12

6 Bernard Baudean FRA 6 4 1 11

7 Michael Milton AUS 6 3 2 11

8 Tristan Mouric FRA 6 3 1 10

9 Josef Meusburger AUT 6 2 8

10 Cato Zahl Pedersen NOR 6 1 7

11 Brian Santos USA 6 6

12 Chris Waddell USA 5 5 2 12

13 Eric Villalon ESP 5 3 1 9

14 Stephane Saas FRA 5 3 8

15 Paul Dibello USA 5 5

16 Alexander Spitz FRG/GER 4 4 3 11

17 Meinhard Tatschl AUT 4 2 3 9

18 Jaub Krako SVK 4 2 6

19 Patrick Cooper NZL 4 1 1 6

20 Helmut Falch AUT 4 4

Vital statistics

Top 20 Paralympic Games medallists of all time - Women

Rank Athlete Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Reinhild Moeller FRG/GER 16 2 1 19

2 Sarah Will USA 12 1 13

3 Lauren Woolstencroft CAN 8 1 1 10

4 Sarah Billmeier USA 7 5 1 13

5 Nancy Gustafson USA 7 1 8

6 Katerina Tepla TCH/CZE 5 4 9

7 Annemie Schneider FRG/GER 5 1 2 8

8 Henrieta Farkasova SVK 5 1 1 7

=9 Danja Haslacher AUT 5 1 6

=9 Anna Schaffelhuber GER 5 1 6

11 Brigitte Madlener AUT 4 2 6

=12 Gunilla Ahren SWE 4 1 1 6

=12 Magda Amo ESP 4 1 1 6

14 Marie Bochet FRA 4 4

15 Pascale Casanova FRA 3 6 2 11

16 Christine Winkler AUT 3 3 6

=17 Elisabeth Kellner AUT 3 1 4

=17 Eva Lemezova TCH 3 1 4

=17 Elisabeth Osterwalder SUI 3 1 4

20 Martina Altenberger AUT 3 3


OverallAthletes Countries

679 42

World Championships No. athletes No. countriesWildschonau, Austria, 2004 187 28

Kangwongland, Korea, 2009 124 23

Sestriere, Italy, 2011 130 23

La Molina, Spain, 2013 120 29

Panorama, Canada, 2015 130 30

Paralympic Games No. athletes No. countriesÖrnsköldsvik, Sweden, 1976 78 12

Geilo, Norway, 1980 132 15

Innsbruck, Austria, 1984 194 21

Innsbruck, Austria, 1984 203 21

Tignes, France, 1992 212 23

Lillehammer, Norway, 1994 220 24

Nagano, Japan, 1998 229 26

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2002 194 30

Torino, Italy, 2006 190 30

Vancouver, Canada, 2010 191 37

Sochi, Russia, 2014 211 40

Participation


World Championships (Panorama, Canada, 2015)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank

RUS 10 4 5 19 1

FRA 5 1 1 7 2

GER 4 6 3 13 3

AUT 3 7 2 12 4

AUS 3 1 1 5 5

NZL 2 1 3 6

JPN 1 2 3 6 7

SVK 1 1 2 4 8

CAN 1 1 1 3 9

USA 3 4 7 10

ESP 1 2 3 11

GBR 1 1 2 12

CZE 1 1 =13

NED 1 1 =13

ROU 1 1 =13

SUI 1 1 =13

Medals tables

Paralympic Games (Sochi, Russia, 2014)

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank

RUS 6 6 4 16 1

GER 6 4 1 11 2

FRA 5 3 2 10 3

SVK 3 2 2 7 4

JPN 3 1 1 5 5

AUT 2 5 4 11 6

CAN 2 1 5 8 7

USA 1 5 8 14 8

GBR 1 3 1 5 9

ESP 1 1 1 3 10

NED 1 1 =11

SUI 1 1 =11

NZL 1 1 13

AUS 2 2 14


Full historical results from all World Championships since 2009 can be found at ipc-alpineskiing.org.

MenEvent Placing Name Country

Slalom

Sitting Gold Takeshi Suzuki JPN

Silver Taiki Morii JPN

Bronze Thomas Nolte GER

Standing Gold Alexey Bugaev RUS

Silver Alexander Alyabyev RUS

Bronze Matt Hallat CAN

Visually Impaired Gold Valerii Redkozubov RUS

Silver Miroslav Haraus SVK

Bronze Jon Santacana ESP

Giant slalom

Sitting Gold Georg Kreiter GER

Silver Corey Peters NZL

Bronze Taiki Morii JPN


Silver Markus Salcher AUT

Bronze Matthias Lanzinger AUT

Visually impaired Gold Valerii Redkozubov RUS

Silver Jon Santacana ESP

Bronze Patrik Hetmer CZE

Downhill

Sitting Gold Corey Peters NZL

Silver Roman Rabl AUT

Bronze Taiki Morii JPN


2015 World Championships medallists

Event Placing Name Country

Silver Matthias Lanzinger AUT

Bronze Alexander Vetrov RUS

Visually impaired Gold Mac Marcoux CAN

Silver Mark Bathum USA

Bronze Miroslav Haraus SVK

Super combined

Sitting Gold Georg Kreiter GER

Silver Roman Rabl AUT

Bronze Frederic Francois FRA


Silver Markus Salcher AUT

Bronze Matthias Lanzinger AUT

Visually impaired Gold Miroslav Haraus SVK

Silver Ivan Frantcev RUS

Bronze Jon Santacana ESP

Super-G

Sitting Gold Corey Peters NZL

Silver Frederic Francois FRA

Bronze Andrew Earl Kurka USA



Bronze Thomas Pfyl SUI

Visually impaired Gold Ivan Frantcev RUS

Silver Mac Marcoux CAN

Bronze Miroslav Haraus SVK


WomenEvent Placing Name Country

Slalom

Sitting Gold Claudia Loesch AUT

Silver Anna Schaffelhuber GER

Bronze Anna-Lena Forster GER

Standing Gold Marie Bochet FRA

Silver Mariia Papulova RUS

Bronze Laura Valeanu ROU

Visually Impaired Gold Aleksandra Frantceva RUS

Silver Melissa Perrine AUS

Bronze Mille Knight GBR

Giant slalom

Sitting Gold Anna Schaffelhuber GER

Silver Claudia Loesch AUT

Bronze Momoka Muraoka JPN


Silver Andrea Rothfuss GER

Bronze Stephanie Jallen USA

Visually impaired Gold Aleksandra Frantceva RUS

Silver Mille Knight GBR

Bronze Melissa Perrine AUS

Downhill


Silver Momoka Muraoka JPN

Bronze Anna Schaffelhuber GER



Bronze Mariia Papulova RUS

Event Placing Name CountryVisually impaired Gold Melissa Perrine AUS

Silver Danelle Umstead USA

Bronze Aleksandra Frantceva RUS

Super combined


Silver Anna Schaffelhuber GER

Bronze Laurie Stephens USA



Bronze Anna Jochemsen NED

Visually impaired Gold Melissa Perrine AUS

Silver Aleksandra Frantceva RUS

Bronze Danelle Umstead USA

Super-G






Bronze Mariia Papulova RUS

Visually impaired Gold Melissa Perrine AUS

Silver Danelle Umstead USA



Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games medallistsFull historical results from all Paralympic Winter Games can be found at Paralympic.org.

MenEvent Placing Name Country

Slalom

Sitting Gold Takeshi Suzuki JPN

Silver Philip Bonadimann AUT

Bronze Roman Rabl AUT


Silver Vincent Gaulthier-Manuel FRA

Bronze Alexander Alyabyev RUS

Visually Impaired Gold Valerii Redkozubov RUS

Silver Jon Santacana ESP

Bronze Chris Williamson CAN

Giant slalom

Sitting Gold Christoph Kunz SUI

Silver Corey Peters NZL


Standing Gold Vincent Gaulthier-Manuel FRA

Silver Alexey Bugaev RUS

Bronze Markus Salcher AUT

Visually impaired Gold Mac Marcoux CAN

Silver Jakub Krako SVK

Bronze Valerii Redkozubov RUS

Downhill

Sitting Gold Akira Kano JPN

Silver Josh Dueck CAN

Bronze Takeshi Suzuki JPN


Standing Gold Markus Salcher AUT

Silver Alexey Bugaev RUS

Bronze Vincent Gaulthier-Manuel FRA

Visually impaired Gold Jon Santacana ESP

Silver Miroslav Haraus SVK

Bronze Mac Marcoux CAN

Super combined

Sitting Gold Josh Dueck CAN

Silver Heath Calhoun USA




Bronze Toby Kane AUS

Visually impaired Gold Valerii Redkozubov RUS


Bronze Gabriel Gorces ESP

Super-G

Sitting Gold Akira Kano JPN

Silver Taiki Morii JPN

Bronze Caleb Brousseau CAN

Standing Gold Markus Salcher AUT


Bronze Alexey Bugaev RUS

Visually impaired Gold Jakub Krako SVK


Bronze Mac Marcoux CAN


WomenEvent Placing Name Country

Slalom


Silver Anna-Lena Forster GER

Bronze Kimberley Joines CAN

Standing Gold Andrea Rothfuss GER

Silver Inga Medvedeva RUS

Bronze Petra Smarzova SVK

Visually Impaired Gold Aleksandra Frantceva RUS

Silver Jade Etherington GBR

Bronze Henrieta Farkasova RUS

Giant slalom






Bronze Solene Jambaque FRA

Visually impaired Gold Henrieta Farkasova RUS


Bronze Kelly Gallagher GBR

Downhill


Silver Alana Nichols USA



Silver Inga Medvedeva RUS

Bronze Allison Jones USA


Visually impaired Gold Henrieta Farkasova RUS



Super combined


Silver Anna-Leab Forster GER

Bronze Vacant




Visually impaired Gold Aleksandra Frantceva RUS


Bronze Danelle Umstead USA

Super-G





Silver Solene Jambaque FRA


Visually impaired Gold Jessica Gallagher GBR


Bronze Jade Etherington GBR


Full World Cup standings from all seasons (from 2010-2011) can be found at ipc-alpineskiing.org

2014-15

Overall

MenEvent Placing Name Country PointsSitting 1 Takeshi Suzuki JPN 596

2 Dino Sokolovic CRO 486

3 Roman Rabl AUT 472

Standing 1 Alexey Bugaev RUS 820

2 Thomas Pfyl SUI 566

3 Alexander Alyabyev RUS 462

Visually impaired 1 Mac Marcoux CAN 680

2 Valerii Redkozubov RUS 620

3 Ivan Frantcev RUS 520

WomenEvent Placing Name Country PointsSitting 1 Anna Schaffelhuber GER 760

2 Claudia Loesch AUT 680

3 Laurie Stephens USA 470

Standing 1 Marie Bochet FRA 960

2 Andrea Rothfuss GER 690

3 Inga Medvedeva RUS 530

Visually impaired 1 Danelle Umstead USA 480

2 Millie Knight GBR 380

3 Ana Maria Selvi Solsana ESP 300

World Cup standings


National Paralympic Committee

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Officials

Race Director 2015-16: Erik Leirfallom, USA

IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard Sport Technical CommitteePosition Name

Chairperson Markus Walser (CAN)

Vice Chairperson Erik Petersen (USA)

Head of Technical Control and Officiating Ozzie Sawicki (CAN)

Head of Snowboard Davide Cerato (ITA)

Head of Competition (Asia and Oceania) Jane Stevens (NZL, co-opted Member, non-voting rights)

Head of Classification Sandra Titulaer (NED)

Anti-dopingTo promote and protect the integrity of sport and the health of athletes, the IPC, together with International Federations, including IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard, and the Na-tional Paralympic Committees established the IPC Anti-Doping Code.

The aims of the code, which is fully compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency Code, are:

▪ To protect the athlete’s right to participate in doping free sport and thus promote health, fairness and equality for athletes worldwide.

▪ To ensure harmonised, co-ordinated and effective anti-doping programmes on the international and national level with regards to detection, deterrence and prevention of doping.

Anti-doping rules, like competition rules, are sport rules governing the conditions under which sport is played. All participants (athletes and athlete support personnel) accept these rules as a condition of participation and are presumed to have agreed to comply with the IPC Anti-Doping Code.

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