IPC Alpine Skiing
Media Guide 2015-2016
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Table of contents
President’s 4 welcome 6
Media and broadcast contacts
7
About the sport
Competition 8 description 10
Looking ahead to 2015-16
12
Competition calendar 2015-2016
15
Accreditation for competitions
Classification 16 explained 18
Ones to Watch
Vital 64 statistics 66 Participation Medals 68 tables 70
2015 World Championships medallists
76
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games medallists
82
World Cup standings
84
National Paralympic Committee contacts
Officials 88 88 Anti-doping
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President’s welcome 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 opportunities, fresh faces will hopefully emerge in the coming years. Dear media representative, Welcome to the first IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide, which we hope contains everything you need for the 2015-16 season. 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 development races.
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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 reports, 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 MBE IPC President
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Media and broadcast contacts
About the sport
Lucy Dominy
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.
IPC Sports Public Relations and Campaigns Manager Telephone: +49 228 2097-159 Email:
[email protected]
Eva Werthmann
IPC Media Operations Manager Telephone: +49 228 2097-143 Email:
[email protected]
Competition accommodates male and female athletes with a physical impairment such as spinal injury, cerebral palsy, amputation and visual impairment.
Jose Manuel-Dominguez
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.
IPC Broadcast Manager Telephone: +49 228 2097-104 Email:
[email protected]
Skiers with visual impairment are guided through the course by sighted guides using signals to indicate the course to
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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 Technical Committee. Five events are on the Paralympic programme: downhill, super-G, super combined, giant slalom, and slalom.
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Competition description Downhill
Each athlete completes one run down the course with the fastest time winning. Athletes ski down a long, steep course and must pass through a relatively small number 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.
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. 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 athlete misses a gate they are disqualified.
Giant 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. It is a technical 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-G
A speed event where each athlete completes one run down the course with the fastest time winning. The course is generally shorter than downhill but longer than slalom and giant slalom.
Super combined
A combined competition which represents 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.
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History After the Second World War, ski sport for persons with an impairment was systematically developed as injured ex-servicemen 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 introduction 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 - slalom and giant slalom. Downhill was added to the Paralympic programme in 1984 in Innsbruck, Austria, and super-G was added in 1994 at Lillehammer, Norway. Sit-skiing was introduced as a demonstration sport at the Innsbruck 1984 Paralympics and became a medal event at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Games
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Looking ahead to 2015-16 The 2015-16 season will be highlighted by World and continental Cups across technical and speed disciplines.
Asia Cups at Yongpyong, South Korea and in Hakuna Nagano, Japan, come towards the end of the season in March.
The climax will come on the world renowned 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.
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.
Completing the Europa Cup season are the finals in Obersaxen, Switzerland, in super-G, super combined and giant slalom 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.
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 continuing 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.
World Cup races in Italy, Switzerland and France are packed into January 2016 and Austria, Spain and Serbia will all host Europa Cup competitions.
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Competition calendar 2015-2016 Level
Location, Country
Date
Programme
Level
Location, Country
Date
Programme
Youth race
Landgraaf, Netherlands
17 November
Slalom
World Cup
Tarvisio, Italy
18-19 January
Slalom, giant slalom
IPCAS*
Landgraaf, Netherlands
17-18 November
Slalom 1, slalom 2
IPCAS
Park City, Utah, USA
21-22 January
Slalom, giant slalom
World Cup
21-23 January
Slalom 1, slalom 2
Europa Cup
Landgraaf, Netherlands
19-20 November
Slalom 1, slalom 2
St Moritz, Switzerland
World Cup
21-23 January
Slalom 1, slalom 2
IPCAS
Panorama, Canada
1-4 December
Super-G, super combined, giant slalom, slalom
St. Moritz, Switzerland
World Cup
Tignes, France
25-29 January
IPCAS
Ravascletto-Zoncolan, Italy
5-6 December
Giant slalom, slalom
Downhill training, downhill 1, downhill 2, super-G 1, super-G 2
IPCAS
RavasclettoZoncolan, Italy
7-8 December
Giant slalom, slalom
IPCAS
Veysonnaz, Switzerland
25-28 January
Slalom 1, slalom 2, giant slalom 1, giant slalom 2
National Championships
Pitztal, Austria
12-13 December
Slalom, giant slalom
Youth Race
Stara Planina, Serbia
29-30 January
Slalom, giant slalom
Youth race
Pitztal, Austria
12-13 December
Slalom, giant slalom
IPCAS
Europa Cup
Pitztal, Austria
14-15 December
Super combined, Super-G
Stara Planina, Serbia
30 January - 2 February
IPCAS
Winter Park, USA
16-19 December
Slalom 1, slalom 2, giant slalom 1, giant slalom 2
Slalom, giant slalom, downhill training, downhill 1, downhill 2
Europa Cup
Stara Planina, Serbia
1-5 February
Europa Cup
Silz, Tirol (Kühtai), Austria
18-20 December
Slalom, giant slalom, super combined
Downhill training, downhill 1, downhill 2, super combined
IPCAS
White Face, USA
5-7 February
Youth race
Rinn, Tirol (Kühtai), Austria
4-5 January
Slalom 1, slalom 2
Super-G, giant slalom, slalom
Rinn, Tirol (Kühtai), Austria
4-5 January
Slalom 1, slalom 2
Aspen, Buttermilk USA
11-14 February
IPCAS
National Championships
Downhill training, downhill super-G, super combined
Europa Cup
La Molina, Spain
7-10 January
Giant slalom 1, giant slalom 2, slalom 1, slalom 2
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
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, slalom, giant slalom 2
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Accreditation for competitions Level
Location, Country
Date
Programme
Asian Cup
Yongpyong, South Korea
8-10 March
Slalom 1, slalom 2, giant slalom
National Championships
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 combined, giant slalom
Youth Race
Obersaxen, Switzerland
19-20 March
National Championships
Obersaxen, Switzerland
Asia Cup
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]
Giant slalom, slalom
Tignes, France
David Deguelle
[email protected]
19-20 March
Giant slalom, slalom
Aspen, USA (speed and technical World Cups)
Brianna Tammaro
[email protected]
Hakuba Nagano, Japan
20-23 March
Giant slalom, slalom, super combined, super-G
National Championships
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
National Championships
Pra-Loup, France
22-24 March
Super- G, slalom, giant slalom
IPCAS
Whistler/Blackcomb, 24-26 March Canada
Slalom, giant slalom
National Championships
Whistler/Blackcomb, 25-27 March Canada
Slalom, giant slalom
National Championships (Great Britain)
Tignes, France
Slalom, giant slalom
26-27 March
* I PCAS 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.
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Classification explained 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 impairments on sport performance and to ensure the success of an athlete is determined 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 classes
In alpine skiing, athletes are grouped together into sitting, standing and visually impaired classifications.
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 impairment 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 impairment 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 coordination problems. They will race down the slopes without ski poles.
A real-time calculated timing system, developed over many years, is used to ensure that athletes with different types of impairment grouped into the same sport class can compete together fairly.
Sport class LW 6/8: Skiers have an impairment in one arm. Skiers will compete with one ski pole only.
Standing
Skiers with combined arm and leg impairments:
Skiers with leg impairments:
Sport class LW 1: This sport class is allocated 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 significant impairment in one leg. Some skiers, 16 IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide
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.
Sitting
All sit-skiers have an impairment affecting 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 abilities 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 includes skiers with normal or only slightly decreased trunk function and leg impairments. 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 impaired
Sport 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 eyeshades. Sport class B2: This sport class profile includes athletes with a higher visual acuity than athletes competing in the B1 class, but they are unable to recognise the letter “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 impairment 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 athlete and verbally gives directions to the athlete. IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 17
Ones to Watch – Women
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One to Watch – Sitting:
Anna-Lena Forster Name:
Anna-Lena Forster
Country: Germany
Date of birth: 15 June 1995
Born:
Radolfzell, Germany
Classification: Sitting
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/forster.annalena/
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
B
Only 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 Forster did at Sochi 2014, successfully elbowing her way onto the podium alongside multiple Paralympic and world champions 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 potentially take over the mantel of her fivetime 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.
Slalom
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
S
Super combined and slalom
B
Giant slalom
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Biography
Slalom
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 adapting to new equipment.
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One to Watch – Sitting:
Claudia Loesch Name:
Claudia Loesch
Country: Austria
Date of birth:
21 October 1988
Born:
Vienna, Austria
Classification: Sitting
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/claudia.loesch.fanpage
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
3
Overall second
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
S
Super-G and giant slalom
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Giant slalom, super-G and super combined
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Slalom and super-G
S
Super combined
B
Downhill
Biography
Claudia 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 Championships, leaving with three titles after an intense 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 Schaffelhuber. 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 graduated from the 2006 IPC Alpine Skiing development camp along with fellow Austrian Paralympic champion, Markus Salcher.
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One to Watch – Sitting:
Momoko Muraoka Name:
Momoko Muraoka
Country: Japan
Date of birth: 3 March 1997
Born:
Saitama, Japan
Classification: Sitting
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Downhill
B
Giant slalom
Biography
Muraoka 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 international 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 continues 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 PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games and go on to represent her country at Tokyo 2020.
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One to Watch – Sitting:
Anna Schaffelhuber Name:
Anna Schaffelhuber
Country: Germany
Date of birth:
27 January 1993
Born:
Regensburg, Germany
Classification: Sitting
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Anna-Schaffelhuber/152443961493287
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Super-G and giant slalom
S
Slalom and super combined
B
Downhill
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Downhill, slalom, super combined, super-G and giant slalom
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Slalom
S
Giant slalom and super-G
B
Downhill and super combined
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Super combined, slalom and giant slalom
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
B
Super-G
Biography
Anna 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 pionships. 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, Schaffelhuber battled against her greatest rival, Austria’s Claudia Loesch. Whilst Schaffelhuber 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. IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 27
One to Watch – Standing:
Marie Bochet Name:
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Marie Bochet
Country: France
Date of birth:
15 February 1994
Born:
Chambéry, France
Classification: Standing
Twitter:
@MarieBochet
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/bochetmarie
Instagram: mariebochet
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Downhill, super-G, super combined, slalom and giant slalom
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup 1
2
3
Overall women’s standing title
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
G
Giant slalom and team event
S
Super-G and downhill
Biography
Marie 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 13time 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 continuation of the battle between Bochet and Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss for the World Cup title.
Giant slalom, downhill, super combined, super-G
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super combined, super-G
2011-2012 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup 1
2
3
Overall women’s standing title
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One to Watch – Standing:
Anna Jochemsen Name:
Anna Jochemsen
Country:
Netherlands
Date of birth: 30 March 1985
Born:
Manzini, Swaziland
Classification: Standing
Twitter:
@AnnaJochemsen
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/anna.jochemsen/
Instagram:
annajochemsen
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
B
Biography
Anna 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 accident 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.
Super combined
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One to Watch – Standing:
Stephanie Jallen Name:
Stephanie Jallen
Country: USA
Date of birth:
13 February 1996
Born: USA
Classification: Standing
Twitter:
@StephJallen6
Instagram: javelin215
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
B
Giant slalom
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
B
Super-G and super combined
Biography
Teenage prodigy Stephanie Jallen is best known for her medal ceremony after winning 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 captivating 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.
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One to Watch – Standing:
Andrea Rothfuss Name:
Andrea Rothfuss
Country: Germany
Date of birth:
22 October 1989
Born:
Freudenstadt, Germany
Classification: Standing
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/andrea.rothfuss.1
Career highlights: 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Downhill, super-G, super combined and giant slalom
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup 1
2
3
Overall second
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Slalom
S
Slalom and giant slalom
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Downhill, slalom, giant slalom and super combined
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Slalom and downhill
S
Super combined and team event
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
S
Giant slalom and slalom
B
Super-G and downhill
Biography
Andrea 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-finish from the Frenchwoman, and a further two silvers. But Bochet has swept the World Championships 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 silvers 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.
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One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Henrieta Farkasova Name:
Henrieta Farkasova
Country: Slovakia
Date of birth: 4 May 1986
Born:
Roznava, Slovakia
Classification:
Visually impaired
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HenrietaFarkasovaAndNatalySubrtova
Career highlights: Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Giant slalom and downhill
B
Slalom
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Downhill and slalom
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Downhill, giant slalom, slalom and super combined
B
Team event
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Super-G, super combined and giant slalom
S
Downhill
Biography
Slovakia’s Henrieta Farkasova is a fivetime Paralympic champion in women’s visually impaired events. At the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, Farkasova entered all five individual 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 unable to compete at the test events for Sochi 2014, but when the Games commenced, 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, leaving 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 abilities and psychological strength, guided by Natalia Subrtova.
2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Downhill and super-G
S
Super combined
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One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Aleksandra Frantceva Name:
Aleksandra Frantceva
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 26 April 1987
Born:
Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Classification:
Visually impaired
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Giant slalom and slalom
S
Super combined
B
Super-G and downhill
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Slalom and super combined
S
Giant slalom and super-G
B
Downhill
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Giant slalom, super-G and super combined
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Super combined, giant slalom and super-G
B
Slalom and downhill
Biography
Aleksandra Frantceva, guided by Semen Pliaskin, is a visually impaired skier of the highest order. At the age of 17, after a local sports director 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 record at the 2015 World Championships. Frantceva competed in her first Paralympics 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 shuffled 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 Umstead. Frantceva’s younger brother Ivan is also an alpine skier who represents Russia.
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One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Kelly Gallagher Name:
Kelly Gallagher
Country:
Great Britain
Date of birth: 20 May 1985
Classification:
Visually impaired
Twitter:
@Kellygallagher
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/KellyandCharlotte
Instagram:
kellygallagher17
Career highlights Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
She finished in fourth and sixth in her two events at her first Paralympics at the Vancouver 2010 Games, but has won a combined 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 albinism, a condition that affects the pigment 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 collision between the two during training. Gallagher will be guided by Claire Robb in 2015-16.
Super-G
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Super-G and supercombined
B
Downhill and giant slalom
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Slalom
B
Giant slalom
Biography
Great Britain’s Kelly Gallagher became the first ever British Winter Paralympic gold medallist at Sochi 2014.
Gallagher received a “Ski Barbie” when she was younger and later persuaded her father to take a detour during a family vacation 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 degree in mathematics from the University of Bath, a master’s degree from the University of Belfast and worked for the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
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One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Danelle Umstead Name:
Danelle Umstead
Country: USA
Date of birth:
15 February 1972
Born:
Des Plaines, Illinois, USA
Classification:
Visually impaired
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
Biography
Visually 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 mountain 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 specialist event, the plan appears to be coming together nicely.
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
B
Super combined
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
B
Downhill and super combined
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Ones to Watch – Men
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One to Watch – Sitting:
Georg Kreiter Name:
Georg Kreiter
Country: Germany
Date of birth:
20 February 1985
Born:
Wolfratshausen, Germany
Classification: Sitting
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/georgkreiter.fanpage/
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Super combined and giant slalom
Biography
Four 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 before finishing a career high fifth in 201415. Determined to make-up for a disappointing 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 another 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.
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One to Watch – Sitting:
Taiki Morii Name:
Taiki Morii
Country: Japan
Date of birth: 11 July 1980
Born: Japan
Classification: Sitting
Career highlights: 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Slalom
B
Downhill and giant slalom
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
S
Super-G
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Giant slalom, super-G and super combined
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Giant slalom
S
Super-G
Biography
Taiki Morii started sit-skiing after watching 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.
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
S
Downhill
B
Super-G
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One to Watch – Sitting:
Corey Peters Name:
Corey Peters
Country:
New Zealand
Date of birth: 13 July 1983
Born:
New Zealand
Classification: Sitting
Twitter:
@coreypeters83
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/CoreyPetersAlpineSkiRacer
Instagram:
corey_peters
Career highlights: 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Downhill and super-G
S
Giant slalom
Biography
New Zealand’s sit-skier Corey Peters really 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 skiing 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.
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
S
Giant slalom
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One to Watch – Sitting:
Takeshi Suzuki Name:
Takeshi Suzuki
Country: Japan
Date of birth:
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.
Born:
Suzuki is one of the stars of the men’s sit-skiing competition and composes part of a formidable Japanese team in the classification.
Classification:
He started the sport when he was just seven years old and never looked back.
3 May 1988
Fukushima, Japan Sitting
Career highlights: 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Slalom
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup 1
2
3
Overall winner
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Slalom
B
Downhill
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.
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Super combined and slalom
S
Giant slalom and downhill
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
B
Giant slalom
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One to Watch – Standing:
Alexey Bugaev Name:
Alexey Bugaev
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 30 March 1997
Born:
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Classification: Standing
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Downhill, super-G, super combined, giant slalom and slalom
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup 1
2
3
Overall men’s standing title
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Slalom and super combined
S
Giant slalom and downhill
B
Super-G
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Super combined and giant slalom
Biography:
Since his debut at Landgraaf, the Netherlands, 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, achieved all of this as a teenager.
he
Born with his impairment, his parents first took him to ski when Bugaev was sevenyears-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, Bugaev showed immense hunger to succeed after falling and breaking his arm during the slalom. Despite the injury, he continued on in a plaster and went on to win two silver medals. The men’s standing field remains incredibly 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 Championships. The youngster left with all five titles to his overall World Cup globe, and shows no signs of slowing down.
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One to Watch – Standing:
Markus Salcher Name:
Markus Salcher
Country: Austria
Date of birth: 4 June 1991
Born:
Klagenfurt, Austria
Classification: Standing
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Markus-Salcher/309620819099311
Instagram: captain_selx
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Biography
Markus Salcher, born with the right side of his body paralysed, is one of the younger standing skiers on the Austrian team. He surprised doubters in 2013-14 by finishing atop the world rankings after capturing 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 Paralympic 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 competing 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.
Super combined and giant slalom
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Downhill and super-G
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Downhill and super-G
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One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Miroslav Haraus Name:
Miroslav Haraus
Country: Slovakia
Date of birth: 1 August 1986
Born:
Prešov, Slovakia
Classification:
Visually impaired
Career highlights 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Super combined
S
Slalom
B
Downhill and super-G
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
S
Downhill
Biography
It 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 Championships 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.
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Slalom and super combined
2011-2012 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup 1
2
3
Overall third
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
B
Super combined and super-G
2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
B
Super-G and slalom
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One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Mac Marcoux Name:
Mac Marcoux
Country: Canada
Date of birth: 21 June 1997
Born:
Sault Sainte Marie, Canada
Classification:
Visually impaired
Twitter:
@MarcouxBros
Instagram:
macmarcoux
Career highlights: 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Downhill
S
Super-G
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup 1
2
3
Overall winner
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Giant slalom
B
Super-G and downhill
Biography
Mac 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 visually impaired skiers in 2015-16.
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Giant slalom
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One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Jon Santacana-Maiztegui Name:
Jon Santacana-Maiztegui
Country: Spain
Date of birth:
2 November 1980
Born:
San Sebastian, Spain
Classification:
Visually impaired
Twitter:
@JonSantacana
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/jonsantacana
Instagram:
jonsantacana
Career highlights: 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S
Giant slalom
B
Super combined and slalom
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Downhill
S
Slalom
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Downhill, giant slalom and super-G
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G
Super-G, giant slalom and super combined
S
Slalom and downhill
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
G
Downhill
S
Giant slalom and slalom
Biography
Jon 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, winning 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 Championships. 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. IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 63
Vital statistics Top 20 Paralympic Games medallists of all time - Men
Top 20 Paralympic Games medallists of all time - Women
Rank
Athlete
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
Rank
Athlete
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
Gerd Schoenfelder
GER
16
4
2
22
1
Reinhild Moeller
FRG/GER
16
2
1
19
2
Rolf Heinzmann
SUI
12
2
14
2
Sarah Will
USA
12
1
3
Martin Braxenthaler
GER
10
1
1
12
3
Lauren Woolstencroft
CAN
8
1
1
10
4
Hans Burn
SUI
6
5
3
14
4
Sarah Billmeier
USA
7
5
1
13
5
Greg Mannino
USA
6
4
2
12
5
Nancy Gustafson
USA
7
1
8
6
Bernard Baudean
FRA
6
4
1
11
6
Katerina Tepla
TCH/CZE
5
4
9
7
Michael Milton
AUS
6
3
2
11
7
Annemie Schneider
FRG/GER
5
1
2
8
8
Tristan Mouric
FRA
6
3
1
10
8
Henrieta Farkasova
SVK
5
1
1
7
9
Josef Meusburger
AUT
6
2
8
=9
Danja Haslacher
AUT
5
1
6
10
Cato Zahl Pedersen
NOR
6
1
7
=9
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
5
1
6
11
Brian Santos
USA
6
6
11
Brigitte Madlener
AUT
4
2
12
Chris Waddell
USA
5
5
2
12
=12
Gunilla Ahren
SWE
4
1
1
6
13
Eric Villalon
ESP
5
3
1
9
=12
Magda Amo
ESP
4
1
1
6
14
Stephane Saas
FRA
5
3
8
14
Marie Bochet
FRA
4
15
Paul Dibello
USA
5
5
15
Pascale Casanova
FRA
3
6
16
Alexander Spitz
FRG/GER
4
4
3
11
16
Christine Winkler
AUT
3
3
6
17
Meinhard Tatschl
AUT
4
2
3
9
=17
Elisabeth Kellner
AUT
3
1
4
18
Jaub Krako
SVK
4
2
6
=17
Eva Lemezova
TCH
3
1
4
19
Patrick Cooper
NZL
4
1
6
=17
Elisabeth Osterwalder
SUI
3
1
4
20
Helmut Falch
AUT
4
4
20
Martina Altenberger
AUT
3
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1
13
6
4 2
11
3
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Participation Overall Athletes
Countries
679
42
World Championships
No. athletes
No. countries
Wildschonau, 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. countries
Örnsköldsvik, 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
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Medals tables World Championships (Panorama, Canada, 2015)
Paralympic Games (Sochi, Russia, 2014)
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
Rank
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
Rank
RUS
10
4
5
19
1
RUS
6
6
4
16
1
FRA
5
1
1
7
2
GER
6
4
1
11
2
GER
4
6
3
13
3
FRA
5
3
2
10
3
AUT
3
7
2
12
4
SVK
3
2
2
7
4
AUS
3
1
1
5
5
JPN
3
1
1
5
5
NZL
2
1
3
6
AUT
2
5
4
11
6
JPN
1
2
3
6
7
CAN
2
1
5
8
7
SVK
1
1
2
4
8
USA
1
5
8
14
8
CAN
1
1
1
3
9
GBR
1
3
1
5
9
USA
3
4
7
10
ESP
1
1
1
3
10
ESP
1
2
3
11
NED
1
1
=11
GBR
1
1
2
12
SUI
1
1
=11
CZE
1
1
=13
NZL
1
13
NED
1
1
=13
AUS
2
14
ROU
1
1
=13
SUI
1
1
=13
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2015 World Championships medallists Full historical results from all World Championships since 2009 can be found at ipc-alpineskiing.org.
Event
Men Event
Standing
Visually Impaired
Standing
Visually impaired
Standing
Silver
Matthias Lanzinger
AUT
Bronze
Alexander Vetrov
RUS
Gold
Mac Marcoux
CAN
Silver
Mark Bathum
USA
Bronze
Miroslav Haraus
SVK
Gold
Georg Kreiter
GER
Country
Gold
Takeshi Suzuki
JPN
Silver
Taiki Morii
JPN
Super combined
Bronze
Thomas Nolte
GER
Sitting
Gold
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
Silver
Roman Rabl
AUT
Silver
Alexander Alyabyev
RUS
Bronze
Frederic Francois
FRA
Bronze
Matt Hallat
CAN
Gold
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
Gold
Valerii Redkozubov
RUS
Silver
Markus Salcher
AUT
Silver
Miroslav Haraus
SVK
Bronze
Matthias Lanzinger
AUT
Bronze
Jon Santacana
ESP
Gold
Miroslav Haraus
SVK
Silver
Ivan Frantcev
RUS
Gold
Georg Kreiter
GER
Bronze
Jon Santacana
ESP
Silver
Corey Peters
NZL
Super-G
Bronze
Taiki Morii
JPN
Sitting
Gold
Corey Peters
NZL
Gold
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
Silver
Frederic Francois
FRA
Silver
Markus Salcher
AUT
Bronze
Andrew Earl Kurka
USA
Bronze
Matthias Lanzinger
AUT
Gold
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
Gold
Valerii Redkozubov
RUS
Silver
Matthias Lanzinger
AUT
Silver
Jon Santacana
ESP
Bronze
Thomas Pfyl
SUI
Bronze
Patrik Hetmer
CZE
Gold
Ivan Frantcev
RUS
Silver
Mac Marcoux
CAN
Gold
Corey Peters
NZL
Bronze
Miroslav Haraus
SVK
Silver
Roman Rabl
AUT
Bronze
Taiki Morii
JPN
Gold
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
Downhill Sitting
Country
Name
Visually impaired
Standing
Visually impaired
Giant slalom Sitting
Name
Placing
Slalom Sitting
Placing
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Women Event
Event
Placing
Name
Country
Visually impaired
Gold
Melissa Perrine
AUS
Silver
Danelle Umstead
USA
Bronze
Aleksandra Frantceva
RUS
Gold
Claudia Loesch
AUT
Placing
Name
Country
Gold
Claudia Loesch
AUT
Silver
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
Super combined
Bronze
Anna-Lena Forster
GER
Sitting
Gold
Marie Bochet
FRA
Silver
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
Silver
Mariia Papulova
RUS
Bronze
Laurie Stephens
USA
Bronze
Laura Valeanu
ROU
Gold
Marie Bochet
FRA
Gold
Aleksandra Frantceva
RUS
Silver
Andrea Rothfuss
GER
Silver
Melissa Perrine
AUS
Bronze
Anna Jochemsen
NED
Bronze
Mille Knight
GBR
Gold
Melissa Perrine
AUS
Silver
Aleksandra Frantceva
RUS
Gold
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
Bronze
Danelle Umstead
USA
Silver
Claudia Loesch
AUT
Super-G
Bronze
Momoka Muraoka
JPN
Sitting
Gold
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
Gold
Marie Bochet
FRA
Silver
Claudia Loesch
AUT
Silver
Andrea Rothfuss
GER
Bronze
Anna-Lena Forster
GER
Bronze
Stephanie Jallen
USA
Gold
Marie Bochet
FRA
Gold
Aleksandra Frantceva
RUS
Silver
Andrea Rothfuss
GER
Silver
Mille Knight
GBR
Bronze
Mariia Papulova
RUS
Bronze
Melissa Perrine
AUS
Gold
Melissa Perrine
AUS
Silver
Danelle Umstead
USA
Gold
Claudia Loesch
AUT
Bronze
Aleksandra Frantceva
RUS
Silver
Momoka Muraoka
JPN
Bronze
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
Gold
Marie Bochet
FRA
Silver
Andrea Rothfuss
GER
Bronze
Mariia Papulova
RUS
Slalom Sitting
Standing
Visually Impaired
Standing
Visually impaired
Giant slalom Sitting
Standing
Visually impaired
Downhill Sitting
Standing
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Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games medallists Full historical results from all Paralympic Winter Games can be found at Paralympic.org.
Event
Placing
Name
Country
Standing
Gold
Markus Salcher
AUT
Silver
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
Bronze
Vincent Gaulthier-Manuel
FRA
Gold
Jon Santacana
ESP
Men Event
Placing
Name
Country
Gold
Takeshi Suzuki
JPN
Silver
Philip Bonadimann
AUT
Bronze
Roman Rabl
AUT
Gold
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
Silver
Vincent Gaulthier-Manuel
FRA
Bronze
Alexander Alyabyev
RUS
Gold
Valerii Redkozubov
RUS
Silver
Jon Santacana
ESP
Bronze
Chris Williamson
CAN
Gold
Christoph Kunz
SUI
Silver
Corey Peters
NZL
Bronze
Roman Rabl
AUT
Gold
Vincent Gaulthier-Manuel
FRA
Silver
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
Bronze
Markus Salcher
AUT
Gold
Mac Marcoux
CAN
Silver
Jakub Krako
SVK
Bronze
Valerii Redkozubov
RUS
Slalom Sitting
Standing
Visually Impaired
Giant slalom Sitting
Standing
Visually impaired
Downhill Sitting
Gold
Akira Kano
JPN
Silver
Josh Dueck
CAN
Bronze
Takeshi Suzuki
JPN
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Silver
Miroslav Haraus
SVK
Bronze
Mac Marcoux
CAN
Gold
Josh Dueck
CAN
Silver
Heath Calhoun
USA
Bronze
Roman Rabl
AUT
Gold
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
Silver
Matthias Lanzinger
AUT
Bronze
Toby Kane
AUS
Gold
Valerii Redkozubov
RUS
Super combined Sitting
Standing
Visually impaired
Silver
Mark Bathum
USA
Bronze
Gabriel Gorces
ESP
Gold
Akira Kano
JPN
Silver
Taiki Morii
JPN
Bronze
Caleb Brousseau
CAN
Gold
Markus Salcher
AUT
Silver
Matthias Lanzinger
AUT
Bronze
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
Super-G Sitting
Standing
Visually impaired
Gold
Jakub Krako
SVK
Silver
Mark Bathum
USA
Bronze
Mac Marcoux
CAN
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Women Event
Event
Placing
Name
Country
Visually impaired
Gold
Henrieta Farkasova
RUS
Silver
Jade Etherington
GBR
Bronze
Aleksandra Frantceva
RUS
Placing
Name
Country
Gold
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
Silver
Anna-Lena Forster
GER
Super combined
Bronze
Kimberley Joines
CAN
Sitting
Gold
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
Gold
Andrea Rothfuss
GER
Silver
Anna-Leab Forster
GER
Silver
Inga Medvedeva
RUS
Bronze
Vacant
Bronze
Petra Smarzova
SVK
Gold
Marie Bochet
FRA
Gold
Aleksandra Frantceva
RUS
Silver
Andrea Rothfuss
GER
Silver
Jade Etherington
GBR
Bronze
Stephanie Jallen
USA
Bronze
Henrieta Farkasova
RUS
Gold
Aleksandra Frantceva
RUS
Silver
Jade Etherington
GBR
Gold
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
Bronze
Danelle Umstead
USA
Silver
Claudia Loesch
AUT
Super-G
Bronze
Anna-Lena Forster
GER
Sitting
Gold
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
Gold
Marie Bochet
FRA
Silver
Claudia Loesch
AUT
Silver
Andrea Rothfuss
GER
Bronze
Laurie Stephens
USA
Bronze
Solene Jambaque
FRA
Gold
Marie Bochet
FRA
Gold
Henrieta Farkasova
RUS
Silver
Solene Jambaque
FRA
Bronze
Stephanie Jallen
USA
Gold
Jessica Gallagher
GBR
Silver
Aleksandra Frantceva
RUS
Bronze
Jade Etherington
GBR
Slalom Sitting
Standing
Visually Impaired
Standing
Visually impaired
Giant slalom Sitting
Standing
Visually impaired
Silver
Aleksandra Frantceva
RUS
Bronze
Kelly Gallagher
GBR
Gold
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
Silver
Alana Nichols
USA
Bronze
Laurie Stephens
USA
Gold
Marie Bochet
FRA
Silver
Inga Medvedeva
RUS
Bronze
Allison Jones
USA
Downhill Sitting
Standing
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World Cup standings Full World Cup standings from all seasons (from 2010-2011) can be found at ipc-alpineskiing.org
2014-15 Overall Men Event
Placing
Name
Country
Points
Sitting
1
Takeshi Suzuki
JPN
596
2
Dino Sokolovic
CRO
486
3
Roman Rabl
AUT
472
1
Alexey Bugaev
RUS
820
2
Thomas Pfyl
SUI
566
3
Alexander Alyabyev
RUS
462
1
Mac Marcoux
CAN
680
2
Valerii Redkozubov
RUS
620
3
Ivan Frantcev
RUS
520
Event
Placing
Name
Country
Points
Sitting
1
Anna Schaffelhuber
GER
760
2
Claudia Loesch
AUT
680
3
Laurie Stephens
USA
470
1
Marie Bochet
FRA
960
2
Andrea Rothfuss
GER
690
3
Inga Medvedeva
RUS
530
1
Danelle Umstead
USA
480
2
Millie Knight
GBR
380
3
Ana Maria Selvi Solsana
ESP
300
Standing
Visually impaired
Women
Standing
Visually impaired
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National Paralympic Committee contacts National Paralympic Name Committee
Contact
National Paralympic Name Committee
Contact
Andorra
Jordi Cassellas
[email protected] +376 890 358
Germany
Frank-Thomas Hartleb
[email protected] +49 (0) 2234 6000 x200
Argentina
José María Valladares
[email protected] +54 911 40739142
Great Britain
Phil Smith
[email protected] +44 20 78425777
Armenia
Ruzanna Sargsyan
[email protected] +374 1 93 881066
Greece
Sakis Kostaris
[email protected] +302 106 800562
Australia
Michael Hartung
[email protected] +612 9704 0526
Hungary
Veronika Toth
[email protected] +36 1 4606804
Austria
Petra Huber
[email protected] +43 5 9393 20330
Iceland
Olafur Magnusson
[email protected] +354 5144080
Belgium
Anne d'Ieteren
[email protected] +32 2 4794656
Iran
Amir Mandegarfard
[email protected] +98 21 26203422
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hadzic Osman
[email protected] +387 33 217344
Italy
Noretta Fioraso
[email protected] +39 (0) 6 8797 3165
Brazil
Andrew Parsons
[email protected] +55 61 30313012
Japan
Kunio Nakamori
[email protected] +81 3 59397021
Canada
Karen O'Neill
[email protected] +1 6135 694333 x223
Korea
Jong-Hyun (Robin) Park
[email protected] +82 70 7422 x0016
Chile
Gianna Cunazza Mardones
[email protected] +56 2 22703680
Mexico
Sergio Durand Alcantara
[email protected] +52 55 56755541
Croatia
Ticijan Komparic
[email protected] +385 1 6044333
Netherlands
Rita van Driel
[email protected] +31 26 4834887
Czech Republic
Alena Erlebachova
[email protected] +420 233 017454
New Zealand
Fiona Allan
[email protected] +64 9 5260760
Denmark
Karl Vilhelm Nielsen
[email protected] +45 20164089
Norway
Arnfinn Vik
[email protected] +47 21029000
Finland
Tiina Kivisaari
[email protected] +358 40 823 x1232
Poland
Monika Maniak-Iwaniszewska
[email protected] +48 22 8240872
France
Dalila Sayad
[email protected] +33 1 403145 x15
Romania
Salvia Marion Wood-Lamont
[email protected] +40 722948121
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Contact
Russia
Katerina Pronina
[email protected] +7 499 9221191
Serbia
Bojan Jacimovic
[email protected] +381 11 2452479
Slovakia
Samuel Rosko
[email protected] +421 2 905 788 434
Slovenia
Spela Rozman
[email protected] +386 1 5300896
South Africa
Jean Kelly
[email protected] +27 87 351 x2082
Spain
Miguel Sagarra
[email protected] +34 91 5896972
Sweden
Johan Strid
[email protected] +46 (0) 8 699 62 73
Switzerland
Veronika Roos
[email protected] +41 31 3597355
Turkey
Ibrahim Gumusdal
[email protected] +90 212 3479335
Ukraine
Olena Zaitseva
[email protected] +380 44 2894330
United States
Rick Adams
[email protected] +1 719 866 x4138
Uzbekistan
Navruza Yuldasheva
[email protected] +998 71 2391736
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Officials Race Director 2015-16: Erik Leirfallom, USA
IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard Sport Technical Committee Position
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-doping To 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 National 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. Images used courtesy of Getty Images and Alpine Peak Photography. All information correct as of 4 November 2015. 88 IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide
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