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IPC Alpine Skiing
Media Guide 2015-2016
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 1
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.
In media terms, full coverage of the
Dear media representative, World and continental Cup calendar at
ipc-alpineskiing.org and on social media
Welcome to the first IPC Alpine Skiing will be provided. Alongside organisers,
Media Guide, which we hope contains athlete stories and reactions, race re-
everything you need for the 2015-16 sea- ports, pictures and behind the scenes
son. information will be delivered to help you
to follow all the action.
As one of the most established para-
sports, alpine skiing has grown into one I hope that this Media Guide is useful
of the most popular on the Paralympic and provides you with everything you
Winter programme. need, but we would be grateful for any
comments you might have about what
However outside of the Games and major information you would like to see in future
events like World Championships, the size editions.
and profile of the competition calendar at
the World and continental Cup level has
been building. Thanks for your support,
Regards
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 Sir Philip Craven MBE
and Switzerland for youth and develop- IPC President
ment races.
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Media and broadcast contacts About the sport
Lucy Dominy Alpine skiing is practiced worldwide and follow. Some athletes use equipment that
IPC Sports Public Relations and Campaigns Manager features six disciplines: downhill, slalom, is adapted to their needs including single
Telephone: +49 228 2097-159 giant slalom, super-G, super combined, ski, sit-ski or orthopaedic aids.
Email: lucy.dominy@paralympic.org and team events. Athletes combine speed
and agility while racing down slopes at IPC Alpine Skiing acts as the International
speeds of around 100km/h. Federation for the sport which is co-
Eva Werthmann ordinated by the IPC Alpine Skiing Tech-
IPC Media Operations Manager Competition accommodates male and fe- nical Committee.
Telephone: +49 228 2097-143 male athletes with a physical impairment
Email: eva.werthmann@paralympic.org such as spinal injury, cerebral palsy, am- Five events are on the Paralympic pro-
putation and visual impairment. gramme: downhill, super-G, super com-
bined, giant slalom, and slalom.
Jose Manuel-Dominguez Athletes compete in three categories
IPC Broadcast Manager based on their functional ability, and a
Telephone: +49 228 2097-104 results calculation system allows athletes Follow us:
Email: jose.dominguez@paralympic.org with different impairments to compete
against each other. @IPCAlpine
Skiers with visual impairment are guided IPCAlpineskiing
through the course by sighted guides
using signals to indicate the course to www.ipc-alpineskiing.org
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Competition description
Downhill
Each athlete completes one run down the
Slalom
Each athlete completes two runs on the
Giant slalom
Each athlete completes two runs on the
History
course with the fastest time winning. Ath- same day on different courses. Times same day on different courses. Times After the Second World War, ski sport for
letes ski down a long, steep course and from the two runs are added together with from the two runs are added together persons with an impairment was system-
must pass through a relatively small num- the fastest time winning. It is a technical with the fastest time winning. It is a tech- atically developed as injured ex-service-
ber of gates. If an athlete misses a gate event over a shorter course than other nical event with a longer course and fewer men returned to the sport they loved. In
they are disqualified. For weather, safety events but with a high number of gates gates than the slalom. The number of 1948, the first courses were offered.
and other reasons, the jury can decide that the athlete must negotiate. If an ath- gates is determined by the vertical drop
to have a two-run downhill if the vertical lete misses a gate they are disqualified. of the course. If an athlete misses a gate The first documented Championships
drop does not comply. they are disqualified. for skiers with an impairment were held
in Badgastein, Austria, in 1948 with 17
athletes taking part. Since 1950, events
Super-G have been held around the world. The in-
A speed event where each athlete com- troduction of sit-ski allowed people using
pletes one run down the course with the wheelchairs to begin to ski and race.
fastest time winning. The course is gener-
ally shorter than downhill but longer than The first Paralympic Winter Games took
slalom and giant slalom. place in Ornskoldsvik in Sweden in 1976
and featured two alpine disciplines - sla-
lom and giant slalom.
Super combined
A combined competition which repre- Downhill was added to the Paralympic
sents the final result of two disciplines - programme in 1984 in Innsbruck, Aus-
usually one of either a downhill or super-G tria, and super-G was added in 1994
and a single run of slalom. Each athlete at Lillehammer, Norway. Sit-skiing was
completes two runs on the same day on introduced as a demonstration sport at
different courses. Times from the two the Innsbruck 1984 Paralympics and be-
runs are added together with the fastest came a medal event at the Nagano 1998
time winning. Paralympic Games
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Looking ahead to 2015-16
The 2015-16 season will be highlighted Asia Cups at Yongpyong, South Korea and
by World and continental Cups across in Hakuna Nagano, Japan, come towards
technical and speed disciplines. the end of the season in March.
The climax will come on the world re- Alongside, National Championships,
nowned slopes of Aspen, USA, with lower-level and youth races will take
technical World Cup Finals in slalom and place in the Netherlands, Italy, the
giant slalom from 24-26 February, closely Czech Republic, Austria, Canada, the
followed by finals in downhill and super-G USA, Serbia, Switzerland and France.
from 28 February - 4 March.
Skiers have also already competed at
Completing the Europa Cup season are the Audi Quattro Winter Games in New
the finals in Obersaxen, Switzerland, in Zealand and at races in Argentina.
super-G, super combined and giant sla-
lom between 16-18 March. The particular focus in 2015-16 is con-
tinuing to develop the reach and profile of
In the lead-up, the World Cup circuit will the World Cup and beginning to provide
get underway in Abtenau, Austria, on regular competitions in Asia ahead of the
15-17 January, whilst the Europa Cup PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022
begins on the indoor slopes at Landgraaf, Paralympic Winter Games.
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.
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Competition calendar 2015-2016
Level Location, Country Date Programme Level Location, Country Date Programme
Youth race Landgraaf, Nether- 17 November Slalom World Cup Tarvisio, Italy 18-19 January Slalom, giant slalom
lands IPCAS Park City, Utah, USA 21-22 January Slalom, giant slalom
IPCAS* Landgraaf, Nether- 17-18 November Slalom 1, slalom 2 World Cup St Moritz, Switzer- 21-23 January Slalom 1, slalom 2
lands land
Europa Cup Landgraaf, Nether- 19-20 November Slalom 1, slalom 2 World Cup St. Moritz, Switzer- 21-23 January Slalom 1, slalom 2
lands land
IPCAS Panorama, Canada 1-4 December Super-G, super World Cup Tignes, France 25-29 January Downhill training,
combined, giant downhill 1, downhill
slalom, slalom 2, super-G 1,
IPCAS Ravascletto-Zoncol- 5-6 December Giant slalom, slalom super-G 2
an, Italy IPCAS Veysonnaz, Switzer- 25-28 January Slalom 1, slalom 2,
IPCAS Ravascletto- 7-8 December Giant slalom, slalom land giant slalom 1, giant
Zoncolan, Italy slalom 2
National Pitztal, Austria 12-13 December Slalom, giant slalom Youth Race Stara Planina, 29-30 January Slalom, giant slalom
Championships Serbia
Youth race Pitztal, Austria 12-13 December Slalom, giant slalom IPCAS Stara Planina, 30 January - 2 Slalom, giant slalom,
Europa Cup Pitztal, Austria 14-15 December Super combined, Serbia February downhill training,
Super-G downhill 1, downhill
2
IPCAS Winter Park, USA 16-19 December Slalom 1, slalom 2,
giant slalom 1, giant Europa Cup Stara Planina, 1-5 February Downhill training,
slalom 2 Serbia downhill 1, downhill
2, super combined
Europa Cup Silz, Tirol (Kühtai), 18-20 December Slalom, giant slalom,
Austria super combined IPCAS White Face, USA 5-7 February Super-G, giant
slalom, slalom
Youth race Rinn, Tirol (Kühtai), 4-5 January Slalom 1, slalom 2
Austria National Champion- Aspen, Buttermilk 11-14 February Downhill training,
ships USA downhill super-G,
IPCAS Rinn, Tirol (Kühtai), 4-5 January Slalom 1, slalom 2 super combined
Austria
IPCAS Aspen, Buttermilk, 12 February Downhill
Europa Cup La Molina, Spain 7-10 January Giant slalom 1, giant USA
slalom 2, slalom 1,
slalom 2 IPCAS Kimberley, Canada 16-19 February Downhill training
downhill 1, downhill
Europa Cup Espot, Spain 11-12 January Super combined, 2, super-G 1,
super-G super-G 2
World Cup Abtenau, Austria 15-17 January Giant slalom, World Cup Final Aspen, USA 24-26 February Giant slalom 1, giant
super-G 1, super-G slalom 2, slalom
2, super combined
World Cup Final Aspen, Buttermilk, 28 February - 4 Downhill training,
IPCAS Rokytnice nad 16-18 January Giant slalom 1, sla- USA March downhill 1, downhill
Jizero, lom, giant slalom 2 2, super-G 1,
Czech Republik super-G 2
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Accreditation for competitions
Level Location, Country Date Programme Media accreditation and access for World Cup competitions can be obtained through
Asian Cup Yongpyong, South 8-10 March Slalom 1, slalom 2, the local organisers for each event.
Korea giant slalom
National Champion- Mellau, Austria 11-13 March Super combined, World Cup Name Contact
ships giant slalom slalom Abtenau, Austria Michael Knaus michael-knaus@a1.net
Youth Race Mellau, Austria 12-13 March Giant slalom, slalom
Tarvisio, Italy Tiziano Gualtieri tiziano.gualtieri@alice.it
Europa Cup Final Obersaxen, 16-18 March Super-G, super com-
Switzerland bined, giant slalom St. Moritz, Switzerland Nicolas Hausammann hausammann@plusport.ch
Youth Race Obersaxen, 19-20 March Giant slalom, slalom Tignes, France David Deguelle davdeguelle@hotmail.com
Switzerland
National Champion- Obersaxen, 19-20 March Giant slalom, slalom Aspen, USA (speed and Brianna Tammaro Brianna.Tammaro@usoc.org
ships Switzerland technical World Cups)
Asia Cup Hakuba Nagano, 20-23 March Giant slalom, slalom,
Japan super combined,
super-G
National Champion- Loon Mountain, USA 21-23 March Giant slalom, slalom
ships
IPCAS Pra-Loup, France 22 March Super- G
IPCAS Loon Mountain, USA 22-24 March Giant slalom, slalom
National Champion- Pra-Loup, France 22-24 March Super- G, slalom,
ships giant slalom
IPCAS Whistler/Blackcomb, 24-26 March Slalom, giant slalom
Canada
National Champion- Whistler/Blackcomb, 25-27 March Slalom, giant slalom
ships Canada
National Champion- Tignes, France 26-27 March Slalom, giant slalom
ships (Great Britain)
* 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 for example, have an impaired leg from
competition. Athletes competing in birth. You may see them ski with one ski
Paralympic sports have an impairment only.
that leads to a competitive disadvantage
in sport. Sport class LW 3: This sport class is for
athletes who have a moderate impair-
Consequently, a system has to be put ment in both legs. They will ski with two
in place to minimise the impact of im- skis and prosthesis. Some LW 3 skiers
pairments on sport performance and to have mild coordination problems or
ensure the success of an athlete is deter- muscle weakness in both legs, or a below
mined by skill, fitness, power, endurance, knee amputation in both legs.
tactical ability and mental focus, much
like able-bodied sports. This system is Sport class LW 4: Similar to skiers in sport
called classification. class LW 2, LW 4 skiers have an impair-
ment in one leg only, but with less activity Sitting Visually impaired
Classification determines who is eligible limitation. A typical example is a below All sit-skiers have an impairment affect- Sport class B1: Skiers in this sport class
to compete in a Paralympic sport and it knee amputation in one leg. They will use ing their legs. They are allocated different are either blind or have very low visual
groups the eligible athletes in sport classes two skis during the race. sport classes depending on their sitting acuity. By way of explanation, their level
according to their activity limitation in a balance, which is very important for of visual acuity is such that the athlete
certain sport. acceleration and balancing during the cannot recognise the letter “E” (15x15cm
Skiers with arm impairments: races. in size) from a distance of 25cm. During
Sport class LW 5/7: Athletes in this sport the race they are required to wear eye-
Sport classes class ski with an impairment in both arms. Sport class LW 10: Skiers in this sport shades.
In alpine skiing, athletes are grouped to- Some athletes have amputations and class have no or minimal trunk stability,
gether into sitting, standing and visually others have limited muscle power or co- for example due to spinal cord injuries or Sport class B2: This sport class profile in-
impaired classifications. ordination problems. They will race down spina bifida. They therefore rely mainly on cludes athletes with a higher visual acuity
the slopes without ski poles. their arms to manoeuvre the sit-ski. than athletes competing in the B1 class,
A real-time calculated timing system, but they are unable to recognise the let-
developed over many years, is used to en- Sport class LW 6/8: Skiers have an im- Sport class LW 11: Skiers have good abil- ter “E” from a distance of 4m. Moreover,
sure that athletes with different types of pairment in one arm. Skiers will compete ities in their upper trunk, but very limited athletes with a visual field of less than
impairment grouped into the same sport with one ski pole only. control in their lower trunk and hips, as 10 degrees diameter are eligible for this
class can compete together fairly. it would be the case for skiers with lower sport class.
spinal cord injuries.
Skiers with combined arm and leg Sport class B3: The B3 sport class profile
Standing impairments: Sport class LW 12: This sport class in- describes the least severe visual impair-
cludes skiers with normal or only slightly ment eligible for alpine skiing. Eligible
Skiers with leg impairments: Sport class LW 9: Skiers in this sport class decreased trunk function and leg im- athletes either have a restricted visual
Sport class LW 1: This sport class is allo- have an impairment that affects arms pairments. Skiers with leg impairments field of less than 40 degrees diameter or
cated to athletes with an impairment that and legs. Some skiers in this class have in sport classes LW 1-4 often also fit this a low visual acuity.
strongly affects both legs, for example an coordination problems, such as spasticity sport class, so that they can choose if
above knee amputation of both legs or or some loss of control over one side of they want to ski sitting or standing in the In IPC Alpine Skiing, you will see athletes
significant muscle weakness in both legs. their body. Depending on their abilities, beginning of their career. with a visual impairment skiing with a
they will ski with one or two skis and one guide. The guide skis in front of the ath-
Sport class LW 2: Skiers have a signifi- or two poles. lete and verbally gives directions to the
cant impairment in one leg. Some skiers, * LW stands for Locomotor Winter. athlete.
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Ones to Watch – Women 18 IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 19
One to Watch – Sitting:
Anna-Lena Forster
Name: Biography
Anna-Lena Forster Only the very bravest of athletes would
try to come in between the long-standing
Country: rivalry of two of the world’s best women’s
Germany sit skiers.
Date of birth: But that is exactly what Anna-Lena Forst-
15 June 1995 er did at Sochi 2014, successfully elbow-
ing her way onto the podium alongside
Born: multiple Paralympic and world champi-
Radolfzell, Germany ons Austria’s Claudia Loesch and Ger
many’s Anna Schaffelhuber.
Classification:
Sitting In her early twenties, Foster looks set to
be her country’s next big thing and po-
Facebook: tentially take over the mantel of her five-
www.facebook.com/forster.annalena/ time Paralympic gold medallist teammate
Schaffelhuber.
Career highlights Born with her impairment, Forster made
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships her international debut in 2012 having
taken up alpine skiing at the age of six.
B Slalom
Forster has multiple World and Europa
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Cup podiums under her belt and has built
S Super combined and slalom herself a formidable reputation of being
able to pull out her best performances
B Giant slalom when it matters most. On her Paralympic
debut in Sochi, she made it onto the po
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships dium three times.
S Slalom
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.
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 21One to Watch – Sitting:
Claudia Loesch
Name: Biography
Claudia Loesch Claudia Loesch is a Paralympic Winter
Games veteran, winning a pair of gold
Country: medals at Vancouver 2010 and a bronze
Austria medal at Torino 2006.
Date of birth: In 2014, she added to that collection with
21 October 1988 a further two silver medals in super-G and
giant slalom.
Born:
Vienna, Austria At Sochi 2014 she was foiled in her gold
medal attempts by her German long term
Classification: rival Anna Schaffelhuber who left Russia
Sitting with a clean sweep.
Facebook: However the Innsbruck native was able to
www.facebook.com/claudia.loesch.fan- get revenge at the 2015 World Champion-
page ships, leaving with three titles after an in-
tense competition. That included a much
coveted first gold medal in downhill, a
Career highlights: victory which she cites as one of the most
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships important in her career alongside her first
world title in 2013.
G Downhill, super combined and slalom
Loesch finished second in the 2014-15
S Giant slalom World Cup standings, behind Schaffelhu-
ber. In 2015-16 she changed her sit-ski
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup
manufacturer and will spend the season
1 2 3
Overall second adjusting to her new equipment.
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Loesch, who became paraplegic after a
car accident at age five, was originally
S Super-G and giant slalom
inspired to take up skiing in 1996 after
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships she saw Paralympic athletes cruising
down the slopes on television. Loesch
Giant slalom, super-G and super
G combined
graduated from the 2006 IPC Alpine Ski-
ing development camp along with fellow
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Austrian Paralympic champion, Markus
Salcher.
G Slalom and super-G
S Super combined
B Downhill
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 23One to Watch – Sitting:
Momoko Muraoka
Name: Biography
Momoko Muraoka Muraoka is Japan’s top female sit-skier,
with 10 Asia Cup podiums across speed
Country: and technical events from the last three
Japan seasons.
Date of birth: In 2015, she made her mark on the in-
3 March 1997 ternational scene with her first World
Championships podiums alongside the
Born: likes of multiple Paralympic and Worlds
Saitama, Japan medallists, Austria’s Claudia Loesch and
Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber.
Classification:
Sitting Diagnosed with transverse myelitis at the
age of four, Muraoka has also showed her
prowess on the World Cup circuit with a
Career highlights handful of top three finishes as she con-
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships tinues to improve season-on-season.
S Downhill The teenager was a T54 track para-
athlete with several podium finishes from
B Giant slalom 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.
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 25One to Watch – Sitting:
Anna Schaffelhuber
Name: Biography
Anna Schaffelhuber Anna Schaffelhuber is one of Germany’s
most successful para-alpine skiers after
Country: winning five golds medals out of five at the
Germany Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Date of birth: Schaffelhuber has been cruising down
27 January 1993 the slopes in a sit ski since age five, and
in 2007 she made the German national
Born: team for the first time.
Regensburg, Germany
She was the world’s top ranked sit-skier
Classification: in 2012-13, winning a gold medal in the
Sitting slalom event at the 2013 World Cham
pionships. She also was the first and only
Facebook: female sit-skier to cross the line in the
www.facebook.com/pages/Anna-Schaf- first downhill race at the IPC Alpine Skiing
felhuber/152443961493287 World Cup Finals in Sochi, on the same
course that was used for the Paralympic
Winter Games.
Career highlights
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships She dominated the women’s sitting class
on the 2013-14 IPC Alpine Skiing World
G Super-G and giant slalom Cup circuit, hauling in the most victories
of any competitor and winning the overall
S Slalom and super combined women’s sitting trophy.
B Downhill Sochi 2014 was Schaffelhuber’s second
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Paralympic Winter Games experience,
having won a bronze medal in 2010 at
Downhill, slalom, super combined, just 17 years of age.
G super-G and giant slalom
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships At the 2015 World Championships, Schaf-
felhuber battled against her greatest rival,
G Slalom
Austria’s Claudia Loesch. Whilst Schaf-
felhuber was expected to reign supreme
S Giant slalom and super-G
after her stunning performance in Sochi,
she was beaten to the top of the podium
B Downhill and super combined
twice by Loesch.
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Super combined, slalom and giant Schaffelhuber is the defending World
G slalom Cup champion from 2014-15 and whilst
she will be racing, her focus will be on her
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
education before returning at full force for
B Super-G the next World Championships season in
2016-2017.
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 27One to Watch – Standing:
Marie Bochet
Name: 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Marie Bochet
G Giant slalom and team event
Country:
France
S Super-G and downhill
Date of birth:
15 February 1994 Biography
Marie Bochet has dominated the women’s
Born: standing class at the last two World
Chambéry, France Championships, sweeping all five events
she competed in and winning her 11th
Classification: consecutive gold medal in 2015.
Standing
Bochet, who has agenesis of the left arm,
Twitter: started skiing at the age of five and made
@MarieBochet her Paralympic Winter Games debut in
Vancouver 2010 at just 15. While she
Facebook: failed to win a medal, she used the experi
www.facebook.com/bochetmarie ence to build her resume, following it up
with four medals at the 2011 IPC Alpine
Instagram: Skiing World Championships in Sestriere,
mariebochet Italy.
Bochet, a native of Chambery, is a 13-
Career highlights time medallist on the world stage and a
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships four-time medallist at the Paralympic
Winter Games from titles won at Sochi
Downhill, super-G, super combined,
G 2014.
slalom and giant slalom
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup The 2015-16 season will see the contin-
1 2 3 uation of the battle between Bochet and
Overall women’s standing title
Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss for the World
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Cup title.
Giant slalom, downhill, super combined,
G super-G
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super
G combined, super-G
2011-2012 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup
1 2 3
Overall women’s standing title
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 29One to Watch – Standing:
Anna Jochemsen
Name: Biography
Anna Jochemsen Anna Jochemsen has perhaps one of the
most unusual backgrounds of all para-
Country: alpine skiers.
Netherlands
Born in Swaziland in 1985, Jochemsen
Date of birth: first tried skiing at the age of seven in the
30 March 1985 USA. Many would also not expect a World
Championships medallist to come out of
Born: one of the flattest countries in the world.
Manzini, Swaziland
But that is exactly what Jochemsen did
Classification: with a bronze medal in super combined
Standing at the 2015 edition – her first career po
dium at the highest level of the sport.
Twitter:
@AnnaJochemsen That followed a series of World and Eur
opa Cup podiums gained since 2011-12
Facebook: and a Paralympic debut at Sochi 2014.
www.facebook.com/anna.jochemsen/
Jochemsen was born with one leg after
Instagram: her mother was involved in a car acci-
annajochemsen dent whilst pregnant, and took up skiing
thanks to the influence of her father.
Career highlights She is very active off the slopes, including
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships as an Ambassador for the Esther Vergeer
Foundation.
B Super combined
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 31One to Watch – Standing:
Stephanie Jallen
Name: Biography
Stephanie Jallen Teenage prodigy Stephanie Jallen is best
known for her medal ceremony after win-
Country: ning bronze at Sochi 2014.
USA
Showing the world why she has the
Date of birth: nickname ‘Hopper’ Jallen cast away her
13 February 1996 crutches and did just that – hopped onto
the podium to claim her first Paralympic
Born: medal in super-G.
USA
But Jallen’s talents extend beyond cap-
Classification: tivating the world with her celebrations.
Standing She has also taken on some of the world’s
best standing skiers in recent seasons,
Twitter: winning World Cups and achieving her
@StephJallen6 best ever overall finish of fifth in 2014-15.
Instagram: That crowned a season in which she
javelin215 won her first ever World Championships
podium, which in turn followed a double
bronze at Sochi 2014.
Career highlights
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Jallen has shown how serious she is
about top-level skiing, giving up many
B Giant slalom of the normal activities of a teenager to
train and compete. Since beginning para-
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
alpine skiing, Jallen was also involved in a
B Super-G and super combined 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.
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 33One to Watch – Standing:
Andrea Rothfuss
Name: Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
Andrea Rothfuss
S Giant slalom and slalom
Country:
Germany
B Super-G and downhill
Date of birth:
22 October 1989 Biography
Andrea Rothfuss saw her rivalry with
Born: alpine standing skier Marie Bochet of
Freudenstadt, Germany France come into full play at Sochi 2014,
winning gold in the slalom after a non-fin-
Classification: ish from the Frenchwoman, and a further
Standing two silvers.
Facebook: But Bochet has swept the World Cham-
www.facebook.com/andrea.rothfuss.1 pionships podium in the last two editions
with Rothfuss taking silver on eight of
those occasions.
Career highlights:
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Rothfuss started her skiing career in the
mid-1990’s at age six, and began racing
Downhill, super-G, super combined and
S by 2000. From there, she had success at
giant slalom
the national and European level before
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup heading to the Torino 2006 Games to
1 2 3 make her Paralympic debut. In Torino,
Overall second
she took fourth in the slalom and fifth in
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
the super-G.
G Slalom Then, at just 19, Rothfuss showed her
potential by winning four bronze medals
S Slalom and giant slalom in the five events she competed in at the
2009 World Championships. That set
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
the stage for her first Paralympic Winter
Downhill, slalom, giant slalom and super Games in 2010, where she won two sil-
S combined vers and a bronze.
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
The last time Rothfuss beat Bochet at a
G Slalom and downhill World Championships was in 2011 in the
downhill, and the pair will continue their
S Super combined and team event
great rivalry during the 2015-16 World
and Europa Cup season.
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 35One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Henrieta Farkasova
Name: Biography
Henrieta Farkasova Slovakia’s Henrieta Farkasova is a five-
time Paralympic champion in women’s
Country: visually impaired events.
Slovakia
At the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Win-
Date of birth: ter Games, Farkasova entered all five indi-
4 May 1986 vidual events and won three gold medals.
Born: She is an eight-time world champion and
Roznava, Slovakia was aiming to win gold medals in all five
events at the 2013 World Championships.
Classification:
Visually impaired Farkasova won the downhill and slalom
before a crash put her in a hospital bed
Facebook: with a broken wrist and three fractured
www.facebook.com/HenrietaFarkas- ribs.
ovaAndNatalySubrtova
As her recovery continued, she was un-
able to compete at the test events for
Career highlights: Sochi 2014, but when the Games com-
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games menced, Farkasova took her chance for a
strong comeback and picked up titles in
G Giant slalom and downhill the giant slalom and downhill.
B Slalom However her injury woes continued in
2014-15 and she was unable to compete
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
at the 2015 World Championships, leav-
G Downhill and slalom ing the way clear for her rival Aleksandra
Frantceva to collect two gold medals.
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Downhill, giant slalom, slalom and super 2015-16 will be therefore be another
G combined comeback season for Farkasova as she
tries to put her name on the World Cup,
B Team event
using her self-proclaimed technical abil-
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games ities and psychological strength, guided
by Natalia Subrtova.
Super-G, super combined and giant
G slalom
S Downhill
2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G Downhill and super-G
S Super combined
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 37One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Aleksandra Frantceva
Name: Biography
Aleksandra Frantceva Aleksandra Frantceva, guided by Semen
Pliaskin, is a visually impaired skier of the
Country: highest order.
Russia
At the age of 17, after a local sports direc-
Date of birth: tor noticed her training in a fitness gym,
26 April 1987 her progression led her to becoming one
of the favourites for success at her home
Born: Paralympics in Sochi.
Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Frantceva did not disappoint, making it
Classification: onto the podium in all her events, from
Visually impaired speed to skill. The following season saw
her do the same, with a 100 per cent re-
cord at the 2015 World Championships.
Career highlights
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Frantceva competed in her first Paralym-
pics at the Vancouver 2010 Games, and
G Giant slalom and slalom although she did not win a medal, the
experience marked the start of a very
S Super combined successful career.
B Super-G and downhill Frantceva’s biggest rival Slovakian skier
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Henrieta Farkasova has pushed her hard
all the way, and currently holds three
G Slalom and super combined more world titles.
S Giant slalom and super-G At World and Europa Cups she has shuf-
fled podium places with Farkasova, as
B Downhill well as Great Britain’s Kelly Gallagher and
Jade Etherington and the US husband
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
and wife team of Danelle and Rob Um-
Giant slalom, super-G and super stead.
G combined
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Frantceva’s younger brother Ivan is also
Super combined, giant slalom and an alpine skier who represents Russia.
S super-G
B Slalom and downhill
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 39One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Kelly Gallagher
Name: She finished in fourth and sixth in her two
Kelly Gallagher events at her first Paralympics at the Van-
couver 2010 Games, but has won a com-
Country: bined six medals at two IPC Alpine Skiing
Great Britain World Championships in 2011 and 2013.
Date of birth: Together with guide Charlotte Evans, she
20 May 1985 won her first World Cup title in Sochi in
the 2012-13 season and captured two
Classification: silver medals and two bronze at the 2013
Visually impaired IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.
Twitter: Gallagher, who has oculocutaneous al-
@Kellygallagher binism, a condition that affects the pig-
ment of her skin, hair and eyes, is the first
Facebook: athlete from her country to win a medal
www.facebook.com/KellyandCharlotte of any kind at the World Championships
level.
Instagram:
kellygallagher17 However just before the 2015 Worlds,
Gallagher was forced to withdraw after
Evans suffered concussion after a col-
Career highlights lision between the two during training.
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Gallagher will be guided by Claire Robb in
2015-16.
G Super-G
Gallagher received a “Ski Barbie” when
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
she was younger and later persuaded her
S Super-G and supercombined father to take a detour during a family
vacation so she could try the sport for the
B Downhill and giant slalom first time. After a few years, her university
friends told her she should try racing. As
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships she is not able to drive or cycle, she thinks
S Slalom it is the fastest sport she can do.
B Giant slalom 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
Biography Northern Ireland Statistics and Research
Great Britain’s Kelly Gallagher became Agency.
the first ever British Winter Paralympic
gold medallist at Sochi 2014.
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 41One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Danelle Umstead
Name: Biography
Danelle Umstead Visually impaired US skier Danelle
Umstead and her guide husband Rob are
Country: together known as team Vision4Gold.
USA
Their incredible relationship has taken
Date of birth: them to two Paralympic Winter Games
15 February 1972 and has seen them step onto the podium
twice consecutively.
Born:
Des Plaines, Illinois, USA However before 2015 they had not won a
World Championships medal, agonisingly
Classification: missing out by just one place four times.
Visually impaired
That all changed at the 2015 World
Twitter: Championships, with not just one but
@DanelleUmstead three medals. They also finished on top of
the World Cup rankings in 2014-15.
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/Vision4Gold Danelle is an inspiration to many not just
because of her ability to ski down a moun-
Instagram: tain with only the voice of her husband to
vision4gold follow, but also because in 2010 she was
diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and has
been skiing with the condition ever since.
Career Highlights:
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships The pair are determined to compete at
PyeongChang 2018 and with a switch in
S Downhill and super-G focus to the downhill as Danelle’s special-
ist event, the plan appears to be coming
B Super combined together nicely.
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
B Super combined
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
B Downhill and super combined
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 43Ones to Watch – Men 44 IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 45
One to Watch – Sitting:
Georg Kreiter
Name: Biography
Georg Kreiter Four years after being paralysed in a
motorcycle accident in 2002, Georg
Country: Kreiter took up para-alpine skiing and
Germany made his debut for Germany in 2009.
Date of birth: After just a couple of seasons skiing on
20 February 1985 the international circuit, in 2011-12 he
broke into the World Cup top ten. Kreiter
Born: stayed there in the following seasons be-
Wolfratshausen, Germany fore finishing a career high fifth in 2014-
15.
Classification:
Sitting Determined to make-up for a disappoint-
ing Paralympic debut at Sochi 2014
Facebook: where he crossed the finish line in just
www.facebook.com/georgkreiter.fanpage/ one event, Kreiter won double gold at the
2015 World Championships in Panorama,
Canada.
Career highlights
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships He did so in the face of tough opposition.
Japan’s multiple Paralympic and world
G Super combined and giant slalom 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.
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 47One to Watch – Sitting:
Taiki Morii
Name: Biography
Taiki Morii Taiki Morii started sit-skiing after watch-
ing the 1998 Nagano Winter Games while
Country: in hospital.
Japan
He is a two-time Paralympian and while
Date of birth: he has enjoyed success at the highest
11 July 1980 level away from the Paralympic Games,
he has also medalled at every single
Born: Games since 2006.
Japan
Morii won a silver medal at the Torino
Classification: 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in giant
Sitting slalom, a silver medal in downhill at the
Vancouver 2010 Games and a bronze
medal in the super-G. He followed that up
Career highlights: in 2014 with a super-G silver in Sochi.
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Morii got his first taste of gold taking top
S Slalom spot in giant slalom at the 2011 World
Championships.
B Downhill and giant slalom
His form continued in 2013 where the
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
sit-skier won world titles in giant slalom,
S Super-G super combined and super-G, in addition
to picking up a silver medal in the slalom.
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Giant slalom, super-G and super Morii has a healthy rivalry with fellow
G combined countryman Takeshi Suzuki and between
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships them they won four medals at the 2015
World Championships, where only Suzuki
G Giant slalom left with a coveted gold.
S Super-G
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
S Downhill
B Super-G
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 49One to Watch – Sitting:
Corey Peters
Name: Biography
Corey Peters New Zealand’s sit-skier Corey Peters real-
ly came of age in his career at Sochi 2014,
Country: winning his first ever major international
New Zealand medal with silver in the giant slalom.
Date of birth: As a qualified cabinet and boat maker,
13 July 1983 Peters has some natural finesse which
only took three years of competitive ski-
Born: ing to perfect after his international debut
New Zealand in 2011.
Classification: He is also used to adrenaline-fuelled
Sitting sports and became paralysed after a
moto-cross accident in 2009.
Twitter:
@coreypeters83 At the 2015 World Championships Peters
proved that his success in Sochi was no
Facebook: fluke, with downhill and super-G world
www.facebook.com/CoreyPetersAlpine- titles and a giant slalom silver to boot.
SkiRacer
He has been recognised in New Zealand
Instagram: as being amongst the best athletes his
corey_peters country has to offer, by being named the
Snow Sports New Zealand Athlete of the
Year two years in a row.
Career highlights:
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships In 2015-16 Peters will be focusing on his
World Cup performance, with a top three
G Downhill and super-G finish the only thing missing from his car
eer achievements so far.
S Giant slalom
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
S Giant slalom
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 51One to Watch – Sitting:
Takeshi Suzuki
Name: Biography:
Takeshi Suzuki At Sochi 2014, Takeshi Suzuki won his
first Paralympic gold medal on the 17th
Country: anniversary of the accident in which he
Japan lost both his legs.
Date of birth: Suzuki is one of the stars of the men’s
3 May 1988 sit-skiing competition and composes part
of a formidable Japanese team in the
Born: classification.
Fukushima, Japan
He started the sport when he was just
Classification: seven years old and never looked back.
Sitting
At the 2011 World Championships, he
won the super combined and slalom and
Career highlights: added to gold medal haul with a win in the
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships slalom in 2015.
G Slalom Suzuki, who always touches his skis
before he starts a race, is a three-time
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup
Paralympian. As well as his Sochi gold
1 2 3
Overall winner and bronze, he also captured silver in
giant slalom at Vancouver 2010.
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
On the World Cup circuit, Suzuki enters
G Slalom
2015-16 as the defending champion in
the men’s sitting.
B Downhill
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
G Super combined and slalom
S Giant slalom and downhill
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
B Giant slalom
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 53One to Watch – Standing:
Alexey Bugaev
Name: Biography:
Alexey Bugaev Since his debut at Landgraaf, the Neth-
erlands, in 2011, Russia’s Alexey Bugaev
Country: has been the man to beat in the men’s
Russia standing field.
Date of birth: From double silver at his first World
30 March 1997 Championships to a medal in every event
at Sochi 2014 and a clean sweep at the
Born: 2015 World Championships, Bugaev is
Krasnoyarsk, Russia one of his country’s most talented skiers.
Classification: Worryingly for his competitors, he
Standing achieved all of this as a teenager.
Born with his impairment, his parents first
Career highlights took him to ski when Bugaev was seven-
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships years-old as they wanted him to better
integrate with his peers. He was spotted
Downhill, super-G, super combined,
G by a local coach and never looked back.
giant slalom and slalom
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup At the 2013 World Championships, Bu-
1 2 3 gaev showed immense hunger to succeed
Overall men’s standing title
after falling and breaking his arm during
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
the slalom. Despite the injury, he contin-
ued on in a plaster and went on to win two
G Slalom and super combined silver medals.
S Giant slalom and downhill The men’s standing field remains incred-
ibly competitive. But Paralympic cham
B Super-G pions Markus Salcher of Austria and now
retired Frenchman Vincent Gauthier-
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Manuel tried and failed to beat Bugaev on
S Super combined and giant slalom 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.
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 55One to Watch – Standing:
Markus Salcher
Name: Biography
Markus Salcher Markus Salcher, born with the right side
of his body paralysed, is one of the young-
Country: er standing skiers on the Austrian team.
Austria He surprised doubters in 2013-14 by fin-
ishing atop the world rankings after cap-
Date of birth: turing world titles in the men’s downhill
4 June 1991 and super-G.
Born: A graduate of IPC Alpine Skiing’s 2006
Klagenfurt, Austria development camp, at age 22 the young
hopeful competed in his second Paralym-
Classification: pic Winter Games in Sochi and became
Standing an overnight star in Austria after winning
double gold.
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Markus-Sal- He has gone from strength to strength,
cher/309620819099311 climbing the world rankings since com-
peting at the Vancouver 2010 Games.
Instagram:
captain_selx Supported by a close family, Salcher’s
father was a coach of the Austrian team at
the Torino 2006 Games, and his brother,
Career highlights Moritz, also competes in alpine skiing for
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships an Austrian sports club.
S 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
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 57One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Miroslav Haraus
Name: Biography
Miroslav Haraus It was not until 2015, after 13 years of
trying, that Haraus finally got his hands
Country: on his first world title with guide Maros
Slovakia Hudik.
Date of birth: A serial medallist at World Champion-
1 August 1986 ships and Paralympic Winter Games
since 2009, Haraus was the nearly man
Born: of men’s visually impaired skiing despite
Prešov, Slovakia being a good all-rounder in both speed
and technical events.
Classification:
Visually impaired However in the super combined at the
Worlds, Haraus and Hudik pulled out a
sensational slalom run to take top spot
Career highlights on the podium, improving from their third
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships place after the super-G.
G Super combined Haraus will be hoping it will be third time
lucky PyeongChang 2018, where he will
S Slalom target his first Paralympic title.
B Downhill and super-G In the meantime, Haraus will focus on
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
the World and Europa Cups in 2015-16
ahead of the next World Championships
S Downhill 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
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 59One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Mac Marcoux
Name: Biography
Mac Marcoux Mac began skiing at the age of just four
and entered his first para-alpine skiing
Country: event at 13 after being talent spotted by
Canada Alpine Canada.
Date of birth: Just three years later at the age of 16,
21 June 1997 Mac took the slopes of Rosa Khutor by
storm, winning gold in the men’s giant
Born: slalom visually impaired on his Para
Sault Sainte Marie, Canada lympic Winter Games debut at Sochi
2014 with guide Robin Femy.
Classification:
Visually impaired He also picked up two bronze medals in
the downhill and super-G.
Twitter:
@MarcouxBros As perfect as the debut may have
seemed, with just weeks to go until the
Instagram: start of Sochi, Mac’s brother BJ, who had
macmarcoux been his original guide, had to step aside
because of a back injury.
Career highlights: That was not the case at their home World
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Championships in 2015, when the pair
were reunited and won their dream first
G Downhill gold medal together. Sadly, an injury to
Mac put pay to any further medals and
S Super-G they withdrew from the competition.
2014-15 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup
Their 2014-15 season was nonetheless
1 2 3
Overall winner crowned with an overall World Cup win,
and the brothers will be hoping to cement
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games their place as the world’s best men’s vis-
ually impaired skiers in 2015-16.
G Giant slalom
B Super-G and downhill
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
S Giant slalom
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 61One to Watch – Visually impaired:
Jon Santacana-Maiztegui
Name: Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
Jon Santacana-Maiztegui
G Downhill
Country:
Spain
S Giant slalom and slalom
Date of birth:
2 November 1980 Biography
Jon Santacana-Maiztegui is a visually
Born: impaired skier who, with guide Miguel
San Sebastian, Spain Galindo-Garces, is one of the best, but
possibly most unlucky, performers in the
Classification: men’s field.
Visually impaired Before Vancouver 2010, Santacana-
Maiztegui suffered a knee injury which
Twitter: very nearly ruled him out of his second
@JonSantacana Paralympic Games. However, he was
determined to travel to Canada for what
Facebook: turned out to be a successful trip, win-
www.facebook.com/jonsantacana ning downhill gold and a further two silver
medals.
Instagram: The following seasons proved fruitful and
jonsantacana injury free, with Santacana winning three
world titles at 2011 World Champion-
ships. Then in 2013 at his home World
Career highlights: Championships he won three gold medals
2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in the downhill, giant slalom and super-G
events.
S Giant slalom But disaster was to strike once again in
the year before a Paralympic Games, as
B Super combined and slalom Santacana-Maiztegui tore his Achilles
tendon, putting him out of action for six
Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
months.
G Downhill And so the comeback king returned at the
very last opportunity for the 2013-14 IPC
S Slalom Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals just weeks
before the start of Sochi 2014. He went
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
on to retain his Paralympic title.
G Downhill, giant slalom and super-G In 2015, Russia’s Valerii Redkozubov
dominated at the World Championships
2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships but Santacana-Maiztegui proved he is
Super-G, giant slalom and super still amongst the best with one silver and
G combined two bronze medals.
Off the slopes, Santacana-Maiztegui is a
S Slalom and downhill keen surfer and mountain biker.
IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 63Vital 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 13
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 6
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 4
15 Paul Dibello USA 5 5 15 Pascale Casanova FRA 3 6 2 11
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 1 6 =17 Elisabeth Osterwalder SUI 3 1 4
20 Helmut Falch AUT 4 4 20 Martina Altenberger AUT 3 3
64 IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 65Participation
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
66 IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 67Medals 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 1 13
NED 1 1 =13 AUS 2 2 14
ROU 1 1 =13
SUI 1 1 =13
68 IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide IPC Alpine Skiing Media Guide 692015 World Championships medallists
Full historical results from all World Championships since 2009 can be found at Event Placing Name Country
ipc-alpineskiing.org.
Silver Matthias Lanzinger AUT
Men Bronze Alexander Vetrov RUS
Event Placing Name Country Visually impaired Gold Mac Marcoux CAN
Slalom Silver Mark Bathum USA
Sitting Gold Takeshi Suzuki JPN Bronze Miroslav Haraus SVK
Silver Taiki Morii JPN Super combined
Bronze Thomas Nolte GER Sitting Gold Georg Kreiter GER
Standing Gold Alexey Bugaev RUS Silver Roman Rabl AUT
Silver Alexander Alyabyev RUS Bronze Frederic Francois FRA
Bronze Matt Hallat CAN Standing Gold Alexey Bugaev RUS
Visually Impaired Gold Valerii Redkozubov RUS Silver Markus Salcher AUT
Silver Miroslav Haraus SVK Bronze Matthias Lanzinger AUT
Bronze Jon Santacana ESP Visually impaired Gold Miroslav Haraus SVK
Giant slalom Silver Ivan Frantcev RUS
Sitting Gold Georg Kreiter GER Bronze Jon Santacana ESP
Silver Corey Peters NZL Super-G
Bronze Taiki Morii JPN Sitting Gold Corey Peters NZL
Standing Gold Alexey Bugaev RUS Silver Frederic Francois FRA
Silver Markus Salcher AUT Bronze Andrew Earl Kurka USA
Bronze Matthias Lanzinger AUT Standing Gold Alexey Bugaev RUS
Visually impaired Gold Valerii Redkozubov RUS Silver Matthias Lanzinger AUT
Silver Jon Santacana ESP Bronze Thomas Pfyl SUI
Bronze Patrik Hetmer CZE Visually impaired Gold Ivan Frantcev RUS
Downhill Silver Mac Marcoux CAN
Sitting Gold Corey Peters NZL Bronze Miroslav Haraus SVK
Silver Roman Rabl AUT
Bronze Taiki Morii JPN
Standing Gold Alexey Bugaev RUS
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Event Placing Name Country Visually impaired Gold Melissa Perrine AUS
Slalom Silver Danelle Umstead USA
Sitting Gold Claudia Loesch AUT Bronze Aleksandra Frantceva RUS
Silver Anna Schaffelhuber GER Super combined
Bronze Anna-Lena Forster GER Sitting Gold Claudia Loesch AUT
Standing Gold Marie Bochet FRA Silver Anna Schaffelhuber GER
Silver Mariia Papulova RUS Bronze Laurie Stephens USA
Bronze Laura Valeanu ROU Standing Gold Marie Bochet FRA
Visually Impaired Gold Aleksandra Frantceva RUS Silver Andrea Rothfuss GER
Silver Melissa Perrine AUS Bronze Anna Jochemsen NED
Bronze Mille Knight GBR Visually impaired Gold Melissa Perrine AUS
Giant slalom Silver Aleksandra Frantceva RUS
Sitting Gold Anna Schaffelhuber GER Bronze Danelle Umstead USA
Silver Claudia Loesch AUT Super-G
Bronze Momoka Muraoka JPN Sitting Gold Anna Schaffelhuber GER
Standing Gold Marie Bochet FRA Silver Claudia Loesch AUT
Silver Andrea Rothfuss GER Bronze Anna-Lena Forster GER
Bronze Stephanie Jallen USA Standing Gold Marie Bochet FRA
Visually impaired Gold Aleksandra Frantceva RUS Silver Andrea Rothfuss GER
Silver Mille Knight GBR Bronze Mariia Papulova RUS
Bronze Melissa Perrine AUS Visually impaired Gold Melissa Perrine AUS
Downhill Silver Danelle Umstead USA
Sitting Gold Claudia Loesch AUT Bronze Aleksandra Frantceva RUS
Silver Momoka Muraoka JPN
Bronze Anna Schaffelhuber GER
Standing Gold Marie Bochet FRA
Silver Andrea Rothfuss GER
Bronze Mariia Papulova RUS
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