# 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

The 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in La Molina ski resort in Spain from 18 to 27 February 2013. The Championship is held biannually by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is the largest event of its type outside the Winter Paralympics.
Skiers competed in sitting, standing or visually impaired classification categories in Downhill, giant slalom, Slalom, Super-G, Super Combined and Team events.
Over 118 skiers competed, with France finishing the Championship on top of the medal table with the most gold medals and Canada finishing with the highest total medals won (14).

## Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on the 18 February.

## Events
### Men

| Event | Date | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Downhill | Feb 20 | Visually impaired | Yon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: M. Galidno Garces Spain | 1:25.14 | Alessandro Daldoss Guide: Davide Riva Italy | 1:26.80 | Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy Canada | 1:27.77 |
| Downhill | Feb 20 | Standing | Markus Salcher Austria | 1:29.74 | Michael Bruegger Switzerland | 1:32.51 | Matthias Lanzinger Austria | 1:33.80 |
| Downhill | Feb 20 | Sitting | Franz Hanfstingl Germany | 1:31.92 | Stephen Lawler United States | 1:32.58 | Yohann Taberlet France | 1:32.77 |
| Super-G | Feb 21 | Visually impaired | Yon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: M. Galidno Garces Spain | 1:10.49 | Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy Canada | 1:11.65 | Hugo Thomas Guide: Luana Bergamin Switzerland | 1:12.78 |
| Super-G | Feb 21 | Standing | Markus Salcher Austria | 1:12.49 | Matthias Lanzinger Austria | 1:13.66 | Michael Bruegger Switzerland | 1:14.82 |
| Super-G | Feb 21 | Sitting | Taiki Morii Japan | 1:13.49 | Yohann Taberlet France | 1:13.50 | Akira Kano Japan | 1:13.69 |
| Slalom | Feb 24 | Visually impaired | Ivan Frantsev Guide: German Agranovskii Russia | 1:57.94 | Miroslav Haraus Guide: Maria Zatovicova Slovakia | 1:59.21 | Valery Redkozubov Guide: V. Molodtsov Russia | 2:00.11 |
| Slalom | Feb 24 | Standing | Vincent Gauthier-Manuel France | 1:55.85 | Thomas Pfyl Switzerland | 1:57.30 | Adam Hall New Zealand | 1:57.69 |
| Slalom | Feb 24 | Sitting | Philipp Bonadimann Austria | 1:58.52 | Taiki Morii Japan | 2:02.67 | Dietmar Dorn Austria | 2:05.46 |
| Super combined | Feb 25 | Visually impaired | Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy Canada | 1:43.47 | Miroslav Haraus Guide: Maria Zatovicova Slovakia | 1:45.02 | Ivan Frantsev Guide: German Agranovskii Russia | 1:47.90 |
| Super combined | Feb 25 | Standing | Matthias Lanzinger Austria | 1:42.44 | Alexey Bugaev Russia | 1:42.90 | Cedric Amafroi-Broisat France | 1:44.89 |
| Super combined | Feb 25 | Sitting | Taiki Morii Japan | 1:44.74 | Takeshi Suzuki Japan | 1:47.37 | Philipp Bonadimann Austria | 1:47.58 |
| Giant slalom | Feb 26 | Visually impaired | Yon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: M. Galidno Garces Spain | 2:12.32 | Mac Marcoux Guide: B. J. Marcoux Canada | 2:13.59 | Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy Canada | 2:13.87 |
| Giant slalom | Feb 26 | Standing | Vincent Gauthier-Manuel France | 2:09.02 | Alexey Bugaev Russia | 2:09.61 | Michael Bruegger Switzerland | 2:11.50 |
| Giant slalom | Feb 26 | Sitting | Taiki Morii Japan | 2:15.80 | Takeshi Suzuki Japan | 2:20.12 | Christoph Kunz Switzerland | 2:20.26 |

### Women

| Event | Date | Class | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Downhill | Feb 20 | Visually impaired | Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova Slovakia | 1:33.11 | Aleksandra Frantceva Guide: Pavel Zabotin Russia | 1:34.63 | Kelly Gallagher Guide: Charlotte Evans Great Britain | 1:51.57 |
| Downhill | Feb 20 | Standing | Marie Bochet France | 1:35.62 | Andrea Rothfuss Germany | 1:37.23 | Solene Jambaque France | 1:38.52 |
| Downhill | Feb 20 | Sitting | Laurie Stephens United States | 1:41.07 | Kimberly Joines Canada | 1:41.37 | Anna Schaffelhuber Germany | 1:44.17 |
| Super-G | Feb 21 | Visually impaired | Alexandra Frantseva Guide: Pavel Zabotin Russia | 1:18.20 | Kelly Gallagher Guide: Charlotte Evans Great Britain | 1:21.30; | Jade Etherington Guide: John Clark Great Britain | 1:21.58 |
| Super-G | Feb 21 | Standing | Marie Bochet France | 1:18.94 | Solene Jambaque France | 1:19.29 | Inga Medvedeva Russia | 1:20.99 |
| Super-G | Feb 21 | Sitting | Claudia Loesch Austria | 1:18.86 | Anna Schaffelhuber Germany | 1:22.65 | Laurie Stephens United States | 1:23.33 |
| Slalom | Feb 24 | Visually impaired | Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova Slovakia | 2:08.82 | Alexandra Frantseva Guide: Pavel Zabotin Russia | 2:10.49 | Viviane Forest Guide: C. Lauzon-Gauthier Canada | 2:13.60 |
| Slalom | Feb 24 | Standing | Marie Bochet France | 2:04.98 | Andrea Rothfuss Germany | 2:11.80 | Alexandra Starker Canada | 2:13.65 |
| Slalom | Feb 24 | Sitting | Anna Schaffelhuber Germany | 2:26.18 | Anna-Lena Forster Germany | 2:31.31 | Kimberly Joines Canada | 2:32.76 |
| Super combined | Feb 25 | Visually impaired | Alexandra Frantseva Guide: Pavel Zabotin Russia | 1:56.21 | Kelly Gallagher Guide: Charlotte Evans Great Britain | 1:58.81 | Petra Kozickova Guide: Tomas Hajek Slovakia | 2:04.63 |
| Super combined | Feb 25 | Standing | Marie Bochet France | 1:55.32 | Andrea Rothfuss Germany | 1:57.23 | Alexandra Starker Canada | 2:00.49 |
| Super combined | Feb 25 | Sitting | Claudia Loesch Austria | 2:04.29 | Kimberly Joines Canada | 2:07.51 | Anna Schaffelhuber Germany | 2:08.05 |
| Giant slalom | Feb 26 | Visually impaired | Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova Slovakia | 2:27.57 | Viviane Forest Guide: C. Lauzon-Gauthier Canada | 2:27.81 | Kelly Gallagher Guide: Charlotte Evans Great Britain | 2:29.07 |
| Giant slalom | Feb 26 | Standing | Marie Bochet France | 2:21.61 | Andrea Rothfuss Germany | 2:22.95 | Alexandra Starker Canada | 2:28.26 |
| Giant slalom | Feb 26 | Sitting | Claudia Loesch Austria | 2:29.70 | Anna Schaffelhuber Germany | 2:31.23 | Kimberly Joines Canada | 2:38.40 |

## Medals table

* Host nation (Spain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT) | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP)* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 |

## Participating nations

Over 118 participants from 29 nations competed.
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Canada
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* France
* Greece
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Italy
* Japan
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Switzerland
* United States

## Classifications

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

### Standing

* LW2 – single leg amputation above the knee
* LW3 – double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
* LW4 – single leg amputation below the knee
* LW5/7 – double arm amputation
* LW6/8 – single arm amputation
* LW9 – amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg

### Sitting

* LW 10 – paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
* LW 11 – paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
* LW 12 – double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance

### Visually impaired

* B1 – no functional vision
* B2 – up to ca 3–5% functional vision
* B3 – under 10% functional vision