# FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015

The 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Kreischberg, Austria from January 15–25, 2015. In 2014, the FIS (International Ski Federation) decided to merge the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships with the FIS Snowboarding World Championships starting with these championships. The Austrian municipality of Kreischberg was awarded the event in 2010.
Qualification for the women's aerials event began a day before the opening ceremony. Freestyle skiers competed in six disciplines: moguls, dual moguls, ski cross, slopestyle, halfpipe and aerials. Snowboarders competed in six disciplines: halfpipe, slopestyle, parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom, big air and snowboard cross.

## Schedule

| Q | Qualification | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Wed 14 | Thu 15 | Fri 16 | Sat 17 | Sun 18 | Sun 18 | Mon 19 | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 |
| Moguls | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dual Moguls | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | |
| Aerials | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Freestyle halfpipe | | | | | | | | | | Q | Q | F | | | | |
| Freestyle slopestyle | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | |
| Ski cross | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F |
| Big air | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Q | F | |
| Snowboard halfpipe | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Snowboard slopestyle | | | | | | | Q | Q | | F | | | | | | |
| Snowboard cross | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Parallel giant slalom | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | |
| Parallel slalom | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | |

## Medalists
### Freestyle skiing
#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Moguls details | Anthony Benna France | 86.89 | Mikaël Kingsbury Canada | 86.54 | Alexandr Smyshlyaev Russia | 85.68 |
| Dual moguls details | Mikaël Kingsbury Canada | Mikaël Kingsbury Canada | Philippe Marquis Canada | Philippe Marquis Canada | Marc-Antoine Gagnon Canada | Marc-Antoine Gagnon Canada |
| Aerials details | Qi Guangpu China | 139.50 | Alex Bowen United States | 121.27 | Maxim Gustik Belarus | 119.91 |
| Halfpipe details | Kyle Smaine United States | 88.00 | Joffrey Pollet-Villard France | 86.60 | Yannic Lerjen Switzerland | 82.40 |
| Slopestyle details | Fabian Bösch Switzerland | 92.60 | Russell Henshaw Australia | 91.80 | Noah Wallace United States | 82.40 |
| Ski cross details | Filip Flisar Slovenia | Filip Flisar Slovenia | Jean-Frédéric Chapuis France | Jean-Frédéric Chapuis France | Victor Öhling Norberg Sweden | Victor Öhling Norberg Sweden |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Moguls details | Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada | 87.25 | Hannah Kearney United States | 85.66 | Britteny Cox Australia | 81.98 |
| Dual moguls details | Hannah Kearney United States | Hannah Kearney United States | Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada | Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada | Yulia Galysheva Kazakhstan | Yulia Galysheva Kazakhstan |
| Aerials details | Laura Peel Australia | 88.47 | Kiley McKinnon United States | 88.12 | Xu Mengtao China | 86.84 |
| Halfpipe details | Virginie Faivre Switzerland | 83.80 | Cassie Sharpe Canada | 81.00 | Mirjam Jäger Switzerland | 79.80 |
| Slopestyle details | Lisa Zimmermann Germany | 85.80 | Katie Summerhayes Great Britain | 82.80 | Zuzana Stromkova Slovakia | 77.60 |
| Ski cross details | Andrea Limbacher Austria | Andrea Limbacher Austria | Ophélie David France | Ophélie David France | Fanny Smith Switzerland | Fanny Smith Switzerland |

### Snowboarding
#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Big air details | Roope Tonteri Finland | 173.75 | Darcy Sharpe Canada | 169.50 | Kyle Mack United States | 163.50 |
| Halfpipe details | Scotty James Australia | 91.50 | Yiwei Zhang China | 89.50 | Tim-Kevin Ravnjak Slovenia | 89.25 |
| Slopestyle details | Ryan Stassel United States | 97.50 | Roope Tonteri Finland | 93.75 | Kyle Mack United States | 92.75 |
| Snowboard cross details | Luca Matteotti Italy | Luca Matteotti Italy | Kevin Hill Canada | Kevin Hill Canada | Nick Baumgartner United States | Nick Baumgartner United States |
| Parallel giant slalom details | Andrey Sobolev Russia | Andrey Sobolev Russia | Žan Košir Slovenia | Žan Košir Slovenia | Benjamin Karl Austria | Benjamin Karl Austria |
| Parallel slalom details | Roland Fischnaller Italy | Roland Fischnaller Italy | Andrey Sobolev Russia | Andrey Sobolev Russia | Rok Marguč Slovenia | Rok Marguč Slovenia |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Big air details | Elena Könz Switzerland | 157.75 | Merika Enne Finland | 148.75 | Sina Candrian Switzerland | 143.25 |
| Halfpipe details | Xuetong Cai China | 94.25 | Queralt Castellet Spain | 81.25 | Clémence Grimal France | 80.25 |
| Slopestyle details | Miyabi Onitsuka Japan | 92.50 | Anna Gasser Austria | 89.50 | Klaudia Medlova Slovakia | 84.25 |
| Snowboard cross details | Lindsay Jacobellis United States | Lindsay Jacobellis United States | Nelly Moenne Loccoz France | Nelly Moenne Loccoz France | Michela Moioli Italy | Michela Moioli Italy |
| Parallel giant slalom details | Claudia Riegler Austria | Claudia Riegler Austria | Alena Zavarzina Russia | Alena Zavarzina Russia | Tomoka Takeuchi Japan | Tomoka Takeuchi Japan |
| Parallel slalom details | Ester Ledecka Czech Republic | Ester Ledecka Czech Republic | Julia Dujmovits Austria | Julia Dujmovits Austria | Marion Kreiner Austria | Marion Kreiner Austria |

## Participating countries

A total of 40 countries entered athletes.
* Andorra
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* China
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* United Kingdom
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iran
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine
* United States

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |

## Broadcasting

This was the first time the championships were available for live viewing on YouTube for free of charge, in countries where broadcasting agreements were not in place.