World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup

The World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup (previously called the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup) is an annual circuit of elite disabled alpine skiing competitions, regulated by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Held at ski areas across Europe, North America, and East Asia, the World Cup consists of timed races in five disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, super G, downhill, and super combined. Medals are awarded to the top three men's and women's finishers in each of the three disability categories: standing, sitting, and visually impaired. After each race, points are awarded to the top 30 skiers in each disability category who finish within a certain percentage of the winning time. 100 points are awarded to the winner, 80 for second place, 60 for third, and so on, down to one point for 30th place. In each disability category, the male and female athlete with the most points at the end of the season wins the overall World Cup title and a large glass trophy, the crystal globe. Smaller globes are also awarded for athletes with the highest point totals in each of the five disciplines. Additionally, a Nations Cup trophy is awarded to the country that accumulates the highest point total.

The World Cup is held every year, and is considered one of the premier competitions in disabled ski racing, along with the Winter Paralympics (held every four years, concurrently with the Winter Olympics) and the World Championships (held every two years since 2009, but irregularly before that).

Disabled ski racers who aspire one day to compete on the World Cup attempt to qualify on one of the Continental Cup circuits: the Europa Cup (or "European Cup") in Europe and the Nor-Am Cup in North America.

History

Although disabled ski competitions date to the mid-20th century and the first Winter Paralympics were held in 1976, the Disabled Alpine World Cup is relatively new. An unofficial circuit began in the late 1990s, and the first FIS-sanctioned World Cup race was held in Breckenridge, Colorado, United States in December 1999, with the first World Cup titles awarded in the spring of 2000. In 2004, the administration of the World Cup circuit, and disabled ski racing in general, passed from the FIS to the IPC, although the FIS is still involved in some aspects of the tour. For example, a FIS technical delegate still oversees each race.

Winners

Men

Year	Sitting skiers	Standing skiers	Visually impaired skiers
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05	Martin Braxenthaler	Gerd Schönfelder	Nicola Berejny
2005–06	Martin Braxenthaler	Gerd Schönfelder	Chris Williamson
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10	Martin Braxenthaler		Chris Williamson
2010–11	Philipp Bonadimann	Vincent Gauthier-Manuel	Yon Santacana Maiztegui
2011–12	Taiki Morii	Vincent Gauthier-Manuel	Valerii Redkozubov
2012–13	Takeshi Suzuki	Aleksei Bugaev	Yon Santacana Maiztegui
2013–14	Tyler Walker	Aleksei Bugaev	Alessandro Daldoss
2014–15	Takeshi Suzuki	Aleksei Bugaev	Mac Marcoux
2015–16	Taiki Morii	Aleksei Bugaev	Giacomo Bertagnolli
2016–17	Taiki Morii	Markus Salcher	Miroslav Haraus
2017–18	Jesper Pedersen	Theo Gmur	Mac Marcoux
2018–19	Jesper Pedersen	Arthur Bauchet	Miroslav Haraus
2019–20	Jesper Pedersen	Arthur Bauchet	Giacomo Bertagnolli
2020–21	Jesper Pedersen	Arthur Bauchet	Hyacinthe Deleplace
2021–22

Women

Year	Sitting skiers	Standing skiers	Visually impaired skiers
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05	Laurie Stephens	Iveta Chlebakova	Pascale Casanova
2005–06	Laurie Stephens	Lauren Woolstencroft	Sabine Gasteiger
2006-07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10	Claudia Loesch		Danelle Umstead
2010–11	Claudia Loesch	Marie Bochet	Aleksandra Frantseva
2011–12	Anna Schaffelhuber	Marie Bochet	Henrieta Farkasova
2012–13	Anna Schaffelhuber	Andrea Rothfuss	Aleksandra Frantseva
2013–14	Anna Schaffelhuber	Marie Bochet	Danelle Umstead
2014–15	Anna Schaffelhuber	Marie Bochet	Danelle Umstead
2015–16	Anna-Lena Forster	Marie Bochet	Menna Fitzpatrick
2016–17	Anna Schaffelhuber	Andrea Rothfuss	Henrieta Farkasova
2017–18	Claudia Loesch	Marie Bochet	Henrieta Farkasova
2018–19	Momoka Muraoka	Marie Bochet	Menna Fitzpatrick
2019–20	Laurie Stephens	Marie Bochet	Noemi Ewa Ristau
2020–21	Anna-Lena Forster	Varvara Voronchikhina	Alexandra Rexova
2021–22

Nations Cup

Nations Cup winners
Year	Overall	Women	Men
1999–2000	United States
2000–01	United States
2001–02	United States
2002–03	Austria
2003–04	United States
2004–05	United States
2005–06	Austria
2006-07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10	United States
2010–11	France
2011–12	United States
2012–13	Russia
2013–14	United States	United States	Russia
2014–15	Russia	Germany	Russia
2015–16	United States	United States	Russia
2016–17	United States	Germany	Austria
2017–18	United States	Germany	United States
2018-19	France	Germany	France
2019-20	Russia	Germany	France
2020-21	France	Germany	France
2021-22

External links

• World Para Alpine Skiing - Schedule, results, rules and more