2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships

The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022.[2] It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiing, para cross-country skiing, para biathlon and para snowboard being held.[3][4] It was scheduled for 7 to 20 February 2021 but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[2][5] The rescheduled event retained 2021 in its name.[6][7]

2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships
Host cityLillehammer
CountryNorway
Edition1
Nations42[1]
Athletes852[1]
Sport4
Opening12 January 2022 (2022-01-12)
Closing23 January 2022 (2022-01-23)
Dates8 to 23 January 2022
← 2019 (alpine skiing)
2023 (alpine skiing)
2023 (biathlon, cross-country skiing) →

The biathlon and cross-country skiing events were held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium and the alpine skiing and snowboard events were held at Hafjell.[8]

Sports

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The following competitions were held:[9][10]

  • Alpine skiing (32 medal events, of which 18 speed events: Downhill, Super-G, Super combined and 14 technical events: Slalom, giant slalom, Parallel Event)
  • Biathlon (18 medal events)
  • Cross-country skiing (20 medal events)
  • Snowboard (14 medal events)

In total, 84 medal events were contested.

Medal summary

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Alpine skiing

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Men's events:

Event Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Downhill Visually impaired   Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA)
Guide: Valentin Giraud Moine
1:09.88   Miroslav Haraus (SVK)
Guide: Maros Hudik
1:12.73   Jakub Krako (SVK)
Guide: Branislav Brozman
1:13.11
Sitting   Jesper Pedersen (NOR) 1:12.85   Jeroen Kampschreur (NED) 1:14.51   Andrew Kurka (USA) 1:15.80
Standing   Markus Salcher (AUT) 1:12.00   Arthur Bauchet (FRA) 1:12.38 Alexey Bugaev (RPC) 1:13.94
Super-G Visually impaired   Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA)
Guide: Valentin Giraud Moine
1:05.79   Johannes Aigner (AUT)
Guide: Matteo Fleischmann
1:06.05   Miroslav Haraus (SVK)
Guide: Maros Hudik
1:08.86
Sitting   Jeroen Kampschreur (NED) 1:04.38   Jesper Pedersen (NOR) 1:07.60   Rene de Silvestro (ITA) 1:08.52
Standing   Markus Salcher (AUT) 1:06.37 Alexey Bugaev (RPC) 1:07.76   Théo Gmür (SUI) 1:07.87
Giant slalom Visually impaired   Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA)
Guide: Andrea Ravelli
2:14.17   Johannes Aigner (AUT)
Guide: Matteo Fleischmann
2:15.46   Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA)
Guide: Maxime Jourdan
2:17.92
Sitting   Jesper Pedersen (NOR) 2:14.42   Igor Sikorski (POL) 2:20.93   Andrew Kurka (USA) 2:21.25
Standing Alexey Bugaev (RPC) 2:15.04   Arthur Bauchet (FRA) 2:15.18   Théo Gmür (SUI) 2:17.85
Slalom Visually impaired   Johannes Aigner (AUT)
Guide: Matteo Fleischmann
1:28.18   Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA)
Guide: Andrea Ravelli
1:28.29   Jakub Krako (SVK)
Guide: Branislav Brozman
1:29.22
Sitting   Jesper Pedersen (NOR) 1:27.61   Victor Pierrel (FRA) 1:30.28   Niels de Langen (NED) 1:31.37
Standing   Arthur Bauchet (FRA) 1:25.47   Adam Hall (NZL) 1:30.20 Alexander Alyabyev (RPC) 1:31.77
Super combined Visually impaired   Hyacinthe Deleplace (FRA)
Guide: Maxime Jourdan
1:51.92   Neil Simpson (GBR)
Guide: Andrew Simpson
1:52.82   Miroslav Haraus (SVK)
Guide: Maros Hudik
1:53.25
Sitting   Rene de Silvestro (ITA) 1:53.65   Jesper Pedersen (NOR) 1:53.83   Niels de Langen (NED) 1:56.18
Standing   Arthur Bauchet (FRA) 1:49.22 Alexey Bugaev (RPC) 1:50.06   Federico Pelizzari (ITA) 1:54.17
Parallel event All classes   Johannes Aigner (AUT)
Guide: Matteo Fleischmann
  Giacomo Bertagnolli (ITA)
Guide: Andrea Ravelli
Alexey Bugaev (RPC)

Women's events:

Event Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Downhill Visually impaired   Henrieta Farkašová (SVK)
Guide: Michal Cerven
1:17.78   Linda Le Bon (BEL)
Guide: Pierre Couquelet
1:24.99   Sara Choi (KOR)
Guide: Kim Yooseong
1:27.22
Sitting   Anna-Lena Forster (GER) 1:23.33   Barbara van Bergen (NED) 1:24.78   Katie Combaluzier (CAN) 1:38.95
Standing   Marie Bochet (FRA) 1:16.95 Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) 1:17.38   Mollie Jepsen (CAN) 1:18.67
Super-G Visually impaired   Henrieta Farkašová (SVK)
Guide: Michal Cerven
1:11.80   Linda Le Bon (BEL)
Guide: Pierre Couquelet
1:23.99   Millie Knight (GBR)
Guide: Brett Wild
1:24.02
Sitting   Anna-Lena Forster (GER) 1:19.91   Shona Brownlee (GBR) 1:37.45 Not awarded
Standing Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) 1:11.23   Mollie Jepsen (CAN) 1:11.68   Marie Bochet (FRA) 1:11.80
Giant slalom Visually impaired   Barbara Aigner (AUT)
Guide: Klara Sykora
2:32.26   Henrieta Farkašová (SVK)
Guide: Eva Trajcikova
2:32.69   Elina Stary (AUT)
Guide: Celine Arthofer
2:38.58
Sitting   Laurie Stephens (USA) 3:10.09   Katie Combaluzier (CAN) 3:10.97   Shona Brownlee (GBR) 3:29.48
Standing   Marie Bochet (FRA) 2:30.65 Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) 2:31.25   Mollie Jepsen (CAN) 2:31.44
Slalom Visually impaired   Menna Fitzpatrick (GBR)
Guide: Katie Guest
1:29.87   Elina Stary (AUT)
Guide: Celine Arthofer
1:30.40   Martina Vozza (ITA)
Guide: Ylenia Sabidussi
1:33.85
Sitting   Anna-Lena Forster (GER) 1:41.38   Nette Kiviranta (FIN) 1:55.79   Laurie Stephens (USA) 2:12.32
Standing   Ebba Årsjö (SWE) 1:27.30 Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) 1:31.74   Michaela Gosselin (CAN) 1:40.49
Super combined Visually impaired   Millie Knight (GBR)
Guide: Brett Wild
2:12.10   Menna Fitzpatrick (GBR)
Guide: Katie Guest
2:12.62   Sara Choi (KOR)
Guide: Kim Yooseong
2:18.02
Sitting   Anna-Lena Forster (GER) 2:11.16   Katie Combaluzier (CAN) 2:47.84 Not awarded
Standing Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC) 1:58.72   Marie Bochet (FRA) 1:59.68   Anna-Maria Rieder (GER) 2:08.47
Parallel event All classes   Ebba Årsjö (SWE) Varvara Voronchikhina (RPC)   Elina Stary (AUT)
Guide: Celine Arthofer

Biathlon

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Men's events:

Event Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
6 km Visually impaired   Yury Holub (BLR)
Guide: Uladzimir Chapelin
15:03.5 Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC)
Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk
15:45.3   Oleksandr Kazik (UKR)
Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi
15:57.7
Sitting Ivan Golubkov (RPC) 18:38.8   Vasyl Kravchuk (UKR) 19:00.0   Taras Rad (UKR) 19:02.9
Standing Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) 14:49.0 Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) 15:23.6   Grygorii Vovchynskyi (UKR) 15:26.9
10 km Visually impaired   Yury Holub (BLR)
Guide: Uladzimir Chapelin
26:41.5 Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC)
Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk
27:55.6 Oleg Ponomarev (RPC)
Guide: Andrei Romanov
29:11.8
Sitting Ivan Golubkov (RPC) 32:16.2   Taras Rad (UKR) 32:59.3 Danila Britik (RPC) 32:59.8
Standing Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) 25:35.2 Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) 27:02.1   Benjamin Daviet (FRA) 27:15.4
12.5 km Visually impaired Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC)
Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk
35:46.0   Anatolii Kovalevskyi (UKR)
Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn
37:14.5   Oleksandr Kazik (UKR)
Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi
37:50.6
Sitting   Pavlo Bal (UKR) 46:53.0   Aaron Pike (USA) 47:16.0 Danila Britik (RPC) 47:18.2
Standing Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) 34:36.4 Vitalii Malyshev (RPC) 36:02.1   Benjamin Daviet (FRA) 36:22.9

Women's events:

Event Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
6 km Visually impaired Vera Khlyzova (RPC)
Guide: Natalia Iakimova
16:56.6 Ekaterina Razumnaia (RPC)
Guide: Alexey Ivanov
17:51.2 Anna Panferova (RPC)
Guide: Andrei Zhukov
18:19.6
Sitting   Anja Wicker (GER) 21:51.2   Oksana Masters (USA) 21:52.8 Natalia Kocherova (RPC) 22:53.7
Standing   Oleksandra Kononova (UKR) 17:35.6   Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) 17:58.9   Iuliia Batenkova (UKR) 18:16.5
10 km Visually impaired Vera Khlyzova (RPC)
Guide: Natalia Iakimova
30:16.7 Ekaterina Razumnaia (RPC)
Guide: Alexey Ivanov
32:31.6 Margarita Tereshchenkova (RPC)
Guide: Anton Podzorov
33:03.8
Sitting   Kendall Gretsch (USA) 36:44.7 Natalia Kocherova (RPC) 39:09.6   Oksana Masters (USA) 39:46.3
Standing   Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) 31:23.8   Iryna Bui (UKR) 31:54.8   Oleksandra Kononova (UKR) 32:41.7
12.5 km Visually impaired Vera Khlyzova (RPC)
Guide: Natalia Iakimova
40:13.7 Ekaterina Razumnaia (RPC)
Guide: Alexey Ivanov
41:20.8 Margarita Tereshchenkova (RPC)
Guide: Anton Podzorov
43:30.8
Sitting   Kendall Gretsch (USA) 52:25.0 Natalia Kocherova (RPC) 54:16.8   Oksana Masters (USA) 55:25.7
Standing   Iryna Bui (UKR) 41:08.7   Oleksandra Kononova (UKR) 46:26.8   Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) 46:57.8

Cross-country skiing

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Men's events:

Event Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
1 km Visually impaired Oleg Ponomarev (RPC)
Guide: Andrei Romanov
3:00.77   Jake Adicoff (USA)
Guide: Sam Wood
3:03.76 Vladimir Udaltsov (RPC)
Guide: Ruslan Bogachev
3:08.40
Sitting Ivan Golubkov (RPC) 2:27.28   Cristian Ribera (BRA) 2:24.94 Danila Britik (RPC) 2:32.70
Standing Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) 2:59.60 Rushan Minnegulov (RPC) 3:01.93 Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) 3:13.14
12.5 km Visually impaired   Jake Adicoff (USA)
Guide: Sam Wood
33:54.0 Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC)
Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk
34:10.8   Yury Holub (BLR)
Guide: Mikita Maslouski
34:25.5
Standing Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) 32:29.1   Witold Skupień (POL) 32:59.9 Aleksandr Pronkov (RPC) 33:01.7
10 km Sitting Ivan Golubkov (RPC) 31:22.7   Giuseppe Romele (ITA) 31:52.2 Danila Britik (RPC) 33:25.6
20 km Visually impaired Oleg Ponomarev (RPC)
Guide: Andrei Romanov
41:15.7 Stanislav Chokhlaev (RPC)
Guide: Oleg Kolodiichuk
41:21.0   Jake Adicoff (USA)
Guide: Sam Wood
41:41.5
Standing Vladislav Lekomtsev (RPC) 41:41.4 Rushan Minnegulov (RPC) 42:21.0 Vitalii Malyshev (RPC) 42:24.6
18 km Sitting Ivan Golubkov (RPC) 51:14.5   Sin Eui-hyun (KOR) 51:42.8 Danila Britik (RPC) 52:17.4

Women's events:

Event Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
1 km Visually impaired Anna Panferova (RPC)
Guide: Andrei Zhukov
2:43.27   Sviatlana Sakhanenka (BLR)
Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich
2:44.38 Anastasiia Bagiian (RPC)
Guide: Sergei Siniakin
2:48.34
Sitting   Oksana Masters (USA) 2:47.63   Valiantsina Shyts (BLR) 2:47.07 Natalia Kocherova (RPC) 3:01.41
Standing   Vilde Nilsen (NOR) 2:46.45   Sydney Peterson (USA) 2:58.10   Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) 2:53.25
10 km Visually impaired   Sviatlana Sakhanenka (BLR)
Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich
32:16.4 Anna Panferova (RPC)
Guide: Andrei Zhukov
33:28.1 Vera Khlyzova (RPC)
Guide: Natalia Iakimova
33:43.9
Standing   Vilde Nilsen (NOR) 31:02.4   Sydney Peterson (USA) 32:27.2   Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) 32:37.1
7.5 km Sitting   Kendall Gretsch (USA) 26:57.6   Valiantsina Shyts (BLR) 27:47.0   Anja Wicker (GER) 28:37.4
15 km Visually impaired   Sviatlana Sakhanenka (BLR)
Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich
34:40.0 Vera Khlyzova (RPC)
Guide: Natalia Iakimova
35:13.7 Anna Panferova (RPC)
Guide: Andrei Zhukov
35:25.1
Sitting   Oksana Masters (USA) 46:45.2   Kendall Gretsch (USA) 47:54.9   Valiantsina Shyts (BLR) 48:23.5
Standing   Liudmyla Liashenko (UKR) 36:18.6   Vilde Nilsen (NOR) 36:21.3   Sydney Peterson (USA) 36:30.5

Team events:

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
2.5 km mixed relay All classes   Ukraine RPC   Belarus
2.5 km open relay All classes RPC   France   Norway

Snowboard

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Men's events:

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Snowboard cross SB-UL   Maxime Montaggioni (FRA)   James Barnes-Miller (GBR) Mikhail Slinkin (RPC)
SB-LL1   Tyler Turner (CAN)   Mike Schultz (USA)   Tyler Burdick (USA)
SB-LL2   Matti Suur-Hamari (FIN)   Ben Tudhope (AUS)   Evan Strong (USA)
Dual Banked Slalom SB-UL   Maxime Montaggioni (FRA)   Jacopo Luchini (ITA)   James Barnes-Miller (GBR)
SB-LL1   Noah Elliott (USA)   Mike Schultz (USA)   Tyler Turner (CAN)
SB-LL2   Zach Miller (USA)   Alex Massie (CAN)   Ben Tudhope (AUS)
Team event All classes   Canada
Alex Massie
Tyler Turner
  Japan
Takahito Ichikawa
Masataka Oiwane
  Great Britain
Ollie Hill
James Barnes-Miller

Women's events:

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Snowboard cross SB-UL   Monika Kotzian (POL) Not awarded Not awarded
SB-LL1   Cécile Hernandez (FRA)   Brenna Huckaby (USA)   Ellen Walther (SUI)
SB-LL2   Lisa Bunschoten (NED)   Lisa DeJong (CAN)   Renske van Beek (NED)
Dual Banked Slalom SB-UL   Monika Kotzian (POL)   Irati Idiakez (ESP) Not awarded
SB-LL1   Brenna Huckaby (USA)   Cécile Hernandez (FRA)   Ellen Walther (SUI)
SB-LL2   Lisa Bunschoten (NED)   Lisa DeJong (CAN)   Sandrine Hamel (CAN)
Team event All classes   Canada
Lisa DeJong
Sandrine Hamel
  Netherlands
Lisa Bunschoten
Renske van Beek
  Switzerland
Romy Tschopp
Ellen Walther

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Host nation (Norway))

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  RPC (RPC)22232267
2  United States (USA)109928
3  France (FRA)106420
4  Ukraine (UKR)66921
5  Austria (AUT)53210
6  Norway (NOR)*5319
7  Germany (GER)5027
8  Belarus (BLR)43310
9  Canada (CAN)36615
10  Netherlands (NED)3339
11  Great Britain (GBR)24410
12  Italy (ITA)2439
13  Slovakia (SVK)2248
14  Poland (POL)2204
15  Sweden (SWE)2002
16  Finland (FIN)1102
17  Belgium (BEL)0202
18  South Korea (KOR)0123
19  Australia (AUS)0112
20  Brazil (BRA)0101
  Japan (JPN)0101
  New Zealand (NZL)0101
  Spain (ESP)0101
24  Switzerland (SUI)0055
Totals (24 entries)848380247

References

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