The 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in Panorama Mountain Village, British Columbia, Canada from March 2 to 10, 2015. 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 130 skiers competed, with Russia finishing the championship on top of the medal table in both gold medals won and total medals.

This proved to be the last event under the title of "IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships". On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international governing body for 10 disability sports, including Alpine skiing, adopted the "World Para" branding for all of those sports. The world championships in said sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" events. Accordingly, from 2017 forward, the event will be known as the "World Para Alpine Skiing Championships".

Opening ceremony On March 2, the opening ceremony was held.

Events Men Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeDownhillMar 4Visually impairedMac MarcouxGuide: B.J. Marcoux 1:29.68Mark BathumGuide: Cade Yamamoto 1:31.89Miroslav HarausGuide: Maris Hudik 1:32.12StandingAlexey Bugaev 1:27.60Matthias Lanzinger 1:29.71Alexander Vetrov 1:31.25SittingCorey Peters 1:28.06Roman Rabl 1:28.80Taiki Morii 1:29.26Super-GMar 5Visually impairedIvan FrantsevGuide: German Agranovskii 1:23.63Mac MarcouxGuide: B.J. Marcoux 1:24.04Miroslav HarausGuide: Maris Hudik 1:24.81StandingAlexey Bugaev 1:19.88Matthias Lanzinger 1:21.55Thomas Pfyl 1:21.91SittingCorey Peters 1:20.41Frederic Francois 1:21.20Andrew Earl Kurka 1:21.32Super combinedMar 7Visually impairedMiroslav HarausGuide: Maris Hudik 1:59.81Ivan FrantsevGuide: German Agranovskii 2:01.35Yon Santacana MaizteguiGuide: Miguel Galindo Garces 2:03.32 StandingAlexey Bugaev 1:54.46Markus Salcher 1:56.94Matthias Lanzinger 1:56.96SittingGeorg Kreiter 1:56.84Roman Rabl 1.57.70Frederic Francois 1:58.39 Giant slalomMar 8Visually impairedValerii RedkozubovGuide: Evgeny Geroev 2:09.28Yon Santacana MaizteguiGuide: Miguel Galindo Garces 2:09.88Patrik HetmerGuide: Miroslav Macala 2:11.71StandingAlexey Bugaev 2:01.19Markus Salcher 2:02.16Matthias Lanzinger 2:04.27SittingGeorg Kreiter 2:03.49Corey Peters 2:03.89Taiki Morii 2:04.71SlalomMar 10Visually impairedValerii RedkozubovGuide: Evgeny Geroev 1:47.71Miroslav HarausGuide: Maris Hudik 1:48.90Yon Santacana MaizteguiGuide: Miguel Galindo Garces 1:53.05StandingAlexey Bugaev 1:39.05Alexander Alyabyev 1:46.15Matt Hallat 1:47.86SittingTakeshi Suzuki 1:47.93Taiki Morii 1:53.67Thomas Nolte 1:55.38

Women Event Date Class Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeDownhillMar 4Visually impairedMelissa PerrineGuide: Andrew Bor 1:45.80Danelle UmsteadGuide: Robert Umstead 1:46.32Aleksandra FrantcevaGuide: Semen Pliaskin 1:51.57StandingMarie Bochet 1:32.81Andrea Rothfuss 1:36.83Mariia Papulova 1:42.12SittingClaudia Loesch 1:33.29Momoka Muraoka 1:35.95Anna Schaffelhuber 1:38.06Super-GMar 5Visually impairedMelissa PerrineGuide: Andrew Bor 1:33.52Danelle UmsteadGuide: Robert Umstead 1:37.55 Aleksandra FrantcevaGuide: Semen Pliaskin 1:40.55StandingMarie Bochet 1:24.77Andrea Rothfuss 1:28.83 Mariia Papulova 1:33.60SittingAnna Schaffelhuber 1:27.65 Super combinedMar 7Visually impairedMelissa PerrineGuide: Andrew Bor 2:14.18Aleksandra FrantcevaGuide: Semen Pliaskin 2:16.95Danelle UmsteadGuide: Robert Umstead 2:22.20StandingMarie Bochet 2:03.17Andrea Rothfuss 2:09.58Anna Jochemsen 2:12.52SittingClaudia Loesch 2:04.79Anna Schaffelhuber 2:06.10Laurie Stephens 2:17.78Giant slalomMar 8Visually impairedAleksandra FrantcevaGuide: Semen Pliaskin 2:24.05Millie KnightGuide: Jen Kehoe 2:24.39Melissa PerrineGuide: Andrew Bor 2:25.41StandingMarie Bochet 2:11.63Andrea Rothfuss 2:14.04Stephanie Jallen 2:20.49SittingAnna Schaffelhuber 1:09.50Claudia Loesch 1:11.38Momoka Muraoka 1:15.44SlalomMar 10Visually impairedAleksandra FrantcevaGuide: Semen Pliaskin 2:03.31Melissa PerrineGuide: Andrew Bor 2:04.50Millie KnightGuide: Jen Kehoe 2:13.81StandingMarie Bochet 1:58.67Mariia Papulova 2:04.22Laura Valeanu 2:09.55SittingClaudia Loesch 2:03.28Anna Schaffelhuber 2:03.38Anna-Lena Forster 2:04.31

Medals table

Key

Participating nations Over 130 participants from 22 nations competed.

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

References

External links Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee official site IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships – official results ParalympicSport.TV