The 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in La Molina ski resort in

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

from 18 to 27 February 2013. The Championship is held biannually by the

International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; ) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nin ...

(IPC) and is the largest event of its type outside the

Winter Paralympics The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event includes athletes with mobility impairments, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The ...

. 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

Women

Medals table

Participating nations

Over 118 participants from 29 nations competed. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Classifications

Skiers compete in sitting, standing or visually impaired events, depending on their

classification Classification is the activity of assigning objects to some pre-existing classes or categories. This is distinct from the task of establishing the classes themselves (for example through cluster analysis). Examples include diagnostic tests, identif ...

of disability. ;Standing *LW2 – single leg

amputation Amputation is the removal of a Limb (anatomy), limb or other body part by Physical trauma, trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as cancer, malign ...

above the knee *LW3 – double leg amputation below the knee, mild

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, spasticity, stiff muscles, Paresis, weak muscles, and tremors. There may b ...

, 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 Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek () "half-stricken". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neura ...

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

Winter Sport Classification
Canadian Paralympic Committee

External links

{{Wikinews, Spain starts 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships with first and fifth place finishes
official site

IPC Alpine Skiing
*

ParalympicSport.TV
World Para Alpine Skiing Championships

IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships The World Para Alpine Skiing Championships, known before the 2017 edition as the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, along with the Paralympic Games, Winter Paralympic Games, are the most prestigious level of international competition in Paraly ...