Global Information2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships information
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| Host city | Sestriere, Italy |
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| Nations | 23[1][2] |
| Athletes | 130 |
| Dates | January 14 – 23 |
| Alpine skiing at the World Ski Championships 2011 | ||
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
| Team | mixed | |
The 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was held in Sestriere, Italy, from January 14 to 23, 2011. IPC stands for International Paralympic Committee.
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, including German multiple-Paralympic medalist Gerd Schönfelder, who competed in classification-category standing events.
Sestriere hosted the Paralympic alpine skiing competition, at the 2006 Winter Paralympics.
The internet-TV channel ParalympicSport.TV, owned by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) broadcast daily live coverage of the Championships, from January 18–23,[3] also available after the Championships as Video on Demand (VOD). They also added some interview clips to their YouTube channel.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
worldwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 50 Days to Alpine World Champs in Sestriere Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, IPC Alpine Skiing, November 26, 2010
- ^ ParalympicSport.TV to Broadcast Live Coverage of Athletics World Champs, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 14, 2011