2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships – Downhill

Downhill at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Alpine skiing
Venue	Kandahar Banchetta Giovanni N.
Location	Sestriere
Date	January 16

2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Combined		men		women
Downhill		men		women
Giant slalom		men		women
Slalom		men		women
Super-G		men		women
Team		mixed

The Downhill competitions of the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships was held at Kandahar Banchetta Giovanni N., in Sestriere, Italy on January 16.

Women

Visually Impaired

In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairement has a sighted guide.^[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.^[2]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	2	Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova	Slovakia	1:28.36
	1	Melissa Perrine Guide: Andrew Bor	Australia	1:40.50	+12.14
	5	Alexandra Frantseva Guide: Evgenia Kolosovskaya	Russia	1:41.87	+13.51
	3	Anna Kuliskova Guide: Michaela Hubacova	Czech Republic	DNF
	4	Danelle Umstead Guide: Robert Umstead	United States	DSQ

Standing

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	10	Andrea Rothfuss	Germany	1:29.62
	7	Marie Bochet	France	1:29.86	+0.24
	8	Solène Jambaqué	France	1:30.09	+0.47
4	11	Melania Corradini	Italy	1:30.94	+1.32
5	9	Karolina Wisniewska	Canada	1:35.56	+5.94
6	6	Danja Haslacher	Austria	1:36.26	+6.64
7	12	Petra Smarzova	Slovakia	1:37.52	+7.90

Sitting

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	14	Alana Nichols	United States	1:30.45
	13	Laurie Stephens	United States	1:33.05	+2.60
	15	Claudia Loesch	Austria	1:35.35	+4.90
4	16	Anna Schaffelhuber	Germany	1:37.59	+7.14

Men

Visually Impaired

In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairement has a sighted guide.^[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.^[2]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	20	Nicolas Berejny Guide: Gregory Nouhaud	France	1:21.40
	21	Yon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces	Spain	1:21.59	+0.19
	25	Chris Williamson Guide: Robin Femy	Canada	1:22.76	+1.36
4	19	Miroslav Haraus Guide: Martin Makovnik	Slovakia	1:22.84	+1.44
5	26	Jakub Krako Guide: Dusan Simo	Slovakia	1:25.11	+3.71
6	22	Radomir Dudas Guide: Maros Hudik	Slovakia	1:26.35	+4.95
7	18	Christoph Prettner Guide: Stefan Schoner	Austria	1:28.42	+7.02
8	27	Ivan Frantsev Guide: Evgeny Pinaev	Russia	1:29.79	+8.39
T9	24	Michal Beladic Guide: Martin Pavlak	Slovakia	1:30.24	+8.84
T9	17	Norbert Holik Guide: Lubos Bosela	Slovakia	1:30.24	+8.84
11		Gabriel Juan Gorce Yepes Guide: Josep Arnau Ferrer Ventura	Spain	1:30.84	+9.44

Standing

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	36	Gerd Schönfelder	Germany	1:21.84
	39	Vincent Gauthier-Manuel	France	1:22.08	+0.24
	34	Thomas Pfyl	Switzerland	1:22.96	+1.12
4	28	Toby Kane	Australia	1:24.13	+2.29
5	45	Markus Salcher	Austria	1:24.48	+2.64
6	30	Mitchell Gourley	Australia	1:25.83	+3.99
7	29	Michael Bruegger	Switzerland	1:25.84	+4.00
8	33	Andreas Preiss	Austria	1:27.20	+5.36
9	38	Bernhard Habersatter	Austria	1:27.28	+5.44
10	44	Alexandr Alyabyev	Russia	1:27.60	+5.76
11	35	Christian Lanthaler	Italy	1:28.21	+6.37
12	42	Kirk Schornstein	Canada	1:29.18	+7.34
13	37	Hiraku Misawa	Japan	1:31.37	+9.53
14	31	Ralph Green	United States	1:34.75	+12.91
15	43	Martin France	Slovakia	1:37.02	+15.18
	41	Matt Hallat	Canada	DNF
	40	Bart Verbruggen	Netherlands	DNF
	32	Cameron Rahles-Rahbula	Australia	DNF

Sitting

Great Britain's Talan Skeels-Piggins did not compete in the Downhill race, as he had a crash in a training run the day before.^[3][4]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	55	Akira Kano	Japan	1:20.94
	60	Taiki Morii	Japan	1:21.39	+0.45
	48	Kees-Jan van der Klooster	Netherlands	1:21.63	+0.69
4	56	Takeshi Suzuki	Japan	1:22.04	+1.10
5	49	Josh Dueck	Canada	1:22.41	+1.47
6	50	Sean Rose	United Kingdom	1:23.00	+2.06
7	47	Thomas Nolte	Germany	1:23.95	+3.01
8	62	Philipp Bonadimann	Austria	1:24.09	+3.15
9	63	Franz Hanfstingl	Germany	1:24.81	+3.87
10	61	Sang Min Han	South Korea	1:25.04	+4.10
11	65	Cyril More	France	1:25.05	+4.11
12	54	Frederic Francois	France	1:25.51	+4.57
13	64	Robert Froehle	Austria	1:30.12	+9.18
14	46	Christopher Devlin-Young	United States	1:31.15	+10.21
15	66	Akira Taniguchi	Japan	1:36.20	+15.26
	51	Jasmin Bambur	Serbia	DNF
	52	Jong Seork Park	South Korea	DNF
	59	Christoph Kunz	Switzerland	DNF
	58	Reinhold Sampl	Austria	DNF
	57	Yohann Taberlet	France	DNF
	53	Tyler Walker	United States	DNS

References

1. official results of the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships - Downhill, IPC Athletics
2. Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
3. Had huge crash, Talan Skeels-Piggins (talansp) on Twitter
4. 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships - Official Training Results, IPC Alpine Skiing

External links

• 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships - Day 1 at ParalympicSportTV's Official YouTube channel