2012–13 in skiing
Appearance
From August 22, 2012 to March 27, 2013, the following skiing events took place at various locations around the world.
- October 27, 2012 – March 17, 2013: FIS World Cup
- Men's combined overall winners: both
Ivica Kostelić and
Alexis Pinturault were tied for first place.
- Men's downhill overall winner:
Aksel Lund Svindal.
- Men's giant slalom overall winner:
Ted Ligety.
- Men's slalom overall winner:
Marcel Hirscher.
- Men's Super G overall winner:
Aksel Lund Svindal.
- Women's combined overall winner:
Tina Maze.
- Women's downhill overall winner:
Lindsey Vonn.
- Women's giant slalom overall winner:
Tina Maze.
- Women's slalom overall winner:
Mikaela Shiffrin.
- Women's Super G overall winner:
Tina Maze.
- Ladies overall champion:
Tina Maze (first title).[1]
- Men's overall champion:
Marcel Hirscher (second consecutive title).
- Men's combined overall winners: both
- 4–17 February: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming, Austria
United States won the gold medal count;
Austria won the overall medal count.
- 25 November 2012 – 17 March 2013: Biathlon World Cup
Norway is the winner of both gold and overall medal counts for this World Cup of events.
- 7–17 February: The Biathlon World Championships 2013 was held at Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic.
Norway was the gold medal and overall medal counts winner.
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- August 22, 2012 – March 25, 2013: 2012–13 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
- Men's aerials overall winner:
Jia Zongyang
- Men's halfpipe overall winner:
Mike Riddle
- Men's moguls overall winner:
Mikaël Kingsbury
- Men's skicross overall winner:
Alex Fiva
- Men's slopestyle overall winner:
James Woods
- Women's aerials overall winner:
Xu Mengtao
- Women's halfpipe overall winner:
Virginie Faivre
- Women's moguls overall winner:
Hannah Kearney
- Women's skicross overall winner:
Fanny Smith
- Women's slopestyle overall winner:
Keri Herman
- Men's aerials overall winner:
- March 5 – 10: The FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013 took place at Voss, Norway
Canada won the gold medal count; it tied with the
United States for the overall medal count.
- 23 November 2012 – 24 March 2013: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
- Ladies:
Sara Takanashi (JPN). First overall title.[2]
- Men:
Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT). Second overall title.[3]
- Ladies:
- 24 November 2012 – 16 March 2013: FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
- Men:
Eric Frenzel (GER). First overall title.[4]
- Men:
- 24 November 2012 – 24 March 2013: Fis Cross-Country World Cup
- Men:
Petter Northug (NOR). Second overall title.[5]
- Ladies:
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL). Fourth overall title.[6]
- Men:
- 20 February – 3 March: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, Italy
Norway topped the gold and overall medals tally.
Snowboarding
[edit]- August 28, 2012 – March 27, 2013: 2012–13 FIS Snowboard World Cup
- Men's Big Air overall winner:
Seppe Smits.
- Men's halfpipe overall winner:
Scotty Lago.
- Men's parallel slalom overall winner:
Andreas Prommegger.
- Men's slopestyle overall winner:
Yuuki Kadano.
- Men's snowboard cross overall winner:
Alex Pullin.
- Women's halfpipe overall winner:
Kelly Clark.
- Women's parallel slalom overall winner:
Patrizia Kummer.
- Women's slopestyle overall winner:
Kjersti Buaas.
- Women's snowboard cross overall winner:
Dominique Maltais.
- Men's total overall winner:
Janne Korpi (first title).
- Women's total overall winner:
Kelly Clark (first title).
- Men's total overall winner:
- Men's Big Air overall winner:
- 18–27 January: The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 took place at the Stoneham Mountain Resort, in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Quebec, Canada
References
[edit]- ^ "Maze wins overall World Cup". Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo!. Reuters. 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ "Sara Takanashi wins overall world cup title". FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. Official Site. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Schlierenzauer takes overall title". FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. Official Site. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Frenzel wins overall title". FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. Official Site. Retrieved 15 March 2013.[dead link]
- ^ "Northug secures world cup finals". FIS Cross-Country World Cup. Faster Skier. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Kowalczyk secured the FIS Cross-Country Overall World Cup title". FIS Cross-Country World Cup. FIS Cross Country. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.