List of world champions in grass skiing
The list of world champions in grass skiing provides an overview and statistics of all winners and medalists at world championships in grass skiing .
World Champion
The most successful grass skier is Ingrid Hirschhofer from Austria. From 1979 to 2011 she took part in 16 of 17 world championships, only in 1991 she had to pause because of a torn cruciate ligament . Hirschhofer won 22 gold, 9 silver and 12 bronze medals over a period of 32 years. In second place is the Italian Paola Bazzi , who won 9 gold and 2 silver medals from 1995 to 2001. Jan Němec from the Czech Republic is the most successful among men . From 1999 to 2011 he won 11 gold, 7 silver and 2 bronze medals. This is followed by the Austrian Christian Balek , who won 8 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals from 1995 to 2003.
So far, five athletes have managed to win all competitions at a world championship. In the women’s category, it was Ingrid Hirschhofer in 1993, Paola Bazzi in 1997 and 1999, who was the only one to have succeeded twice, and in 2007 Nadja Vogel . In 1979 Vincent Riewe (at that time still without Super-G) and 1991 Rainer Großmann won all competitions in the men's competition.
The following tables provide an overview of all world champions in grass skiing since the grass ski world championship was first held in 1979:
Men's
Ladies
Medalist
The following tables show all medal winners at Grass Ski World Championships.
Men's
slalom
Giant slalom
Super G
combination
(since 2007: super combination)
Ladies
slalom
Giant slalom
Super G
combination
(since 2007: super combination)
statistics
The following tables show all grass skiers who have won at least one world title, ranked according to the number of their gold, silver and bronze medals.
Men's
| space | Surname | country | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Němec |
 Czech Republic
|
1999 | 2011 | 11 | 7th | 2 | 20th |
| 2 | Christian Balek |
 Austria
|
1995 | 2003 | 8th | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Erwin Gansner |
 Switzerland
|
1979 | 1993 | 7th | 6th | 2 | 15th |
| 4th | Rainer Grossmann |
 Germany
|
1985 | 1993 | 7th | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Stefano Sartori |
 Italy
|
1997 | 2009 | 5 | 8th | 1 | 14th |
| 6th | Klaus Spinka |
Austria
|
1979 | 1993 | 4th | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 7th | Richi Christians |
Switzerland
|
1981 | 1987 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7th |
| 8th | Vincent Riewe |
Germany
|
1979 | 1981 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4th |
| 9 | Marcus Peschek |
Austria
|
1987 | 2003 | 2 | 5 | 4th | 11 |
| 10 | Fausto Cerentin |
Italy
|
1997 | 2011 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 9 |
| 11 | Edoardo wife |
Italy
|
2005 | 2011 | 2 | 2 | 7th | 11 |
| 12 | Richard Höllbacher |
Austria
|
1993 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 8th |
| 13 | Riccardo Lorenzone |
Italy
|
2003 | 2009 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7th |
| 14th | Michal Mačát |
Czech Republic
|
1995 | 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
| 15th | Roland Mathys |
Switzerland
|
1995 | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Götz Scheffler |
Germany
|
1993 | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17th | Oscar Bazzi |
Italy
|
1989 | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18th | Markus Dejori |
Italy
|
1983 | 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18th | Mirko Hüppi |
Switzerland
|
2011 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20th | Domenic Senn |
Switzerland
|
2011 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ladies
| space | Surname | country | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrid Hirschhofer |
Austria
|
1979 | 2011 | 22nd | 9 | 12 | 43 |
| 2 | Paola Bazzi |
Italy
|
1995 | 2001 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | Nadja Vogel |
Switzerland
|
2005 | 2007 | 6th | 0 | 2 | 8th |
| 4th | Katja Krey |
Germany
|
1987 | 1991 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Zuzana Gardavská |
Czech Republic
|
2003 | 2011 | 3 | 4th | 2 | 9 |
| 6th | Cristina Mauri |
Italy
|
1991 | 1999 | 2 | 6th | 4th | 12 |
| 7th | Carole Petitjean |
 France
|
1981 | 1989 | 2 | 4th | 0 | 6th |
| 8th | Martina Bauknecht |
Germany
|
1987 | 1989 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Cinzia Valt |
Italy
|
1987 | 1987 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Barbara Míková |
 Slovakia
|
2011 | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Bettina Dongus |
Germany
|
1979 | 1983 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6th |
| 12 | Veronika Cvašková |
Slovakia
|
2003 | 2009 | 1 | 4th | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Anna-Lena Büdenbender |
Germany
|
2001 | 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 8th |
| 14th | Sylva Lipčíková |
Czech Republic
|
1997 | 2001 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 15th | Bianca Lenz |
Switzerland
|
2009 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15th | Ilaria Sommavilla |
Italy
|
2009 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17th | Brigitte single |
Germany
|
1979 | 1979 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17th | Claudia Otratowitz |
Austria
|
1985 | 1985 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17th | Nicole Portmann |
Switzerland
|
2001 | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17th | Shiori Obatake |
 Japan
|
2011 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Eternal medal table
The most successful nation so far at the Grasski World Championships is Austria with a total of 122 medals (39 × gold, 39 × silver and 44 × bronze), with Ingrid Hirschhofer winning over a third of the total medals and more than half of the gold medals .
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Austria
|
39 | 39 | 44 | 122 |
| 2 |
Italy
|
26th | 28 | 32 | 86 |
| 3 |
Switzerland
|
21st | 13 | 14th | 48 |
| 4th |
Germany
|
20th | 20th | 23 | 63 |
| 5 |
Czech Republic
|
16 | 17th | 11 | 44 |
| 6th |
Slovakia
|
3 | 6th | 3 | 12 |
| 7th |
France
|
2 | 4th | 0 | 6th |
| 8th |
Japan
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
| 9 |
 Hungary
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Receipts and web links
- Overviews of all medal winners 1979-2009 from sports123.com ( Memento from October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Results from 2005 on the FIS website