Snowboard World Championships 2009

Snowboard World Championships 2009
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Snowboard cross	Markus Schairer	Helene Olafsen
halfpipe	Ryō Aono	Liu Jiayu
Parallel slalom	Benjamin Karl	Fränzi Mägert-Kohli
Parallel giant slalom	Jasey-Jay Anderson	Marion Kreiner
Big Air	Markku Koski	only men
Competitions
Venues	Gangwon	Gangwon
Individual competitions	5	4th
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The 8th FIS Snowboard World Championships the FIS found from 15 to 25 January 2009 in the South Korean province of Gangwon instead. The choice of the venue was already made on June 3rd, 2004 by the members of the FIS Executive Committee during the 44th FIS Congress in Miami . After the competitor Vail withdrew his candidacy shortly before the decision, the South Korean Ski Association was the only applicant.

program

The main venue was the Hyundai Sungwoo Resort in Hoengseong . In addition to the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony, the competitions in parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross and in the halfpipe took place there. The big air competition was held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul .

date	competition
Sun January 18th	Snowboard cross
Tuesday, January 20th	Parallel giant slalom
Wed, January 21	Parallel slalom
Fri, January 23	halfpipe
Sat January 24th	Big Air (men only)

Men

Snowboard cross

space	country	athlete
1	Austria	Markus Schairer
2	France	Xavier De Le Rue
3	United States	Nick Baumgartner
4th	Canada	Tom Velisek
5	United States	Seth Wescott
6th	United States	Graham Watanabe
7th	Austria	Hans-Jörg Unterrainer
8th	Austria	Lukas Grüner

Qualification: January 17th

Finals: January 18th

Hans-Jörg Unterrainer (7th)

Lukas Grüner (8.)

Fabio Caduff (9th)

Mario Fuchs (12.)

David Speiser (18.)

Hans Reichen (23.)

Michael Layer (27.)

Ruben Arnold (28.)

Konstantin Schad (38.)

Parallel giant slalom

space	country	athlete
1	Canada	Jasey-Jay Anderson
2	France	Sylvain Dufour
3	Canada	Matthew Morison
4th	Austria	Benjamin Karl
5	Austria	Siegfried Grabner
6th	Austria	Andreas Prommegger
7th	Switzerland	Simon Schoch
8th	Canada	Michael Lambert

Date: January 20th

Heinz Inniger (11.)

Marc Iselin (12.)

Maximilian Hafner (28th)

Patrick Bussler (31.)

Nevin Galmarini (32nd)

Manuel Veith (DSQ)

Parallel slalom

space	country	athlete
1	Austria	Benjamin Karl
2	France	Sylvain Dufour
3	Germany	Patrick Bussler
4th	Slovenia	Rok Flander
5	Switzerland	Simon Schoch
6th	Canada	Jasey-Jay Anderson
7th	Austria	Andreas Prommegger
8th	Canada	Matthew Morison

Date: January 21

Roland Haldi (9th)

Siegfried Grabner (11th)

Kaspar Flütsch (17.)

Marc Iselin (18th)

Nevin Galmarini (24.)

Maximilian Hafner (31st)

halfpipe

65 athletes from 25 countries competed in this competition.

space	country	athlete
1	Japan	Ryō Aono
2	Canada	Jeff Batchelor
3	France	Mathieu Crepel
4th	Finland	Ilkka-Eemeli Laari
5	Canada	Justin Lamoureux
6th	Finland	Markku Koski
7th	Switzerland	Christian Haller
8th	China	Zeng Xiaoye

Qualification: January 22nd

Final: January 23rd

Sergio Berger (17th)

Daniel Friberg (29.)

Stephan Maurer (31.)

Ethan Morgan (47th)

Stephan Falkeis (63.)

Big Air

43 athletes from 20 countries competed in the Big Air.

Ethan Morgan

space	country	athlete
1	Finland	Markku Koski
2	Belgium	Seppe Smits
3	Austria	Stefan Gimpl
4th	Slovenia	Matevz Petek
5	Norway	Tore Holvik
6th	Finland	Petya Piiroinen
7th	France	Mathieu Crepel
8th	Germany	Ethan Morgan

Date: January 23

Stephan Falkeis (9.)

Stephan Maurer (16.)

Benedikt Nadig (23.)

Christian Haller (33.)

Women

Snowboard cross

space	country	sportswoman
1	Norway	Helene Olafsen
2	Switzerland	Olivia Nobs
3	Switzerland	Mellie Francon
4th	Canada	Maëlle Ricker
5	Switzerland	Sandra Frei
6th	Denmark	Julie-Wendel Lundholdt
7th	Austria	Doresia Krings
8th	Bulgaria	Aleksandra Shekova

Qualification: January 17th

Finals: January 18th

Simona Meiler (10.)

Maria Ramberger (14th)

Manuela Riegler (17th)

Gesine Saalfeld (20th)

Susanne Moll (28.)

Parallel giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman
1	Austria	Marion Kreiner
2	Austria	Doris Günther
3	Switzerland	Patrizia grief
4th	Japan	Tomoka Takeuchi
5	Russia	Ekaterina Tudezheva
6th	Netherlands	Nicolien Sauerbreij
7th	Austria	Claudia Riegler
8th	France	Nathalie Desmares

Date: January 20th

Fränzi Mägert-Kohli (9.)

Amelie Kober (10.)

Selina Jörg (17.)

Anke Karstens (31.)

Heidi Neururer (DSQ)

Parallel slalom

space	country	sportswoman
1	Switzerland	Fränzi Mägert-Kohli
2	Austria	Doris Günther
3	Russia	Ekaterina Tudezheva
4th	Austria	Heidi Neururer
5	Austria	Claudia Riegler
6th	Japan	Eri Yanetani
7th	Austria	Marion Kreiner
8th	Canada	Alexa Loo

Date: January 21

Selina Jörg (9th)

Heidi Krings (14.)

Patrizia Kummer (24.)

Anke Karstens (29.)

Amelie Kober (31.)

halfpipe

41 starters from 17 countries took part in this competition.

space	country	sportswoman
1	China	Liu Jiayu
2	Australia	Holly Crawford
3	Poland	Paulina Ligocka
4th	Japan	Sōko Yamaoka
5	Japan	Shiho Nakashima
6th	Spain	Queralt Castellet
7th	China	Sun Zhifeng
8th	Japan	Rana Okada

Qualification: January 22nd

Final: January 23rd

Andrea Schuler (15.)

Ursina Haller (17th)

Sina Candrian (34th)

Medal table

space	country
1	Austria	3	2	1	6th
2	Switzerland	1	1	2	4th
3	Canada	1	1	1	3
4th	China	1	-	-	1
	Finland	1	-	-	1
	Japan	1	-	-	1
	Norway	1	-	-	1
8th	France	-	3	1	4th
9	Australia	-	1	-	1
10	Belgium	-	1	-	1
11	Germany	-	-	1	1
	Poland	-	-	1	1
	Russia	-	-	1	1
	United States	-	-	1	1
total		9	9	9	27

Web links

• Snowboard World Championships 2009 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Organizing Committee website
• FIS Snowboard website