Speed ski world championship
The speed ski world championships are a sporting event that takes place every two years and in which the world champions in speed ski are determined. The world ski association FIS has been the organizer since 1995 .
Venues
The first unofficial world championship took place in Allenspark ( USA ) in 1981 . However, these have only been organized by the FIS since 1995.
year | venue | country | comment |
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1981 | Allenspark | United States | |
1984 | Le Arcs | France | |
1985 | Le Arcs | France | |
1986 | La Clusaz | France | |
1987 | La Clusaz | France | |
1995 | Kolari | Finland | First organization by the FIS. |
1996 | Vars | France | |
1997 | Vars | France | |
1998 | Vars | France | |
2000 | Trivero | Italy | |
2001 | Breuil-Cervinia | Italy | |
2003 | Salla | Finland | |
2005 | Breuil-Cervinia | Italy | |
2007 | Verbier | Switzerland | |
2009 | Vars | France | |
2011 | Verbier | Switzerland | |
2013 | Vars | France | |
2015 | Pas de la Casa | Andorra | |
2017 | Idre | Sweden | |
2019 | Vars | France | Only the classic 'S1' class will be held. |
List of venues
venue | country | number | Host years |
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Vars | France | 6th | 1996; 1997; 1998; 2009; 2013; 2019 |
Breuil-Cervinia | Italy | 2 | 2001; 2005 |
Le Arcs | France | 2 | 1984; 1985 |
La Clusaz | France | 2 | 1986; 1987 |
Verbier | Switzerland | 2 | 2007; 2011 |
Allenspark | United States | 1 | 1981 |
Idre | Sweden | 1 | 2017 |
Kolari | Finland | 1 | 1995 |
Pas de la Casa | Andorra | 1 | 2015 |
Salla | Finland | 1 | 2003 |
Trivero | Italy | 1 | 2000 |
The most successful participants
The most successful participants in terms of the number of world championship titles are Karine Dubouchet Revol ( FRA , 5 wins) for women and Simone Origone ( ITA , 6 wins) for men .
space | Surname | country | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 | Simone Origone | Italy | 2005 | 2019 | 6th | 1 | - | 7th |
2 | Karine Dubouchet Revol | France | 1996 | 2011 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8th |
3 | Gregory Meichty | Switzerland | 2009 | 2017 | 3 | 1 | - | 4th |
4th | Valentina Greggio | Italy | 2013 | 2019 | 3 | - | 1 | 4th |
5 | Britta Backlund | Sweden | 2013 | 2019 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
6th | Bastien Montes | France | 2005 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
7th | Erik Backlund | Sweden | 2011 | 2015 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
8th | Markus Münzer | Austria | 2007 | 2011 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
9 | Harry Egger | Austria | 1997 | 1998 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Johan Rousseau | France | 1996 | 1997 | |||||
Jukka Viitasaari | Finland | 2001 | 2003 | |||||
Franz Weber | Austria | 1981 | 1984 |
Eternal medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 | France | 24 | 23 | 15th | 62 |
2 | Sweden | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
3 | Italy | 10 | 7th | 4th | 21st |
4th | Austria | 8th | 4th | 9 | 21st |
5 | United States | 6th | 12 | 6th | 24 |
6th | Switzerland | 6th | 8th | 9 | 23 |
7th | Finland | 6th | 5 | 9 | 20th |
8th | Germany | 2 | - | 2 | 4th |
9 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Canada | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Monaco | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
12 | United Kingdom | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Spain | - | 1 | - | 1 |
14th | Denmark | - | - | 1 | 1 |