The women's slalom in the
2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved 12 events, including three parallel slaloms (one parallel slalom and two city events). At the end of the season, a new discipline was created for parallel races.
Two-time defending champion
Mikaela Shiffrin
Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She is a four-time Overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom, and a six-time winner of the World Cup ...
from the United States won ten of the twelve races en route to winning an all-time record 17 races during the season (finishing second in the other two); this was Shiffrin's sixth discipline championship in slalom, tying the women's record for career slalom championships set by
Vreni Schneider
Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born 26 November 1964) is a retired ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the fourth most successful female ski racer ever (after Lindsey Vonn, Annemarie Moser-Pröll an ...
(the men's record is eight, set by
Ingemar Stenmark
Jan Ingemar Stenmark (; born 18 March 1956) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Swedish athletes ever, and as the greatest slalom and giant slalom specialist of all time. He competed fo ...
), and she has now won 40 slaloms, tying Stenmark's total in the discipline. Shiffrin scored 1,160 points in the discipline for the season out of a possible 1,200. Runner-up
Petra Vlhová
Petra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Vlhová won the World Cup overall title in 2021 and the gold medal in the 2022 Winter Olympics in the sl ...
of Slovakia also had an outstanding year with ten podiums (two wins, seven seconds, and a third), but she still finished almost 300 points behind Shiffrin.
The season was interrupted by the
2019 World Ski Championships, which were held from 4–17 February in
Ã…re
Åre () is a locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,200 inhabitants in 2018. It is, however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpen. 25% of the local eco ...
, Sweden. The
women's slalom was held on 16 February.
Standings
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*DNF1 = Did Not Finish run 1
*DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1
*DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2
*DNF2 = Did Not Finish run 2
*DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2
*DNS = Did Not Start
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See also
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2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings
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2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall
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2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill
The women's downhill in the 2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eight events, including the season finals in Soldeu, Andorra. Defending discipline champion Sofia Goggia of Italy fractured her ankle prior to the start of the season and miss ...
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2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G
The women's super-G in the 2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved 6 events, including the finals in Soldeu, Andorra. Originally, the season had been planned to hold 8 events, but the two races scheduled in Sochi, Russia were cancelled due to ...
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2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom
The women's giant slalom in the 2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved 8 events.
The battle for the discipline championship was waged between two skiers better known for their slalom prowess: Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States and Petra V ...
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2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's combined
The Women's Combined in the 2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved only 1 event. Only two had been scheduled, but the first was cancelled due to unseasonably warm weather.
The one race was won by Federica Brignone of Italy, who not only won ...
References
External links
Alpine Skiingat
FIS website
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Women's slalom
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's slalom discipline titles