The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in
Lillehammer
Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...
, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022.
It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiing, para cross-country skiing, para biathlon and para snowboard being held.
It was scheduled for 7 to 20 February 2021 but it was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
The COVID-19 pandemic in Norway has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths.
On 26 February 2020, the virus was confirmed to have spread to Norway. The number of cases increased rapidly during the month of March, prompting a num ...
.
The rescheduled event retained 2021 in its name.
The biathlon and cross-country skiing events were held at the
Birkebeineren Ski Stadium
Birkebeineren Ski Stadium ( no, Birkebeineren skistadion) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and biathlon venue located in Lillehammer, Norway. Situated from the town center and at above mean sea level, it has two stadium ...
and the alpine skiing and snowboard events were held at
Hafjell
Hafjell is a village and a ski resort in Norway, in the Øyer municipality in the county of Oppland.
Hafjell hosted the alpine skiing technical events ( giant slalom and slalom) at the 1994 Winter Olympics; the speed events were held at Kvitfje ...
.
Sports
The following competitions were held:
* Alpine skiing (32 medal events, of which 18 speed events: Downhill, Super-G, Super combined and 14 technical events: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Parallel Event)
* Biathlon (18 medal events)
* Cross-country skiing (20 medal events)
* Snowboard (14 medal events)
In total, 84 medal events were contested.
Medal summary
Alpine skiing
Men's events:
Women's events:
Biathlon
Men's events:
Women's events:
Cross-country skiing
Men's events:
Women's events:
Team events:
Snowboard
Men's events:
Women's events:
Medal table
References
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External links
2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships website2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships Paralympic.org
World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
Alpine skiing competitions in Norway
Biathlon competitions in Norway
Cross-country skiing competitions in Norway
Snowboarding at multi-sport events
World Para Alpine Skiing
Sports events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic