The 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in

Kreischberg Kreischberg is an Austrian ski resort in Styria, Austria. The area includes the adjacent Rosenkranzhöhe and offers 40 kilometres of slopes altogether. In December 2013, Kreischberg was considered the first 10-seater gondola in Styria. In recent ye ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

from January 15–25, 2015. In 2014, the FIS ( International Ski Federation) decided to merge the

FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships The FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships is the world championship organized by the FIS for freestyle skiing. It was first organized in 1986 and is now held every odd year. Currently, the events included in the world championships are Moguls, ...

with the

FIS Snowboarding World Championships The FIS Snowboarding World Championships is the world championship organized by the FIS for Snowboarding. It was first held in 1996 and is now held every odd year. The championship events include Big air, Half-pipe, Parallel giant slalom, Paralle ...

starting with these championships. The

n municipality of

was awarded the event in 2010. Qualification for the women's aerials event began a day before the opening ceremony. Freestyle skiers competed in six disciplines: moguls, dual moguls, ski cross, slopestyle, halfpipe and aerials. Snowboarders competed in six disciplines: halfpipe, slopestyle, parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom, big air and snowboard cross.

Schedule

Medalists

Freestyle skiing

Men's events

Women's events

Snowboarding

Men's events

Women's events

Participating countries

A total of 40 countries entered athletes. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Medal table

Broadcasting

This was the first time the championships were available for live viewing on

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for free of charge, in countries where broadcasting agreements were not in place.

References

External links

Official website
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