2012–13 in skiing
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From August 22, 2012 to March 27, 2013, the following skiing events took place at various locations around the world.
Alpine skiing
- October 27, 2012 – March 17, 2013: FIS World Cup
- Men's combined overall winners: both Croatia Ivica Kostelić and France Alexis Pinturault were tied for first place.
- Men's downhill overall winner: Norway Aksel Lund Svindal.
- Men's giant slalom overall winner: United States Ted Ligety.
- Men's slalom overall winner: Austria Marcel Hirscher.
- Men's Super G overall winner: Norway Aksel Lund Svindal.
- Women's combined overall winner: Slovenia Tina Maze.
- Women's downhill overall winner: United States Lindsey Vonn.
- Women's giant slalom overall winner: Slovenia Tina Maze.
- Women's slalom overall winner: United States Mikaela Shiffrin.
- Women's Super G overall winner: Slovenia Tina Maze.
- Ladies overall champion: Slovenia Tina Maze (first title).[1]
- Men's overall champion: Austria Marcel Hirscher (second consecutive title).
- 4–17 February: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming, Austria
- File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States won the gold medal count; File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria won the overall medal count.
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Biathlon
- 25 November 2012 – 17 March 2013: Biathlon World Cup
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway is the winner of both gold and overall medal counts for this World Cup of events.
- 7–17 February: The Biathlon World Championships 2013 was held at Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic.
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway was the gold medal and overall medal counts winner.
Freestyle skiing
- August 22, 2012 – March 25, 2013: 2012–13 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
- Men's aerials overall winner: China Jia Zongyang
- Men's halfpipe overall winner: Canada Mike Riddle
- Men's moguls overall winner: Canada Mikaël Kingsbury
- Men's skicross overall winner: Switzerland Alex Fiva
- Men's slopestyle overall winner: United Kingdom James Woods
- Women's aerials overall winner: China Xu Mengtao
- Women's halfpipe overall winner: Switzerland Virginie Faivre
- Women's moguls overall winner: United States Hannah Kearney
- Women's skicross overall winner: Switzerland Fanny Smith
- Women's slopestyle overall winner: United States Keri Herman
- March 5 – 10: The FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013 took place at Voss, Norway
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada won the gold medal count; it tied with the File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States for the overall medal count.
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Nordic skiing
- 23 November 2012 – 24 March 2013: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
- Ladies: File:Flag of Japan.svg Sara Takanashi (JPN). First overall title.[2]
- Men: File:Flag of Austria.svg Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT). Second overall title.[3]
- 24 November 2012 – 16 March 2013: FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
- Men: File:Flag of Germany.svg Eric Frenzel (GER). First overall title.[4]
- 24 November 2012 – 24 March 2013: Fis Cross-Country World Cup
- Men: File:Flag of Norway.svg Petter Northug (NOR). Second overall title.[5]
- Ladies: File:Flag of Poland.svg Justyna Kowalczyk (POL). Fourth overall title.[6]
- 20 February – 3 March: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, Italy
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway topped the gold and overall medals tally.
Snowboarding
- August 28, 2012 – March 27, 2013: 2012–13 FIS Snowboard World Cup
- Men's Big Air overall winner: Belgium Seppe Smits.
- Men's halfpipe overall winner: United States Scotty Lago.
- Men's parallel slalom overall winner: Austria Andreas Prommegger.
- Men's slopestyle overall winner: Japan Yuuki Kadano.
- Men's snowboard cross overall winner: Australia Alex Pullin.
- Women's halfpipe overall winner: United States Kelly Clark.
- Women's parallel slalom overall winner: Switzerland Patrizia Kummer.
- Women's slopestyle overall winner: Norway Kjersti Buaas.
- Women's snowboard cross overall winner: Canada Dominique Maltais.
- Men's total overall winner: Finland Janne Korpi (first title).
- Women's total overall winner: United States Kelly Clark (first title).
- 18–27 January: The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 took place at the Stoneham Mountain Resort, in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Quebec, Canada
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada and File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland both tied in the gold and overall medal tallies. However, Canada takes first place because of the team's two silver medals won; Finland has two bronze medals instead.
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References
- ↑ "Maze wins overall World Cup". Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo!. Reuters. 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ↑ "Sara Takanashi wins overall world cup title". FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. Official Site. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ↑ "Schlierenzauer takes overall title". FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. Official Site. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ↑ "Frenzel wins overall title". FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. Official Site. Retrieved 15 March 2013.[dead link]
- ↑ "Northug secures world cup finals". FIS Cross-Country World Cup. Faster Skier. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ "Kowalczyk secured the FIS Cross-Country Overall World Cup title". FIS Cross-Country World Cup. FIS Cross Country. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.