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Multiple World Cups in the overall and in each discipline are marked with (#). Combined events (calculated using results from selected downhill and slalom races) were included starting with the 1974–75 season, but a discipline trophy was only awarded during the next season ( 1975–76 ) and then once again starting with the 1979–80 season.
Cross-Country Skiing: 54 in Sprint, 29 in Distance Races, 9 in Ski Tours. [8] 8: Therese Johaug Norway: 87: 2007– Cross-Country Skiing: 75 in Distance Races, 11 in Ski Tours, 1 in Sprint. [9] 9: Ingemar Stenmark Sweden: 86: 1973–1989: Alpine Skiing: 46 in Giant Slalom, 40 in Slalom. [10] 10: Lindsey Vonn United States: 82: 2000– Alpine Skiing
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France (Honore Bonnet) and the USA (Bob Beattie). [1]
The first winner for his country is highlighted in plum. [ 2 ] Jean-Claude Killy was the first skier to win races in two seasons (1967 and 1967/1968), while Ingemar Stenmark won races in 13 seasons and set a record for the greatest absolute number of races won in a single season winning 13 races (out of 33 total) in the 1978–79 season.
Combined would not award another World Cup discipline championship until after the introduction of the "Super Combined" (downhill/slalom) or "Alpine combined" (Super G/slalom) races, but that championship would only last from the 2006/07 season until it was again eliminated after the 2011/12 season.
The first world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annually in Europe, until interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, preventing a 1940 event. An event was held in 1941, but included competitors only from nations from the Axis powers or nations not at war with them. The results were later ...
A total of twelve countries have hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, including those which were shared with the Winter Olympics. All of the top-7 on the list of nations which have won FIS World Cup races have been selected as host at least twice.
Alpine skiing. This is a list of all female winners in FIS Alpine Ski World Cup from 1967 to present. The list includes all downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined and parallel/city events, but does not show team events.