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unusual facts about FIS Alpine World Ski Championships


Gudiberg

The slalom piste at Gudiberg was improved in preparation for the World Championships in 2011, and has hosted World Cup slalom events.


Andrea Mead Lawrence

She competed in three Winter Olympics (and two world championships) and was the first American alpine skier to win two Olympic gold medals.

Erik Guay

The win was Guay's first World Championship medal, and the second consecutive Canadian to win the world title in downhill, following John Kucera in 2009.

Racing out of Mont-Tremblant, Québec, Guay won the World Cup season title in Super G in 2010 and was the world champion in downhill in 2011.

Garmisch Classic

The area hosted the World Championships in 2011 and 1978, and alpine skiing debuted at the Winter Olympics here in 1936.

Haus im Ennstal

Haus is a well-known ski resort and has hosted World Cup alpine races several times, and the women's events of the World Championships in 1982.

Nastasia Noens

At the World Championships, she finished 13th in the slalom in 2009, 9th in 2011, and 20th in 2013.

Super-G

While neither won gold in the super-G in the Olympics (both won a bronze), they both won a world title, Vonn in 2009 and Seizinger in 1993.

Susan Corrock

From 194880 the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships for alpine skiing.


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