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 Ivica Kostelić and Alexis Pinturault were tied for first place. Men's downhill overall winner: Aksel Lund Svindal. Men's giant slalom overall winner: Ted Ligety. Men's slalom overall winner: Marcel Hirscher. Men's Super G overall winner: Aksel Lund Svindal. Women's combined overall winner: Tina Maze. Women's downhill overall winner: Lindsey Vonn. Women's giant slalom overall winner: Tina Maze. Women's slalom overall winner: Mikaela Shiffrin. Women's Super G overall winner: Tina Maze. Ladies overall champion: Tina Maze (first title). Men's overall champion: Marcel Hirscher (second consecutive title). 4–17 February: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming, Austria won the gold medal count; won the overall medal count.
Biathlon
25 November 2012 – 17 March 2013: Biathlon World Cup 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. 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: Jia Zongyang Men's halfpipe overall winner: Mike Riddle Men's moguls overall winner: Mikaël Kingsbury Men's skicross overall winner: Alex Fiva Men's slopestyle overall winner: James Woods Women's aerials overall winner: Xu Mengtao Women's halfpipe overall winner: Virginie Faivre Women's moguls overall winner: Hannah Kearney Women's skicross overall winner: Fanny Smith Women's slopestyle overall winner: Keri Herman Men's total overall winner: Mikaël Kingsbury (first title). Women's total overall winner: Xu Mengtao (first title). March 5 – 10: The FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013 took place at Voss, Norway won the gold medal count; it tied with the for the overall medal count.
Nordic skiing
23 November 2012 – 24 March 2013: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Ladies: . First overall title. Men: . Second overall title. 24 November 2012 – 16 March 2013: FIS Nordic Combined World Cup Men: . First overall title. 24 November 2012 – 24 March 2013: Fis Cross-Country World Cup Men: . Second overall title. Ladies: . Fourth overall title. 20 February – 3 March: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, Italy 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: Seppe Smits. Men's halfpipe overall winner: Scotty Lago. Men's parallel slalom overall winner: Andreas Prommegger. Men's slopestyle overall winner: Yuuki Kadano. Men's snowboard cross overall winner: Alex Pullin. Women's halfpipe overall winner: Kelly Clark. Women's parallel slalom overall winner: Patrizia Kummer. Women's slopestyle overall winner: Kjersti Buaas. Women's snowboard cross overall winner: Dominique Maltais. Men's total overall winner: Janne Korpi (first title). Women's total overall winner: 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 and 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.
References
External links International Ski Federation official website IPC Alpine Skiing official website International Biathlon Union official website IPC Biathlon and Cross Country Skiing official website