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2025
13 Jan
 
23 Jan
2023
12 Jan
 
22 Jan
United States of America, Lake Placid
2019
02 Mar
 
12 Mar
Russia, Krasnoyarsk
2017
29 Jan
 
08 Feb
Kazakhstan, Almaty
2015
24 Jan
 
01 Feb
Slovakia, Strbske Pleso/Osrblie

FISU Technical Committee Chair

Matjaz Kranjc Technical Committee Chair
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History of Alpine Skiing in FISU

A very popular snow discipline at the FISU World University Games, Alpine Skiing had its premiere at the event’s first edition in Chamonix, France, in 1960. Alpine skiing had previously been on the programme of the traditional International Winter Weeks which were held in 1951 in Bad Gastein, 1953 in Saint Moritz, 1955 in Yugoslavia, 1957 in Oberammergau and 1959 in Zell am See. From the first edition, the following races have been organised for men and women: Slalom Special, Giant Slalom and Downhill. Super-G was first organised in 1989 and downhill was last held in 2013. Mixed Team Parallel was also added to the programme in 2017 in Almaty. The first medal of the 1960 WU was attributed to French skier Cécile Prince in the Slalom. For many years student athletes from Switzerland, USA, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and Austria have dominated the FISU Games. Many participants and medallists of the FISU Games also took part in the Olympic Winter Games, as for example: Naoki YVASA (JPN), Martin VRABLIK (CZE), Filip TREJBAL (CZE), and Ramon ZENHAEUSERN (SUI).