2012–13 in skiing
From August 22, 2012 to March 27, 2013, the following skiing events took place at various locations around the world.
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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).[1]
- Men's overall champion: Marcel Hirscher (second consecutive title).
- 4–17 February: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming, Austria
- United States won the gold medal count; Austria won the overall medal count.
Biathlon
- 25 November 2012 – 17 March 2013: Biathlon World Cup
- 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.
- 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: 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
- Canada won the gold medal count; it tied with the United States for the overall medal count.
Nordic skiing
- 23 November 2012 – 24 March 2013: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
- Ladies: Sara Takanashi (JPN). First overall title.[2]
- Men: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT). Second overall title.[3]
- 24 November 2012 – 16 March 2013: FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
- Men: Eric Frenzel (GER). First overall title.[4]
- 24 November 2012 – 24 March 2013: Fis Cross-Country World Cup
- Men: Petter Northug (NOR). Second overall title.[5]
- Ladies: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL). Fourth overall title.[6]
- 20 February – 3 March: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, Italy
- 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: 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
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.
- "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.
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