Alpine Skiing

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Which skis? How to choose the ideal skiing equipment
So you’re set: your week’s holiday package in the French Alps, the first after so many years – or the first tout court – is booked, including ca...
Jean Baptiste Grange of France

Alpine Skiing Equipment
Very few other sports require such an extensive, and often expensive, equipment kit as Alpine Skiing.
World Cup winners L. Vonn and B. Miller of the USA

Major Alpine Skiing competitions
The international racing calendar outlined in “GSN and Alpine Skiing” has evolved in the late 1960s from a series of t...

Global Cup - Alpine Skiing

2013

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Austria 392 21.9
2 United States 257 14.3
3 Slovenia 187 10.4
4 France 175 9.8
5 Germany 172 9.6
6 Italy 150 8.4
7 Norway 112 6.2
8 Switzerland 104 5.8
9 Sweden 82 4.6
10 Croatia 64 3.6

2012

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Austria 260 27.8
2 United States 154 16.5 1
3 Switzerland 114 12.2 -1
4 Germany 78 8.3 1
5 Slovenia 68 7.3 3
6 Norway 62 6.6 1
7 Croatia 46 4.9 3
8 France 44 4.7 -2
9 Italy 42 4.5 -5
10 Sweden 22 2.4 -1

2011

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Austria 400 23.3
2 Switzerland 214 12.5
3 United States 196 11.4
4 Italy 170 9.9 1
5 Germany 146 8.5 -1
6 France 114 6.6 5
7 Norway 106 6.2 -1
8 Slovenia 98 5.7
9 Sweden 95 5.5 -2
10 Croatia 88 5.1 -1

2010

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Austria 420 24.5
2 Switzerland 280 16.3
3 United States 246 14.3 1
4 Germany 178 10.4 2
5 Italy 100 5.8 -2
6 Norway 96 5.6 1
7 Sweden 86 5.0 1
8 Slovenia 76 4.4 3
9 Croatia 66 3.8 1
10 Canada 60 3.5 2

2009

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Austria 374 21.8
2 Switzerland 298 17.4 1
3 Italy 180 10.5 1
4 United States 158 9.2 -2
5 France 154 9.0 1
6 Germany 122 7.1 -1
7 Norway 90 5.2
8 Sweden 72 4.2
9 Finland 62 3.6 1
10 Croatia 54 3.1 -1

Per Capita Cup - Alpine Skiing

2013

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Slovenia 10850
2 Austria 21278
3 Norway 42696
4 Switzerland 73535
5 Sweden 112485
6 Finland 126665
7 France 368418
8 Italy 397462
9 Germany 477855
10 United States 1187315

2012

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Slovenia 29838
2 Austria 32080
3 Switzerland 67084
4 Norway 77129
5 Croatia 96422
6 Sweden 419262
7 Finland 886658
8 Germany 1053731 1
9 Italy 1419507 -1
10 France 1465299

2011

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Slovenia 20704 1
2 Austria 20852 -1
3 Switzerland 35736
4 Norway 45113
5 Croatia 50402
6 Sweden 97092
7 Finland 147776 1
8 Italy 350702 3
9 Germany 562952
10 France 565554 2

2010

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Austria 19859 5
2 Slovenia 26697 8
3 Switzerland 27313 5
4 Norway 49813 5
5 Croatia 67203 -3
6 Sweden 107253 -2
7 Czech Republic 325779 -2
8 Finland 379996 -1
9 Germany 461747 2
10 Canada 556253 2

2009

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Slovenia 6
2 France 8
3 Croatia
4 Italy 4
5 Sweden
6 Czech Republic 5
7 Austria -6
8 Finland -4
9 Switzerland -7
10 Norway
Powder skiing in Kitzbuehel, Austria

Alpine Skiing: the sport
Part of the universal appeal of Alpine Skiing is that the sport is the natural evolution of a very pleasant pastime. This provides and ample base of aficionados from wh...
Pioneering ski race in Wengen (Switzerland)

History of Alpine Skiing
Alpine, or downhill skiing, evolved from much earlier forms of skiing by improving on the basic equipment, two slim, flat wooden planks bound to the skier’s feet and...
Bode Miller of the USA

GSN and Alpine Skiing
GSN focuses on the sport’s major international competitions:
  • The FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, organized annually by the International Sk...
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Standing on the shoulders of giants

Marco Buechel grabs points-per-population lead for Liechtenstein.

Liechtenstein, a tiny financial and fisca...

Austria takes the lead

Austria top of the table, established leaders ousted

Snow queen Austria tops the January table thanks to winter sports prowess

The red and white flag of Austria has flown defia...