2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships

2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships
Host cityLillehammer
CountryNorway
Edition1
Nations42[1]
Athletes852[1]
Sport4
Opening12 January 2022 (2022-01-12)
Closing23 January 2022 (2022-01-23)
Dates8 to 23 January 2022
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The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022.[2] It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiing, para cross-country skiing, para biathlon and para snowboard being held.[3][4] It was scheduled for 7 to 20 February 2021 but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[2][5] The rescheduled event retained 2021 in its name.[6][7]

The biathlon and cross-country skiing events were held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium and the alpine skiing and snowboard events were held at Hafjell.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Five things to know about Lillehammer 2021". Paralympic.org. 9 January 2022. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "New dates for World Para Snow Sports Championships announced". Paralympic.org. 8 April 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ Kerr, Stephen (24 November 2021). "Historic Combined Para Snow Sports World Championships Sets The Stage For Winter Paralympics". Team USA. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  4. ^ Palmer, Dan (26 November 2020). "Inaugural World Para Snow Sports Championships postponed to 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  5. ^ Houston, Michael (9 April 2021). "World Para Snow Sports Championships rescheduled for January 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  6. ^ "World Para Snow Sports Championships: Lillehammer 2021 postponed to 2022". BBC Sport. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ^ "World Para Snow Sports Championships postponed to 2022". Paralympic.org. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Team Leader Manual (22 June 2021)" (PDF). Paralympic.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.