2012–13 in skiing

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 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. Men: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT). Second overall title. 24 November 2012 – 16 March 2013: FIS Nordic Combined World Cup Men: Eric Frenzel (GER). First overall title. 24 November 2012 – 24 March 2013: Fis Cross-Country World Cup Men: Petter Northug (NOR). Second overall title. Ladies: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL). Fourth overall title. 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 Canada and Finland 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