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20-627: Skiing has a long history in St. Anton: ski instructors from the area emigrated to the United States in the 1930s, helping to popularise the sport. St. Anton was the host of the Alpine World Ski Championships in 2001 , and is frequently listed as one of the world's top skiing resorts both in terms of skiing available and après-ski entertainment. St Anton lies on the Rosanna River and is in

40-565: Is a railway station on the Arlberg railway line between Bludenz and Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof . The station is served by RailJet , EuroCity , InterCity , EuroNight and NightJet trains of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and services of WESTbahn . The resort was featured extensively in the 2011 film Chalet Girl , a romantic comedy starring Felicity Jones , Ed Westwick and Bill Nighy . The resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

60-704: The Super-G was added to the program in 1987 . (Both were also added to the Olympics in 1988 .) There were no World Championships in 1983 or 1984 and since 1985 , they have been scheduled in odd-numbered years, independent of the Winter Olympics . A lack of snow in southern Spain in 1995 caused a postponement to the following year. A total of twelve countries have hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, including those which were shared with

80-653: The "Terminal West". "Terminal Ost" gives access to the Nassereinbahn Gondola and the "Terminal West" to the Galzigbahn/ Rendlbahn gondolas as well as the town's railway station. There is a route with frequent, year-round services between St Anton and Landeck, the latter being a town located at the entrance to the main valley (Stanzertal, as it is known in the local area). Frequent free bus services also operate between different parts of St Anton as well as from Pettneu, Schnann, and Flirsch. St. Anton am Arlberg

100-549: The 14th century the shepherd Heinrich Findelkind built a hospice as a shelter for travellers crossing the Arlberg pass to the Vorarlberg province, Stuben, Lech , Zürs, Warth-Schröcken and Klösterle/Sonnenkopf. St Anton is easily reached by car on the A14 motorway, which runs from Vorarlberg (Austria's westernmost state, which borders Liechtenstein and Switzerland) and then follows the spine of

120-541: The Alpine Skiing World Championships (including at team events) are listed below. Boldface denotes active skiers and highest medal count among all skiers (including these who not included in these tables) per type. * Including one medal in the Mixed team event ** Including two medals in the Mixed team event Participants with five or more medals in the individual disciplines (not including team events) at

140-579: The Alpine Skiing World Championships are (boldface denotes active skiers): Only seven skiers (three men and four women) have ever managed to win World championship in four or more different alpine skiing individual disciplines during their career, as listed in the table below. Anja Pärson of Sweden is the only skier in history to win World Championship golds in five individual disciplines. 'The tables for both genders include medals won at

160-638: The Nasserein area with connections to the Kapall peak. The Kapall, Valluga, and Schindler peaks provide skiers with close to 1,500 vertical metres skiing (4,920 ft). Slope-side après-ski bars can be found on the Steissbachtal trail just above St Anton. The groomed runs in the region cater to all levels; 43% are for beginners (blue), 41% for intermediate skiers (red) and 16% are for the more advanced (black). There are also 200 km (120 mi) of deep snow runs in

180-448: The Tyrol. Alternatively, St Anton, Langen am Arlberg, and Kloesterle (all located in the Arlberg ski region) have railway stations. Both St Anton and Langen am Arlberg are stops on international train services between Zurich and Budapest. St Anton and the surrounding villages/resorts are served by a network of bus routes. In the town itself, there are two hubs known as the "Terminal Ost" and

200-693: The Winter Olympics. All of the top-7 on the list of nations which have won FIS World Cup races have been selected as host at least twice. The World Championships have been held only once in the Southern Hemisphere , in August 1966 at Portillo, Chile . The list is complete through 2021 and does not include the unofficial 1941 event. Note: The men's super-G in 1993 and the team event in 2009 were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and no medals were awarded. Top 10 skiers who won more gold medals at

220-401: The addition of the giant slalom in 1950, but returned in 1954 as a "paper" race which used the results of the three events: downhill , giant slalom, and slalom . During Olympic years from 1956 through 1980, FIS World Championship medals were awarded in the combined, but not Olympic medals. The combined returned as a separately run event in 1982 with its own downhill and two-run slalom, and

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240-409: The area. Expert terrain includes less-frequently groomed ski routes such as Schindlerkar and Mattun, and the backside of Valluga (2,811 metres or 9,222 feet) down to Zürs , which is for experts only if accompanied by a guide. There are also a large number of off-piste routes in the area that experts can explore with the help of a guide. Other ski areas are St Christoph am Arlberg, a hamlet where in

260-508: The comedy film was a fictional account of the skiing exploits of a young village girl, played by Riefenstahl, and her attempts to master the sport of skiing and ski-jumping aided by the local ski expert Hannes Schneider. The film was one of the first to use and develop outdoor film-making techniques and featured several innovative action-skiing scenes. Riefenstahl went on to make Nazi propaganda films and, post-war, subsequently lived in Africa . After

280-536: The competition was held in even-numbered years, with the Winter Olympics acting as the World Championships through 1980 , and a separate competition held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. The 1950 championships in the United States at Aspen were the first held outside of Europe and the first official championships separate of the Olympics since 1939 . The combined event was dropped after 1948 with

300-476: The main east-west rail line between Austria and Switzerland. There are many airports that serve St Anton by way of train and car that include Munich, Zürich, Innsbruck, and Friedrichshafen. The centre is a pedestrian zone. St Anton is part of the Arlberg area of ski resorts – a region that includes 94 cable cars and ski lifts, 340 km (210 mi) of groomed pistes and 200 km (120 mi) of deep-snow runs, all of which are covered under one liftpass. On

320-560: The nine Winter Olympics from 1948 through 1980 , though these were also World Championships. The mixed team events is not included for both genders, therefore there is special table for these team competitions. Also, there are two cumulative medal tables – the first one includes medals won at the nine Winter Olympics from 1948 through 1980 , the second one do not includes these medals. All tables are current through 2023 . 1969 in film The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and

340-533: The outbreak of World War II , preventing a 1940 event. An event was held in 1941, but included competitors only from nations from the Axis powers or nations not at war with them. The results were later cancelled by the FIS in 1946 because of the limited number of participants, so they are not considered official. Following the war, the championships were connected with the Olympics for several decades. From 1948 through 1982 ,

360-544: The war, Schneider developed the downhill skiing method known as the " Arlberg technique ". FIS Alpine World Ski Championships The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The inaugural world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annually in Europe, until interrupted by

380-515: The western edge of village is the "Galzigbahn" which has been replaced by a Funitel gondola. The new gondola includes a first-ever "Ferris wheel": enabling passengers to board the gondolas on ground level, then rotating the gondolas up to the main high-speed cables. The Funitel accesses the Galzig slopes and connects to Schindler and Valluga peaks. On the eastern edge of town, the Nassereinbahn rises to

400-454: Was also used for some interior shots. Was the site used for the 1995 music video “Light Years” for Jamiroquai’s fourth single from their sophomore album “The Return Of The Space Cowboy”. St. Anton was shown in the 1969 film Downhill Racer , starring Robert Redford and Gene Hackman . St. Anton was also the setting for the film The White Ecstasy , starring Leni Riefenstahl and local ski instructor Hannes Schneider . Made in 1931,

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