FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

Annual freestyle skiing competition
FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup
Genrefreestyle skiing
- moguls, aerials, ski cross
- halfpipe, slopestyle, big air
Location(s)Europe, Japan, Canada,
United States, Australia,
Belarus, New Zealand,
South Korea, China,
Russia
Inaugurated5 January 1980 (5 January 1980)
Organised byInternational Ski Federation
PeopleJoe Fitzgerald (coordinator)
Kathrin Hostettler (assistant)
JP Baralo (SX and SBX race director)
2022–23 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

The FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup is an annual freestyle skiing competition arranged by the International Ski Federation since 1980.[1][2] Currently six disciplines are included in world cup: moguls, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and big air. In the 1980s and 1990s there were also ski ballet and combined, which no longer exist.

Races are hosted primarily at ski resorts in North America, the Alps in Europe, with regular stops in Scandinavia, east Asia, but a few races have also been held in the Southern Hemisphere. World Cup competitions have been hosted in 22 countries around the world: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States.[3] (note that all world cup races hosted at ski resort in Ukraine was still part of Soviet Union respectively.)

Number of events

Mixed team events are not included in this list.

Men

Season MO AE DM SX HP SS BA AC CO Total
1980 5 5 5 5 20
1981 8 8 9 8 33
1982 11 9 11 9 40
1983 6 6 7 6 25
1984 9 9 8 8 34
1984–85 10 9 10 8 37
1985–86 6 8 7 6 27
1986–87 9 9 7 8 33
1987–88 10 10 10 10 40
1988–89 10 9 10 9 38
1989–90 9 9 9 9 36
1990–91 12 13 13 12 50
1991–92 11 11 11 11 44
1992–93 12 9 10 9 40
1993–94 11 11 11 9 42
1994–95 10 11 10 9 40
1995–96 11 12 3 10 6 42
1996–97 7 12 6 9 4 38
1997–98 8 10 5 6 29
1999 5 4 3 2 14
1999–00 7 7 4 2 20
2000–01 7 7 1 15
2001–02 9 6 3 18
2002–03 10 9 3 3 25
2003–04 12 12 2 8 3 37
2004–05 11 12 6 29
2005–06 11 11 5 2 29
2006–07 7 6 3 3 1 20
2007–08 9 9 1 8 3 30
2008–09 7 6 2 9 3 27
2009–10 10 6 11 27
2010–11 6 7 5 11 3 32
2011–12 7 10 6 10 2 2 37
2012–13 6 7 6 10 5 4 38
2013–14 8 5 3 11 4 5 36
2014–15 5 7 4 11 3 2 32
2015–16 4 6 4 12 4 4 1 35
2016–17 1 2 6 1 3 13
Total 317 319 64 124 34 17 4 177 146 1202

Women

Season MO AE DM SX HP SS BA AC CO Total
1980 5 5 5 5 20
1981 8 8 9 8 33
1982 11 9 11 9 40
1983 6 6 7 6 25
1984 9 9 8 8 34
1984–85 10 10 10 9 39
1985–86 6 8 7 6 27
1986–87 9 9 8 8 34
1987–88 10 10 10 10 40
1988–89 10 10 10 10 40
1989–90 9 9 9 9 36
1990–91 12 13 13 12 50
1991–92 11 12 11 11 45
1992–93 12 9 10 9 40
1993–94 11 11 11 10 43
1994–95 10 11 10 9 40
1995–96 11 11 3 10 35
1996–97 7 11 6 9 33
1997–98 8 10 5 6 29
1999 5 4 3 2 14
1999–00 7 7 4 2 20
2000–01 7 7 1 15
2001–02 9 7 3 19
2002–03 10 9 3 3 25
2003–04 12 12 2 8 3 37
2004–05 11 12 6 29
2005–06 11 11 5 2 29
2006–07 7 6 2 3 1 19
2007–08 9 9 1 8 3 30
2008–09 7 7 2 10 3 29
2009–10 11 6 11 28
2010–11 6 7 5 11 3 32
2011–12 7 10 6 10 2 2 37
2012–13 6 7 6 10 5 4 38
2013–14 8 5 3 11 4 5 36
2014–15 5 7 4 11 3 2 32
2015–16 4 6 4 12 4 4 1 35
2016–17 1 2 6 1 3 13
Total 318 322 63 125 34 17 4 178 139 1200

Points distribution

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Discipline 100 80 60 50 45 40 36 32 29 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Overall 20 16 12 10 9 8 7.2 6.4 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.4 4 3.6 3.2 3 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2

Overall results

Men

     Season      Winner      Runner-up      Third
1980 Canada Greg Athans United States Scott Brooksbank Canada Rick Bowie
1981 United States Frank Beddor Canada Greg Athans Canada Peter Judge
1982 United States Frank Beddor (2) Canada Peter Judge United States Bruce Bolesky
1983 Canada Peter Judge Canada Alain Laroche France Eric Laboureix
1984 Canada Alain Laroche United States Bruce Bolesky France Éric Laboureix
1984–85 Canada Alain Laroche (2) France Éric Laboureix Canada Chris Simboli
1985–86 France Éric Laboureix Canada Chris Simboli United States John Witt
1986–87 France Éric Laboureix (2) United States John Witt Canada Chris Simboli
1987–88 France Éric Laboureix (3) Canada Chris Simboli Canada Alain LaRoche
1988–89 Canada Chris Simboli United States Scott Ogren Canada Alain LaRoche
1989–90 France Éric Laboureix (4) France Olivier Allamand United States Trace Worthington
1990–91 France Éric Laboureix (5) France Youri Gilg United States Trace Worthington
1991–92 United States Trace Worthington France Youri Gilg Canada David Belhumeur
1992–93 United States Trace Worthington (2) Norway Rune Kristiansen Canada Jean-Luc Brassard
1993–94 Russia Sergey Shupletsov Canada David Belhumeur Canada Trace Worthington
1994–95 United States Jonny Moseley United States Trace Worthington Canada David Belhumeur
1995–96 United States Jonny Moseley (2) Canada David Belhumeur Switzerland Heini Baumgartner
1996–97 Canada Darcy Downs France Fabrice Becker Switzerland Heini Baumgartner
1997–98 France Fabrice Becker United States Jonny Moseley United States Ian Edmondson
1999 Canada Nicolas Fontaine Belarus Dmitri Dashinski Finland Janne Lahtela
1999–00 Finland Janne Lahtela Canada Nicolas Fontaine Belarus Aleksei Grishin
2000–01 Finland Mikko Ronkainen United States Eric Bergoust United States Joe Pack
2001–02 United States Eric Bergoust United States Jeremy Bloom Belarus Aleksei Grishin
2002–03 Russia Dmitri Arkhipov Canada Steve Omischl Canada Jeff Bean
2003–04 Canada Steve Omischl France Mathias Wecxsteen France Laurent Favre
2004–05 United States Jeremy Bloom Czech Republic Tomáš Kraus Austria Isidor Grüner
2005–06 Czech Republic Tomáš Kraus Australia Dale Begg-Smith Austria Roman Hofer
2006–07 Australia Dale Begg-Smith Canada Steve Omischl United States Jeref Peterson
2007–08 Canada Steve Omischl (2) Czech Republic Tomáš Kraus Australia Dale Begg-Smith
2008–09 Canada Alexandre Bilodeau Canada Steve Omischl Czech Republic Tomáš Kraus
2009–10 Belarus Anton Kushnir Switzerland Michael Schmid Australia Dale Begg-Smith
2010–11 France Guilbaut Colas Austria Andreas Matt Canada Alexandre Bilodeau
2011–12 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury United States Patrick Deneen Canada Olivier Rochon
2012–13 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury (2) Canada Alexandre Bilodeau Switzerland Alex Fiva
2013–14 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury (3) Canada Alexandre Bilodeau Sweden Jesper Tjäder
2014–15 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury (4) United States Mac Bohonnon France Jean-Frédéric Chapuis
2015–16 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury (5) France Kevin Rolland France Jean-Frédéric Chapuis
2016–17 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury (6) Sweden Henrik Harlaut China Qi Guangpu
2017–18 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury (7) United States Alex Ferreira Switzerland Andri Ragettli
2018–19 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury (8) France Bastien Midol China Wang Xindi
2019–20 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury (9) Canada Noah Bowman United States Aaron Blunck

Women

     Season      Winner      Runner-up      Third
1980 Canada Stephanie Sloan Canada Lauralee Bowie West Germany Hedy Garhammer
1981 Canada Marie-Claude Asselin Canada Renée Lee Smith Canada Stéphanie Sloan
1982 Canada Marie-Claude Asselin (2) Switzerland Conny Kissling United States Hayley Wolff
1983 Switzerland Conny Kissling Canada Marie-Claude Asselin Switzerland Eveline Wirth
1984 Switzerland Conny Kissling (2) France Catherine Frairer Canada Meredith Gardner
1984–85 Switzerland Conny Kissling (3) Canada Meredith Gardner Canada Anna Fraser
1985–86 Switzerland Conny Kissling (4) Canada Anna Fraser Canada Meredith Gardner
1986–87 Switzerland Conny Kissling (5) Canada Anna Fraser United States Melanie Palenik
1987–88 Switzerland Conny Kissling (6) Canada Meredith Gardner United States Melanie Palenik
1988–89 Switzerland Conny Kissling (7) Canada Meredith Gardner United States Melanie Palenik
1989–90 Switzerland Conny Kissling (8) United States Donna Weinbrecht West Germany Sonja Reichart
1990–91 Switzerland Conny Kissling (9) United Kingdom Jilly Curry Switzerland Maja Schmid
1991–92 Switzerland Conny Kissling (10) Switzerland Maja Schmid United Kingdom Jilly Curry
1992–93 Canada Katherina Kubenk Switzerland Maja Schmid United Kingdom Jilly Curry
1993–94 United States Kristean Porter Russia Natalia Orekhova Canada Katherina Kubenk
1994–95 United States Kristean Porter (2) Switzerland Maja Schmid Canada Katherina Kubenk
1995–96 Canada Katherina Kubenk (2) United States Donna Weinbrecht Russia Elena Batalova
1996–97 United States Stacey Blumer Russia Elena Batalova Canada Katherina Kubenk
1997–98 United States Nikki Stone Russia Elena Batalova Russia Oksana Kushenko
1999 Australia Jacqui Cooper United States Nikki Stone Canada Veronica Brenner
1999–00 Australia Jacqui Cooper (2) United States Veronica Brenner United States Ann Battelle
Sweden Marja Elfman
2000–01 Australia Jacqui Cooper (3) Norway Kari Traa Belarus Alla Tsuper
2001–02 Norway Kari Traa Belarus Alla Tsuper United States Hannah Hardaway
2002–03 Norway Kari Traa (2) Norway Ingrid Berntsen Austria Margarita Marbler
2003–04 Norway Kari Traa (3) France Marie Martinod Switzerland Virginie Faivre
2004–05 China Nina Li France Ophélie David Austria Karin Huttary
2005–06 France Ophélie David Austria Karin Huttary Canada Jennifer Heil
2006–07 Canada Jennifer Heil Australia Jacqui Cooper China Nina Li
2007–08 France Ophélie David (2) Australia Jacqui Cooper Japan Aiko Uemura
2008–09 France Ophélie David (3) United States Hannah Kearney Canada Jennifer Heil
2009–10 China Nina Li (2) France Ophélie David Canada Jennifer Heil
2010–11 United States Hannah Kearney Canada Jennifer Heil China Shuang Cheng
2011–12 United States Hannah Kearney (2) China Mengtao Xu Canada Marielle Thompson
2012–13 China Mengtao Xu Switzerland Virginie Faivre Canada Rosalind Groenewoud
2013–14 United States Hannah Kearney (3) China Nina Li Canada Justine Dufour-Lapointe
2014–15 United States Hannah Kearney (4) Sweden Anna Holmlund United States Kiley Mckinnon
2015–16 United States Devin Logan Sweden Anna Holmlund Norway Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen
2016–17 Australia Britteny Cox Sweden Emma Dahlström Canada Marielle Thompson
2017–18 Sweden Sandra Näslund China Xu Mengtao Sweden Jennie-Lee Burmansson
2018–19 France Perrine Laffont China Xu Mengtao Switzerland Fanny Smith
2019–20 France Perrine Laffont (2) Sweden Sandra Näslund Switzerland Fanny Smith

Top 10 podiums

Updated after 2017–18 season.

Rank Name Wins Second Third Total
1 Switzerland Conny Kissling 10 1 0 11
2 Canada Mikaël Kingsbury 9 0 0 9
3 France Éric Laboureix 5 1 2 8
4 United States Hannah Kearney 4 1 0 5
5 Australia Jacqui Cooper 3 2 0 5
France Ophélie David 3 2 0 5
7 Norway Kari Traa 3 1 0 4
8 Canada Steve Omischl 2 3 0 5
9 United States Trace Worthington 2 1 3 6
10 Canada Alain Laroche 2 1 2 5
Rank Nation Wins Second Third Total
1  Canada 23 22 28 73
2  United States 17 16 14 47
3  France 10 11 5 26
4   Switzerland 10 6 3 23
5  Australia 5 3 2 10
6  China 3 3 3 9
7  Norway 3 3 1 7
8  Russia 2 3 2 7
9  Finland 2 0 1 3
10  Belarus 1 2 3 6

Most overall World Cup titles

The following skiers have at least 3 overall Freestyle World Cup titles:

Men

9: Canada Mikael Kingsbury

5: France Éric Laboureix

Ladies

10: Switzerland Conny Kissling

4: United States Hannah Kearney

3: France Ophélie David, Australia Jacqui Cooper, Norway Kari Traa

Most discipline World Cup titles

The records for most World Cup titles in each discipline are as follows:

Discipline Men Ladies
Name Titles Name Titles
Moguls Canada Mikael Kingsbury 10 United States Hannah Kearney 6
Ski Ballet (Acro) Germany H. Reitberger 5 United States Jan Bucher 7
Combined France Éric Laboureix
Canada Alain Laroche
4 Switzerland Conny Kissling 9
Ski Cross Czech Republic Tomáš Kraus 4 France Ophélie David 7
Aerials Canada Nicolas Fontaine
Canada Steve Omischl
4 Australia Jacqui Cooper 5
Dual moguls Sweden Jesper Rönnback
France Thony Héméry
Finland Janne Lahtela
2 France Candice Gilg
Norway Kari Traa
2
Halfpipe Finland Kalle Leinonen
United States David Wise
France Kevin Rolland
2 Canada Sarah Burke
Switzerland Virginie Faivre
Japan Ayana Onozuka
2
Slopestyle 6 skiers 1 5 skiers 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIS-Ski - Freestyle World Cup". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Freestyle Skiing History". CBC Sports. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  3. ^ "FIS: Complete Calendar of Freestyle Ski World Cup Races". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.

External links

  • fis-ski.com FIS Freestyle News, Calendar, Rules and Results
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