title: 2011 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering
text: # 2011 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering
  
  The 2011 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering (Italian: Campionato del Mondo di Scialpinismo 2011) were held instead of the originally 9th edition of the European Championships of Ski Mountaineering, why it was the first World Championship in an odd-numbered year, besides the Trofeo Mezzalama in 1975, which was the real first world championship of ski mountaineering. Instead, the 9th edition of the European championships was held in February 2012.
  
  The 2011 World Championship, sanctioned by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) and held in Claut, Italy, lastet from February 19th to 25th, 2011. It was the first edition including a sprint race.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Nation ranking and medals
  
  (all age groups; without combination ranking medals)
  
  | ranking | country | vertical race | vertical race | vertical race | vertical race | individual | individual | individual | individual | team | team | team | team | relay | relay | relay | relay | sprint | sprint | sprint | sprint | |
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  | ranking | country | points | | | | points | | | | points | | | | points | | | | points | | | | total points |
  | 1 | France | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 4 | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2378 |
  | 2 | Switzerland | | 1 | 2 | | | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2264 |
  | 3 | Italy | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | | 2229 |
  | 4 | Spain | | 4 | 1 | | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 2049 |
  | 5 | Austria | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1076 |
  | 6 | Poland | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1075 |
  | 7 | Germany | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 730 |
  | 8 | Norway | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 488 |
  | 9 | Andorra | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 474 |
  | 10 | Czech Republic | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 460 |
  | 11 | United States | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 396 |
  | 12 | United Kingdom | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 293 |
  | 13 | Slovenia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 273 |
  | 14 | Canada | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 262 |
  | 15 | Slovakia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 261 |
  | 16 | Japan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 139 |
  | 17 | Sweden | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 128 |
  | 18 | Greece | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 92 |
  | 19 | Portugal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
  | 20 | Bulgaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 |
  | 21 | China | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
  
  ### Team race
  
  event held on February 20, 2011
  
  List of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included "Espoirs" level athletes):
  
  | Women ranking team total time  Nathalie Etzensperger/Marie Troillet 3h 05' 52"  Roberta Pedranzini/Francesca Martinelli 3h 11' 54"  Séverine Pont-Combe/Gabrielle Gachet 3h 14' 30" 4  Émilie Gex-Fabry/Mireille Richard 3h 18' 56" 5  Corinne Clos/Martina Valmassoi 3h 29' $50"^{*)}$ 6  Gemma Arró Ribot/Marta Riba Carlos 3h 30' 19" 7  Cristina Bes Ginesta/Izaskun Zubizarreta 3h 32' 57" 8  Nina Silitch/Janelle Smiley 3h 35' 51" 9  Julie Matteau/Melanie Bernier 3h 49' 15" 10  Anna Figura/Julia Wajda 3h 55' 15" $^{*)}$ includes 4 penalty minutes | Men ranking team total time  Matteo Eydallin/Denis Trento 2h 30' 32"  Lorenzo Holzknecht/Manfred Reichegger 2h 32' 35"  Didier Blanc/William Bon Mardion 2h 32' 52" 4  Pietro Lanfranchi/Damiano Lenzi 2h 34' 08" 5  Alexandre Pellicier/Valentin Favre 2h 35' 36" 6  Alexis Sévennec-Verdier/Nicolas Bonnet 2h 39' 02" 7  Alexander Fasser/Jakob Herrmann 2h 39' 46" 8  Marc Pinsach Rubirola/Kílian Jornet Burgada 2h 43' 50" 9  Marc Solá Pastoret/Miguel Caballero Ortega 2h 45' 49" 10  Joan Vilana Díaz/Joan Albós Cavaliere 2h 47' 11" |
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  ### Vertical race
  
  event held on February 22, 2011
  
  List of the best 10 participants by gender (incl. "Espoirs" level):
  
  | Women ranking participant total time  Mireia Miró Varela 0h 27' 34"  Laëtitia Roux 0h 28' 34"  Gemma Arró Ribot 0h 30' 41" 4  Nathalie Etzensperger 0h 31' 35" 5  Séverine Pont-Combe 0h 31' 59" 6  Émilie Gex-Fabry 0h 32' 06" 7  Janelle Smiley 0h 32' 23" 8  Lydia Prugger 0h 32' 32" 9  Corinne Clos 0h 33' 10" 10  Mari Fasting 0h 33' 51" | Men ranking participant total time  Kílian Jornet Burgada 0h 24' 44"  Yannick Buffet 0h 24' 48"  William Bon Mardion 0h 25' 15" 4  Damiano Lenzi 0h 25' 31" 5  Florent Perrier 0h 25?' 33" 6  Marc Pinsach Rubirola 0h 25' 39" 7  Pietro Lanfranchi 0h 25' 42" 8  Nejc Kuhar 0h 25' 43" 9  Ola Berger 0h 25' 54" 10  Martin Anthamatten 0h 26' 05" |
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  ### Sprint
  
  event held on February 23, 2011
  
  List of the best 10 participants by gender:
  
  | Women ranking participant qualification ½ final Final  Laëtitia Roux 03' 42.20" 03' 40.54" 03' 30.18"  Nathalie Etzensperger 03' 41.62" 03' 38.63" 03' 38.81"  Gabrielle Gachet 0?' 46.07" 03' 47.42" 03' 45.92" 4  Mireille Richard 03' 46.31" 04' 04.51" 03' 49.12" 5  Melanie Bernier 04' 06.11" 04' 06.73" 04' 18.62" 6  Mireia Miró Varela 03' 49.09" 03' 55.82" 04' 28.84" 7  Anna Figura 04' 04.80" 03' 59.92" 04' 04.01" 8  Émilie Gex-Fabry 04' 00.56" 04' 04.52" 04' 08.91" 9  Veronika Swidrak 04' 02.90" 04' 10.14" 04' 09.14" 10  Sandrine Favre 03' 58.72" 04' 10.41" 04' 17.69" | Men ranking participant qualification ¼ final ½ final Final  Martin Anthamatten 03' 07.88" 03' 07.18" 03' 01.00" 03' 02.1"  Robert Antonioli 03' 07.63" 03' 10.68" 03' 00.63" 03' 02.2"  Yannick Ecoeur 02' 58.75" 03' 10.63" 03' 02.50" 03' 06.9" 4  Xavier Gachet 03' 00.85" 02' 59.62" 0?' 04.47" 03' 09.6" 5  Alexandre Pellicier 03' 01.23" 03' 08.46" 03' 08.15" 03' 09.6" 6  Marcel Marti 02' 49.54" 02' 58.35" 03' 07.74" 03' 11.6" 7  Marcel Theux 03' 04.39" 03' 07.15" 03' 20.11" 03' 17.8" 8  Nicolas Bonnet 03' 15.85" 02' 57,16" 03' 07.76" 03' 19.8 9  Cédric Rémy 03' 20.79" 03' 11.54" 03' 14.35" 03' 20.7" 10  Jakob Herrmann 03' 20.32" 03' 11.6" 03' 42.82" 03' 22.8" |
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  ### Individual race
  
  event held on February 24, 2011
  
  List of the best 10 participants by gender:
  
  | Women ranking participant total time  Mireia Miró Varela 1h 24' 54"  Laëtitia Roux 1h 27' 17"  Nathalie Etzensperger 1h 31' 44" 4  Marie Troillet 1h 34' 11" 5  Gabrielle Gachet 1h 34' 16" 6  Émilie Gex-Fabry 1h 37' 00" 7  Mireille Richard 1h 37' 33" 8  Corinne Clos 1h 37' 46" 9  Janelle Smiley 1h 40' 25" 10  Melanie Bernier 1h 41' 08" | Men ranking participant total time  Kílian Jornet Burgada 1h 27' 08"  William Bon Mardion 1h 27' 19"  Yannick Buffet 1h 27' 38" 4  Didier Blanc 1h 28' 04" 5  Manfred Reichegger 1h 29' 08" 6  Denis Trento 1h 29' 25" 7  Yannick Ecoeur 1h 29' 55" 8  Michele Boscacci 0h 30' 05" 9  Robert Antonioli 1h 30' 53" 10  Marc Pinsach Rubirola 1h 31' 28" |
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  ### Relay race
  
  event held on February 25, 2011
  
  List of the best 10 relay teams by gender (some teams included "Espoirs" level athletes):
  
  | Women ranking team total time  Gachet/Etzensperger/Richard 0h 24' 56"  S. Favre/É. Favre/Roux 0h 25' 05"  Bes Ginesta/Arró Ribot/Miró Varela 0h 26' 22" 4  Tasz/Wajda/Figura 0h 28' 09" 5  Valmassoi/Clos/Piccagnoni 0h 28' 20" 6  Swidrak/Eßl/Prugger 0h 28' 35" 7  Smiley/Silitch/Kirkland 0h 28' 52" 8  Carstens/Haukøy/Fasting 0h 30' 37" 9  Gilbert/Lees/Callaghan 0h 34' 42" 10 / Horibe/Thomas/Mase 0h 38' 11" | Men ranking team total time  Reichegger/Antonioli/Trento/Eydallin 0h 26' 35"  Ecoeur/Theux/Anthamatten/Marti 0h 26' 36"  D. Blanc/X. Gachet/Buffet/Bon Mardion 0h 27' 28" 4  Pinsach Rubirola/Jornet Burgada/Caballero Ortega/Martín de Villa 0h 28' 15" 5  Stock/Fasser/Rohringer/Jakob Herrmann 0h 29' 22" 6  Reiter/Palzer/Steurer/Lex 0h 29' 41" 7  Šenk/Mikloša/Triler/Kuhar 0h 30' 23" 8  Hovdenak/Berger/O.-E. Tronvoll/Oyberg 0h 30' 43" 9 / Jonsson/Gund/O. Tronvoll/Almestål 0h 30' 52" 10  Vilana Díaz/J. Albós Cavaliere/D. Albós Cavaliere/Pelegrina Lopez 0h 31' 59" |
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  ### Combination ranking
  
  (vertical race, individual and team ranking)
  
  List of the best 10 participants by gender:
  
  | Women ranking participant  Nathalie Etzensperger  Laëtitia Roux  Mireia Miró Varela 4  Émilie Gex-Fabry 5  Gabrielle Gachet 6  Mireille Richard 7  Séverine Pont-Combe 8  Corinne Clos 9  Melanie Bernier 10  Marie Troillet | Men ranking participant  Kílian Jornet Burgada  William Bon Mardion  Robert Antonioli 4  Yannick Buffet 5  Denis Trento 6  Manfred Reichegger 7  Damiano Lenzi 8  Didier Blanc 9  Pietro Lanfranchi 10  Marc Pinsach Rubirola |
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