Corviglia (ski course)

Corviglia is a World Cup ski course in Engadin valley under Piz Nair mountain in Albula Alps opened in 1934. It is located in St. Moritz, Grisons, Switzerland.[1][2][3]

Corviglia
Place: St. Moritz
Mountain:Piz Nair, Albula Alps
Opened:1934
Level: expert
Downhill
Start:2,840 m (9,318 ft) (AA)
Finish:2,040 m (6,693 ft)
Vertical drop:   800 m (2,625 ft)
Length:2,774 m (9,101 ft)
Max. incline:   45° degrees (100%)
Avr. incline:15.3° degrees (27.4%)
Min. incline:  6.8° degrees (12%)
Super-G
Start:2,645 m (8,678 ft) (AA)
Finish:2,040 m (6,693 ft)
Vertical drop:   605 m (1,985 ft)
Length:2,196 m (7,205 ft)
Max. incline:31.4° degrees (61%)
Avr. incline:15.4° degrees (27.6%)
Min. incline:  6.8° degrees (12%)

Course hosted record five World Championships (1934, 1948, 1974, 2003 and 2017) and Olympics in 1948 (also counted as World Championships).[4]

It lies right next to "Engiadina" speed events course used only for women, built much later and hosting last two World Championships there.

"Free Fall", new downhill start constructed in 2003 by Bernhard Russi, has the steepest incline in circuit with 45 degrees (100%).[5][6]

Olympics

The descent started at Piz Nair Pitschen, with the finish area below the Signalbahn mountain station at an elevation of 1,870 meters (6,135 ft) above sea level.

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were concurrent World Championships for alpine skiing.[7]

Men's events
Year Event Date Gold Silver Bronze
1948DH 2 February 1948   Henri Oreiller Franz Gabl    Karl Molitor
   Rolf Olinger
KB 2 / 4 February 1948   Henri Oreiller    Karl Molitor James Couttet
SL 5 February 1948      Edy Reinalter James Couttet Henri Oreiller

Women's events
Year Event Date Gold Silver Bronze
1948DH 2 February 1948      Hedy Schlunegger Trude Beiser Resi Hammerer
KB 2 / 4 February 1948   Erika Mahringer Gretchen Fraser Erika Mahringer
SL 5 February 1948   Gretchen Fraser    Antoinette Meyer Erika Mahringer

World Championships

In 1934, at the first World Championships downhill 4.4 km long for both men and women, with start at Munt da San Murezzan and finish at St. Moritz Bad, never used again. A path had to be cut in the forest.[7]

Location in the Switzerland
Location in the Alps
Location in the Europe

Men's events
Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1934DH 15 February 1934      David Zogg Franz Pfnür Ido Cattaneo
   Heinz von Allmen
SL 17 February 1934   Franz Pfnür    David Zogg    Willi Steuri
KB 15 / 17 February 1934      David Zogg Franz Pfnür    Heinz Von Allmen
1974GS 5 February 1974   Gustav Thöni Hansi Hinterseer Piero Gros
DH 9 February 1974   David Zwilling Franz Klammer Willi Frommelt
SL 10 February 1974   Gustav Thöni David Zwilling Francisco Fernández-Ochoa
KB 5 / 9 / 10 February 1974   Franz Klammer Andrzej Bachleda Wolfgang Junginger
2003SG 2 February 2003   Stephan Eberharter Hermann Maier Bode Miller
KB 6 February 2003   Bode Miller   Lasse Kjus   Kjetil André Aamodt
DH 8 February 2003   Michael Walchofer   Kjetil André Aamodt    Bruno Kernen
SL 16 February 2003   Ivica Kostelić    Silvan Zurbriggen Giorgio Rocca
2017SG 8 February 2017   Erik Guay   Kjetil Jansrud Manuel Osborne-Paradis
DH 12 February 2017      Beat Feuz Erik Guay Max Franz
AC 13 February 2017      Luca Aerni Marcel Hirscher    Mauro Caviezel
GS 17 February 2017   Marcel Hirscher Roland Leitinger   Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen

Women's events
Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1934DH 15 February 1934      Anny Rüegg Christl Cranz Lisa Resch
SL 16 February 1934   Christl Cranz Lisa Resch    Rösli Rominger
KB 15 / 16 February 1934   Christl Cranz Lisa Resch    Anny Rüegg
1974GS 3 February 1974   Fabienne Serrat Traudl Treichl Jacqueline Rouvier
DH 7 February 1974   Annemarie Pröll Betsy Clifford Wiltrud Drexel
SL 8 February 1974   Hanni Wenzel Michèle Jacot    Lise-Marie Morerod
KB 3 / 7 / 8 February 1974   Fabienne Serrat Hanni Wenzel Monika Kaserer
2017AC 10 February 2017      Wendy Holdener Michelle Gisin Michaela Kirchgasser
GS 16 February 2017   Tessa Worley Mikaela Shiffrin Sofia Goggia
  • Championships from 1954 to 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

World Cup

Men
No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
95DH 1970/7116 January 1971      Walter Tresch   Bernhard Russi   Andreas Sprecher
96SL 17 January 1971   Tyler Palmer Harald Rofner Gustav Thöni
112DH 1971/725 December 1971      Bernhard Russi Heinrich Messner   Walter Tresch
149DH 1972/7311 February 1973   Werner Grissmann Josef Walcher Franz Klammer
180DH 1974/7515 December 1974   Franz Klammer Herbert Plank Werner Grissmann
351DH 1980/8121 December 1980   Steve Podborski Peter Wirnsberger   Peter Müller
1105DH 2001/022 February 2002   Stephan Eberharter Fritz Strobl Michael Walchhofer
1106GS 3 February 2002   Stephan Eberharter   Didier Cuche Hans Knauß
DH 2013/141 February 2014   instead of Ga-Pa, cancelled due to fog; replaced in Kvitfjell on 28 February 2014
1546GS 2 February 2014   Ted Ligety Marcel Hirscher Alexis Pinturault
1633DH 2015/1616 March 2016      Beat Feuz Steven Nyman Erik Guay
1634SG 17 March 2016     Beat Feuz  Kjetil Jansrud
  Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
1635GS 19 March 2016   Thomas Fanara Alexis Pinturault Mathieu Faivre
1636SL 20 March 2016   Andre Myhrer Marcel Hirscher  Sebastian Foss-Solevåg

Women

Unclear if 1999, 2000 and 2001 events were held on Corviglia or Engiadina course?

No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
110DH 1971/723 December 1971   Annemarie Pröll Françoise Macchi Jacqueline Rouvier
146DH 1972/7310 February 1973   Annemarie Pröll Ingrid Gfölner Wiltrud Drexel
947DH 1999/0017 December 1999   Isolde Kostner Regina Häusl Špela Bračun
948DH 18 December 1999   Pernilla Wiberg Renate Götschl Hilde Gerg
949SG 19 December 1999   Karen Putzer Alessandra Merlin Régine Cavagnoud
988DH 2000/0116 December 2000   Brigitte Obermoser Renate Götschl Emily Brydon
989DH 17 December 2000   Renate Götschl Isolde Kostner Régine Cavagnoud
1020DH 2001/0221 December 2001      Sylviane Berthod Isolde Kostner   Corinne Rey-Bellet
1021SG22 December 2001   Karen Putzer Daniela Ceccarelli Kirsten Lee Clark
Stefanie Schuster
1087DH 2003/0420 December 2003   Renate Götschl Hilde Gerg Maria Riesch
1164SG 2005/0620 January 2006   Michaela Dorfmeister Tina Maze Nicole Hosp
1165DH 21 January 2006   Michaela Dorfmeister Renate Götschl Janica Kostelić
1166SC 22 January 2006   Janica Kostelić Anja Pärson Lindsey Kildow
DH 2006/079 December 2006   replaced in Val d'Isère on 20 December 2006
SC 10 December 2006  replaced in Reiteralm on 15 December 2006
1225DH 2007/0815 December 2007   Anja Pärson Lindsey Vonn Maria Riesch
1226SG 16 December 2007   Anja Pärson Emily Brydon Renate Götschl
1240DH 2 February 2008   Tina Maze Maria Holaus   Lara Gut
1241SG 3 February 2008   Emily Brydon Elisabeth Görgl Renate Götschl
1260SC 2008/0919 December 2008   Anja Pärson Nicole Hosp   Fabienne Suter
1261SG 20 December 2008     Lara Gut   Fabienne Suter Nadia Fanchini
DH 21 December 2008  high winds; replaced in Bansko on 27 February 2009
1309SC 2009/109 January 2010   Anja Pärson Michaela Kirchgasser Lindsey Vonn
1310DH 10 January 2010   Maria Riesch Ingrid Jacquemod   Fabienne Suter
1311SG 11 January 2010   Lindsey Vonn Andrea Fischbacher
Marie Marchand-Arvier
SG 2010/1111 December 2010   cancelled during 1st run, strong winds; replaced in Val-d'Isère on 17 December 2010
1325GS 12 December 2010   Tessa Worley Tanja Poutiainen Tina Maze
1369SC 2011/1227 January 2012   Lindsey Vonn Tina Maze Nicole Hosp
1371SC 29 January 2012   Maria Höfl-Riesch Lindsey Vonn Nicole Hosp
1397SG 2012/139 December 2012   Tina Maze Viktoria Rebensburg Tessa Worley
1432GS 2013/1415 December 2013   Tessa Worley Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Tina Maze
1524SG 2015/1617 March 2016   Tina Weirather   Lara Gut Cornelia Hütter
1525SL 19 March 2016   Mikaela Shiffrin Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Frida Hansdotter
1526GS 20 March 2016   Viktoria Rebensburg Taina Barioz   Lara Gut
1706SG 2021/2211 December 2021      Lara Gut-Behrami Sofia Goggia Mikaela Shiffrin
1707SG 12 December 2021   Federica Brignone Elena Curtoni Mikaela Shiffrin

 Super-G (speed event of super combined) was held on Engiadina course. 
 Not in original World Cup calendar. It replaced Laax (2003) and Val-d'Isère (2007, 2012). 

Full course sections
  • Frei Fall, Super-G start, Suvretta Kante, Lanigiro, Mauritius, Mauer, Weißes Band, Alp Giop, Romingersprung, Lärchensprung, Salastrains (finish area).

References
  1. "Race courses (Engiadina map)". engadin.ch. 9 December 2021.
  2. "Ski-Weltmeisterschaft 2017 in St. Moritz" (in German). urlaub-schweiz.biz. 9 December 2021.
  3. "Egiadina (official course name from World Cup)" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 11 December 2021.
  4. "Official report of the Olympic Winter Games St-Moritz 1948" (in French). olympic.org. 16 December 2019.
  5. "Freier Fall – Nichts für schwache Nerven" (in German). grheute.ch. 20 December 2016.
  6. "Free Fall: Vertical Start for Men's Alpine Ski Downhill Run". mountains.ch. 11 December 2021.
  7. "Die fünfte Ski-WM in St. Moritz nach 1934, 1948, 1974 und 2003" (in German). 1815.ch. 4 February 2017.

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