Alpine Skiing

The sports discipline that tries to the answer the question «who can make it down to the bottom of the mountain first?» One of the pillars of the sports programme of the Universiade, alpine skiing is the discipline with the highest level of participation at the event, with almost all the countries present at the Universiade usually entering at least one athlete in the downhill, super G, giant slalom and slalom events. These athletes also participate in the assigning of the medal for the «combined» event, which brings together results in at least three out of the four competitions. The first woman to win a gold medal in alpine skiing at the Universiade was Cécile Prince, who took the gold for France in the Super G organised on the slopes of Chamonix during the first edition of the Winter Universiade in 1960.

At the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, the alpine skiing events will take place on ski runs in Sierra Nevada.