IPC WORLD CUP CROSS COUNTRY AND | OBERRIED 2018

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INFORMATION ON IPC WORLD CUP 2018

IPC NORDIC OBERRIED THE EVENT THE EVENT

In succession of the World Cups in 2001, 2010 and 2014, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has now commissioned the Ski Club Oberried to host a biathlon World Cup for the fourth time. The event is scheduled for January 2018 at the Nordic Center Notschrei.

In the run-up to the Paralympics, which will be held in 2018 like the Olympic Games in Pyongyang, athletes want to qualify for good results for the Paralympics.

In addition to European teams, the starter field also includes participants from the USA, Australia and Asia. Wheelchair users in the ski area, visually impaired athletes with accompanying athletes as well as athletes with physical limitations on arms or legs show outstanding athletic performances at the Nordic-Center Notschrei facility in Freiburg. In total the Ski Club Oberried again expects about 250 participants from 20 nations at the World Cup in the Black Forest.

The media interest in the 2014 event was very large. For example, the ZDF used the only Biathlon World Cup in disability to produce extensive footage, which was then used in the coverage of the Paralympic Games in Sochi. In 2018 the World Cup in Oberried will also be the only biathlon event in the field of disabled sport in Germany.

3 IPC WORLDCUP SCHEDULE The Ski Club Oberried hosted the two recent World Cup events of the IPC before the Paralympics 2018

CROSS COUNTRY BIATHLON

19.01.2018 FRIDAY 24.01.2018 WEDNESDAY

Official Training Official Training

20.01.2018 SATURDAY 25.01.2018 THURSDAY

Cross country (middle distance) Biathlon (short distance)

21.01.2018 SUNDAY 26.01.2018 FRIDAY

Cross country (long distance) Official Training

22.01.2018 MONDAY 27.01.2018 SATURDAY

Opening and Biathlon (long distance) first award ceremony

23.01.2018 TUESDAY 28.01.2018 SUNDAY

Cross country (sprint) Biathlon (middle distance) And award ceremony

4 Media Presence Retrospective IPC World Cup 2014

TELEVISION

Official Training ZDF: Reports in the Sport-Reportage on 1.3.2014 and 2.3.2014

ARD: In the context of Olympic coverage: Report on the competitions and German starters 1. March 2014 from 12:45 – 13:15

TV Südbaden: Live recording in the studio on 27. January 2014 Biathlon (short distance)

RADIO

SWR 4 on 23.01.2014 – 5 minutes Official Training SWR 4 – event notes on all competitions

FACEBOOK, TWITTER

Biathlon (long distance) Reports and fotos during the competition

PRINT

Biathlon (middle distance) Badische Zeitung: And award ceremony - Preliminary report: 30.11.2013 / 14.01.2014 / 18.01.2014 - Follow-up report: 21.01.2014 / 22.01.2014 / 25.01.2014 / 27.01.2014 / 28.01.2014 / 29.01.2014

Der Sonntag: - Preliminary report: 19.01.2014 5 SKICLUB OBERRIED AND THE COMMUNITY OBERRIED

The Ski Club Oberried was founded in 1969 and has nearly 800 members. Besides Alpine and Nordic Sports, walking, hiking and mountain biking belongs to the program. In 2006 the club was awarded the Josef Ertl Award by the German Ski Association for its outstanding youth work. Around 40 skiing instructors and trainers take care of the implementation of the events of the association.

The club conducted parasport events for the first time in 1995 – the connection was created by Roland Gäss at that time active member of the national disabled team. But also, long after the end of his active career, the Ski Club Oberried committed in disabled sports, allowing the carrying out of international sporting events in the black forest.

Oberried is located in the south of the Dreisamtal, a few kilometers east of Freiburg. With Feldberg, Belchen and Schauinsland, the highest mountains of the Southern Black Forest are directly adjacent. 2,900 people live in Oberried, the territory covers an area of 6,632 ha and 450 to 1,430 meters above sea level.

Tourism and agriculture are important economic sectors of the community, a large number of small crafts and service companies characterize the local image and ensure a ROLAND GÄSS good infrastructure. European Champion 1993 Paralympic Champion 1994 World Champion 1996

6 SKICLUB OBERRIED AND THE COMMUNITY OBERRIED NORDIC-CENTER NOTSCHREI

With the „Schwarzwald Nordic Center Notschrei“, the region has a modern training facility for Nordic winter sports. In the course of the 2010 Junior World Cup, the Biathlon facility was extensively modernized. The result is a center for , which, thanks to its topographic location and artificial snow-making, ensures high snow safety and offers the best conditions for a professional training and competition Freiburg

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Rhein Basel an offer for the Nordic winter sports that is not found anywhere In addition to top sport, else in the Black Forest. grassroots sport also benefits from the new Tourism is also benefiting from the possibilities for facility. The Nordic- leisure sports. Under these conditions, athletes, spectators Center‘s existing and sponsors experienced professional sporting events at the skiing tracks are World Cups in 2010 and 2014, mainly carried out by many mostly optimally voluntary helpers.

7 STÜTZPUNKTOLYMPIC SPORTS CENTER FREIBURG-BLACK FOREST PARALYMPIC TRAINING CENTER CROSS COUNTRY / BIATHLON

As a cross-sport training and care center for junior and top athletes the Olympic Sports Center Freiburg-Schwarzwald (OSP) provides its regional sporting activities with comprehensive support services and constantly evolving training facilities. Since the establishment of the OSP in 1988, athletes of the Paralympic disciplines cross country and Biathlon that are located in this area have been included in this promotion.

Due to the successful concentration of the squad athletes of the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) at the Olympic Sports Center Freiburg-Schwarzwald, the location was recognized as a Paralympic training camp of the DBS in 2011 using both the training center and other facilities at the OSP in Freiburg and the Nordic Center Notschrei.

In addition to the sporting support provided by highly qualified trainers and supervisors, the OSP supports the squad members of the DBS in a variety of ways. Besides the support of trainers, sports physicians, physiotherapists, nutrition consultants and sports psychologists, the best possible educational and professional support for the athletes with the aim of a successful dual career is also provided. At the beginning of the 2015/2016 school year, for the first time, two DBS junior athletes will benefit from the inclusion in the sports center, a comprehensive support by the OSP and good training conditions all year round at the Nordic Center Notschrei.

With the installation of a large training and diagnostic exercise in August 2015, trainers and athletes from the German Disability Sport Association have been able to find even more improved conditions for the year-long technique and perpetual training, as well as biomechanical and performance-diagnostic examinations of the cross-country skiers and biathletes. At the athletic athletes‘ athletic athletes who have already been planned for the Freiburg-based athletic athletics facility, they are almost perfect conditions for a successful sporting development.

8 PARALYMPIC MOTION

The sport has the power to change the world. He has the power to connect people (Nelson Mandela) - just like nothing else. Integration and inclusion are becoming more and more important in our society - both of which greatly increase the quality of life of people with disabilities. With their achievements, the athletes demonstrate impressively, to which outstanding abilities humans with disability are capable. With their performance and the sporting successes, they serve as a model for many.

„Spirit in Motion“ is the motto of the International Paralympic Committee. The vision of the IPC is to enable handicapped athletes to perform top athletic performances and to inspire the world.

The IPC is one of the largest sports organizations in the world. Established in 1989, the IPC is still a dynamic emerging organization comprising over 160 national Paralympic committees and five international disability sport organizations.

The IPC organizes the Paralympic Summer and Winter Games as well as the World Championships and Regional Championships in 13 sports. The area of Nordic ski sport is one of four areas of winter sports in addition to the 21 summer sports.

Since 1992, the Paralympics have always been held at the place where the games of non-disabled athletes take place. The public perception and appreciation of the services has once again significantly improved.

9 CONTACT PERSONS

Club Chairman SCO Sponsoring

Michael Martin Clemens Löffler

Im Grün 4 Vörlinsbachstraße 19c 79254 Oberried 79254 Oberried

Tel.: 07602-920027 Tel.: 0175-1860631 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: www.skiclub-oberried.de [email protected]

Competition Management

Bernhard Hug Roland Gäss

Am Bach 2 Ringstraße 37 79254 Oberried 79199 Kirchzarten

Tel.: 07661-938353 Tel.: 07661-2489 Fax: 07661-938373 E-Mail: [email protected] 10 E-Mail: [email protected] IMPRESSIONS

Clemens Löffler

Vörlinsbachstraße 19c 79254 Oberried

Tel.: 0175-1860631 E-Mail: [email protected]

Roland Gäss

Ringstraße 37 79199 Kirchzarten

Tel.: 07661-2489 E-Mail: [email protected] 11 Imprint:

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