Table 1

The number of athlete interviews, injuries, uncompleted runs and severity of injuries reported during nine seasons (2006–2015) in WC Alpine skiing

 Seasons
06/0707/0808/0909/1010/1111/1212/1313/1414/15Total
Interviews
 Male1441481481401571481631491471344
 Female1161131151281181181241191071058
 Total2602612632682752662872682542402
Injuries (%)
 WC/WSC/OWG36 (43)51 (49)32 (37)43 (47)58 (46)41 (49)27 (36)27 (46)39 (48)354 (45)
 Official training to WC/WSC/OWG11 (13)19 (18)19 (22)21 (23)18 (14)13 (15)12 (16)8 (14)12 (15)133 (17)
 Other FIS/other competitions13 (15)10 (10)4 (5)3 (3)11 (9)6 (7)11 (14)8 (14)4 (5)70 (9)
 Official FIS training0 (0)1 (1)3 (3)1 (1)2 (2)0 (0)0 (0)2 (3)1 (1)10 (1)
 Other training activity on snow24 (29)24 (23)29 (33)23 (25)37 (29)24 (29)26 (34)14 (24)26 (32)227 (29)
 Total84 (100)105 (100)87 (100)91 (100)126 (100)84 (100)76 (100)59 (100)82 (100)794 (100)
Severe injuries (%)
 Overall (>28 days)31 (37)28 (27)36 (41)41 (45)46 (37)25 (30)37 (49)28 (47)37 (45)309 (39)
 WC/WSC/OWG (>28 days)11 (31)15 (29)10 (31)17 (40)18 (31)11 (27)11 (41)13 (48)15 (38)121 (34)
Time-loss injuries (%)
 Overall (>1 day absence)75 (89)80 (76)66 (76)83 (91)103 (82)66 (79)69 (91)56 (95)65 (79)663 (84)
 WC/WSC/OWG (>1 day absence)30 (83)38 (79)21 (66)38 (88)44 (76)32 (78)22 (82)24 (89)27 (68)276 (78)
Uncompleted runs
 DNF WC/WSC/OWG6526397426756306196276065695759
  • DNF, did not finish; FIS, The International Ski Federation; Overall, injuries in training and competition; WC/WSC/OWG, World Cup/World Ski Championships/Olympic Winter Games.