{{Short description|Kind of ski mountaineering}} {{For|the 1983 Soviet film|Vertical Race (film)}} A '''vertical race''' is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical races for women and men are part of all international ski mountaineering competitions of the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions as well as at many national competitions. The Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA)is working toward the goal of having vertical race become an Olympic discipline at the 2018 Winter Olympics, .<ref name="Olympische Spiele 2018">[http://www.mountains2b.com/1166-Dachstein_Xtreme_2008_Streckenaenderungen_beschlos-,e_76517,r_8997.htm ''Die Sportart Skibergsteigen''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820002125/http://www.mountains2b.com/1166-Dachstein_Xtreme_2008_Streckenaenderungen_beschlos-,e_76517,r_8997.htm |date=August 20, 2008 }} (German) in ''Dachstein Xtreme 2008: Streckenänderungen beschlossen'', mountains2b.com, March 2008.</ref>{{Update inline|date=June 2023}}
== Championships == At World Championships of Skimountaineering a vertical race was firstly rated in 2004 an at the European Championships in 2005.
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="8" align="left"| === World championships === |- !rowspan="2"| year !colspan="3"| men | !colspan="3"| women |- !1st rank !2nd rank !3rd rank | !1st rank !2nd rank !3rd rank |- |2011<ref>[http://www.ismf-ski.org/intranet/uploaded/PDF_output/2011-02-22-53-Ranking-VerticalRace-S-M.pdf 6. ISMF World Championships - men's vertical race] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082243/http://www.ismf-ski.org/intranet/uploaded/PDF_output/2011-02-22-53-Ranking-VerticalRace-S-M.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}, ISMF.</ref><ref>[http://www.ismf-ski.org/intranet/uploaded/PDF_output/2011-02-22-53-Ranking-VerticalRace-S-F.pdf 6. ISMF World Championships - women's vertical race] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118160411/http://www.ismf-ski.org/intranet/uploaded/PDF_output/2011-02-22-53-Ranking-VerticalRace-S-F.pdf |date=2015-11-18 }}, ISMF.</ref> |20px Kílian Jornet Burgada |20px Yannick Buffet |20px William Bon Mardion | |20px Mireia Miró Varela |20px Laëtitia Roux |20px Gemma Arró Ribot |- |2010<ref>[http://www.skimountaineering.org/node/980?IdEvent=552 5. ISMF World Championships - vertical race (AD)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311034414/http://www.skimountaineering.org/node/980?IdEvent=552 |date=2010-03-11 }}, skimountaineering.org</ref> |20px Kílian Jornet Burgada |20px Dennis Brunod |20px Florent Perrier | |20px Roberta Pedranzini |20px Laëtitia Roux |20px Francesca Martinelli |- |2008 |20px Florent Perrier |20px Dennis Brunod |20px Grégory Gachet | |20px Roberta Pedranzini |20px Francesca Martinelli |20px Nathalie Etzensperger |- |2006 |20px Patrick Blanc |20px Tony Sbalbi |20px Florent Perrier | |20px Natascia Leonardi Cortesi |20px Roberta Pedranzini |20px Catherine Mabillard |- |2004<ref name="WM2004">[http://www.ski-mountaineering.net/files/wc04vrace.pdf ''II UIAA World Ski Mountaineering Championships Val d'Aran 2004''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040707215059/http://www.ski-mountaineering.net/files/wc04vrace.pdf |date=July 7, 2004 }}, UIAA.</ref> |20px Patrick Blanc |20px Florent Perrier |20px Sébastien Epiney | |20px Cristina Favre-Moretti |20px Isabella Crettenand-Moretti |20px Gloriana Pellissier |}
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=== European championships === |- !rowspan="2"| year !colspan="3"| men | !colspan="3"| women |- !1st rank !2nd rank !3rd rank | !1st rank !2nd rank !3rd rank |- |2012 | 20px Kílian Jornet Burgada | 20px Yannick Buffet | 20px Martin Anthamatten | | 20px Laëtitia Roux | 20px Mireia Miró Varela | 20px Gemma Arró Ribot |- |2009 | 20px Kílian Jornet Burgada | 20px Tony Sbalbi | 20px Yannick Buffet | | 20px Roberta Pedranzini | 20px Mireia Miró Varela | 20px Francesca Martinelli |- |2007 | 20px Florent Perrier | 20px Agustí Roc Amador | 20px Manuel Pérez Brunicardi | | 20px Laëtitia Roux | 20px Roberta Pedranzini | 20px Gloriana Pellissier |- |2005 | 20px Agustí Roc Amador | 20px Florent Perrier | 20px Mirco Mezzanotte | | 20px Cristina Favre-Moretti | 20px Gloriana Pellissier | 20px Barbara Gruber |}
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Ski mountaineering
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