The World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships, along with the Winter Paralympic Games, are the most prestigious level of international competition in Paralympic nordic skiing.
On 30 November 2016, the International Paralympic Committee, which serves as the international federation for 10 disability sports, including Nordic skiing, adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" championships.[1]
At the 53rd International Ski Congress in July 2022, the IPC transferred responsibility of para cross-country skiing to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, and para biathlon to the International Biathlon Union.[2] [3]
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1974 | Grand Bornand | – | Skiing World Championships - featured alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country) skiing,[5] [6] held by the International Sports Organisation for Disabled (ISOD)[7] | ||
| 2nd | 1982 | Alpes Vaudoise | – | Winter World Championships[8] [9] | ||
| 3rd | 1986 | Sälen | – | |||
| 4th | 1990 | Jackson | – | |||
| 5th | 1996 | Sunne | – | |||
| 6th | 2000 | Crans-Montana | – | https://web.archive.org/web/20111217003303/http://www.paralympic.org/Media_Centre/News/Paralympian/Paralympian_2000_2 | ||
| 7th[10] | 2003 | Mitteltal-Obertal | – | http://www.ski-wm2003.de/en/categories/athleten.php?id=51022 | ||
| 8th | 2005 | Fort Kent | 12 Mar – 20 Mar | [11] | ||
| 9th | 2009 | Vuokatti | 23 Jan – 1 Feb | [12] | ||
| 10th | 2011 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 31 Mar – 10 Apr | |||
| 11th | 2013 | Sollefteå | 25 February - 5 March | |||
| 12th | 2015 | Cable | 22 Jan – 1 Feb | [13] | ||
| 13th | 2017 | Finsterau | 10 – 19 Feb | [14] First World Championships under "World Para" branding. | ||
| 13th | 2019 | Prince George | 15 – 24 Feb | [15] | ||
| 14th | 2021 | Lillehammer | 8 – 23 Jan | |||
| 15th | 2023 | Östersund | 21 – 29 Jan |
See main article: world championships.