Austrian Ice Climbing Championship results

Liv Sansoz and Daniel Dulac win warm-up to IWC 2001

December 2000

The first Austrian Ice Climbing Championship Open took place at Mandarfen, Pitztal on 16/17 December and was won by the French duo Liv Sansoz and Daniel Dulac. Over 60 male athletes and 15 female athletes competed in the event which officially marked the start to this season’s competitions.

The competition was viewed by many as a final test before the IWC 2001 and, as such, provided some useful indicators to the upcoming season. The first is that of Liv Sansoz, recent winner of the climbing World Cup 2000, who sailed to victory in her first ever ice climbing competition. Is this to become the Leitmotif of the Ice World Cup? The Austrian Sandra Wielebnowski placed second (thereby becoming Austrian Champion), ahead of Elisabeth Steurer, third.

The second indication is the confirmation of the winner Daniel Dulac, just ahead of the Italian Mauro 'Bubu' Bole. With last year's winner Will Gadd not competing, these two will surely be strong contenders for the overall title. The two Frenchmen Stephan Husson and FranÃ§ois Lombard placed third and fourth respectively, while the Austrian Beat Kammerlander placed fifth, thereby becoming Austrian Champion.

Results men
1	Daniel Dulac	Petzl Charlet Moser	FRA
2	Mauro Bole	Grivel	ITA
3	Stephan Husson	Petzl Charlet Moser	FRA
4	FranÃ§ois Lombard	Petzl Charlet Moser	FRA
5	Beat Kammerlander	Salomon	AUS
6	Aljaz Anderle	Petzl Charlet Moser	SLO
7	Alexander Fidi	Petzl Charlet Moser	AUS
7	Urs Odermatt	SWI National Team	SWI
7	Julian Neumayer	Petzl Charlet Moser	AUS
10	Hanno Schlugge		AUS
10	Bernd Zangerl		AUS

Results women
1	Liv Sansoz	Petzl Charlet Moser	FRA
2	Sandra Wielebnowski	Petzl Charlet Moser	AUS
3	Elisabeth Steurer	Petzl Charlet Moser	AUS
4	Kirstn Buchmann		GER
5	Isabelle Carrier		FRA
6	Anna Torretta		ITA
7	Andrea Fischer		AUS
8	Ulla Waldner	Ice Team ITA	ITA
9	Monica Gemelli	Ice Team ITA	ITA
10	C. Marini Prestini	Ice Team ITA	ITA
11	Claudia Colussi		ITA
12	Caroline Ware		SWI
13	Claudia Cuoghi	Ice Team ITA	ITA
14	Orietta Bonaldo	Ice Team ITA	ITA
15	Sabrina Bazzanella	Ice Team ITA	ITA

Further info: www.ice-time.com

Liv Sansoz, winner at Pitztal
photo F. Tremolada

Mauro 'Bubu' Bole
photo Boris Strmsek

News

Ice World Cup 2001:
The first stage will take place in Pitzal (Austria) on 12-13/01/2001. The stage in Chamonix has been postponed to 2-3/02/2001.