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Encyclopedia > Alpine World Ski Championships 2011
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The Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 are to be held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, in February 2011. The FIS awarded the Alpine World Skiing Championships on May 25, 2006 in Vilamoura, Portugal. The other finalist was Schladming. Image File history File links Current_sport. ... Children playing Association Football. ... Garmisch-Partenkirchen (29,875 inhabitants; 01-01-2004) is a market town, and the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Austria. ... 2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the main international organisation of ski sports. ... The Alpine Skiing World Championships took place first time in 1931. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Schladming is a small mining town in the Styria area of Austria. ...


Since the 1978 Alpine World Ski Championships, the last five propositions of Garmisch to organize the championships were unsuccessful.


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