IBSF Para Sport World Cup

The IBSF launched the Para Sport World Cup in the 2014–15 season as part of its commitment to developing inclusive sliding sports.^[1] The series followed earlier pilot events such as the Prince Kropotkin Cup and was designed to provide regular international competition for para athletes.

The first full season included races in North America and Europe, with growing participation from countries including Canada, Germany, Latvia, Switzerland, and Great Britain.

The World Cup consists of multiple races held at IBSF-sanctioned tracks between November and March. Athletes accumulate points based on their finishing positions in each race, with overall standings determining the season champions.

The competition uses adapted equipment, including monobob sleds with seated cockpits and mechanical launchers to simulate the start phase.^[2]

The IBSF Para Sport World Cup is the primary qualification pathway for the IBSF Para Sport World Championships and plays a central role in the IBSF’s campaign for Paralympic inclusion.^[3]

Typically World Cup venues include:

• St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun, Switzerland
• Sigulda bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, Latvia
• Park City, Utah, and Lake Placid, New York, both United States
• Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track, Norway
• Iglis Sliding Center, Innsbruck, Austria
• Oberhof bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Germany
• Calgary, Canada
• La Plagne bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, France

Canada's Lonnie Bissonnette, with four overall World Cup titles, is the most successful slider in the history of the event. Corie Mapp of Great Britain has the most overall podium finishes as of 2025, with nine.

Season	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
I	2014–2015[4]	Jason Sturm  United States	Corie Mapp  Great Britain	Lonnie Bissonnette  Canada
II	2015–2016[5]	Lonnie Bissonnette  Canada	Corie Mapp  Great Britain	Aaron Lanningham  United States
III	2016–2017[6]	Lonnie Bissonnette  Canada	Alvils Brants  Latvia	Brian McPherson  Canada
IV	2017–2018[7]	Corie Mapp  Great Britain	Christopher Stewart  Switzerland	Lonnie Bissonnette  Canada
V	2018–2019[8]	Lonnie Bissonnette  Canada	Andreas Kapfinger  Austria	Corie Mapp  Great Britain
VI	2019–2020[9]	Lonnie Bissonnette  Canada	Corie Mapp  Great Britain	Arturs Klots  Latvia
VII	2020–2021[10]	Sebastian Westin  Sweden	Christopher Stewart  Switzerland	Lonnie Bissonnette  Canada
VIII	2021–2022[11]	Jonas Frei  Switzerland	Robert Balk  United States	Corie Mapp  Great Britain
IX	2022–2023[12]	Guillermo Castillo  United States	Corie Mapp  Great Britain	Jonas Frei  Switzerland
X	2023–2024[13]	Corie Mapp  Great Britain	Arturs Klots  Latvia	Robert Balk  United States
XI	2024–2025[14]	Corie Mapp  Great Britain	Jonas Frei  Switzerland	Hermann Ellmauer  Austria
XII	2025–2026

Great Britain's Corie Mapp has three overall World Cup titles to Bissonnette's four, but has a record 18 individual race victories in World Cup racing, two ahead of Bissonnette.

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Innsbruck	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Jason Sturm (USA)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)
2	St. Moritz	Jason Sturm (USA)	Matiss Zvaigzne (LAT)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)
Overall		Jason Sturm (USA)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Calgary	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Aaron Lanningham (USA)	Jason Sturm (USA)
2	Park City, Utah	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Gary Kuhl (USA)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
3	Park City, Utah II	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Aaron Lanningham (USA)	Jason Sturm (USA)
4	St. Moritz	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Jason Sturm (USA)
5	Innsbruck	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Alvils Brants (LAT)	Aaron Lanningham (USA)
6	Innsbruck II	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Alvils Brants (LAT)	Andreas Kapfinger (AUT)
Overall		Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Aaron Lanningham (USA)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Park City, Utah	Brian McPherson (CAN)	Aaron Lanningham (USA)	Alvils Brants (LAT)
2	Park City, Utah II	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Alvils Brants (LAT)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)
3	Lillehammer	Barry Schroeder (USA)	Alvils Brants (LAT)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)
4	Lillehammer II	Alvils Brants (LAT)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Barry Schroeder (USA)
5	Oberhof	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Lauris Zutis (LAT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
6	Oberhof II	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Lauris Zutis (LAT)	Andreas Kapfinger (AUT)
Overall		Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Alvils Brants (LAT)	Brian McPherson (CAN)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Calgary	Jason Sturm (USA)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Alvils Brants (LAT)
2	Calgary II	Annija Krumina (LAT)	Alvils Brants (LAT)	Jason Sturm (USA)
3	Lke Placid	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)
4	Lke Placid II	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)
5	Innsbruck	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Alvils Brants (LAT)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)
6	Innsbruck II	Alvils Brants (LAT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Guro Konstance Fronsdal (NOR)
7	Oberhof	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Alvils Brants (LAT)	Christ Rasmussen (USA)
8	Oberhof II	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Andreas Kapfinger (AUT)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)
9	St. Moritz	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
10	St. Moritz II	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)
Overall		Corie Mapp (GBR)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Park City, Utah	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Andreas Kapfinger (AUT)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)
2	Park City, Utah II	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Andreas Kapfinger (AUT)	Barry Schoeder (USA)
3	Calgary	Andreas Kapfinger (AUT)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Christ Rasmussen (USA)
4	Calgary II	Guro Konstance Fronsdal (NOR)	Andreas Kapfinger (AUT)	Steven Jacobo (USA)
5	Lillehammer	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Kenneth Jorgensen (NOR)	Israel Blanco (ESP)
6	Lillehammer II	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Israel Blanco (ESP)	Kenneth Jorgensen (NOR)
7	Oberhof	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Andreas Kapfinger (AUT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
8	Oberhof II	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Andreas Kapfinger (AUT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
9	St. Moritz	Sebastian Westin (SWE)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Christ Rasmussen (USA)
10	St. Moritz II	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Nikolai Johann (GER)
Overall		Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Andreas Kapfinger (AUT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Lillehammer	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Sebastian Westin (SWE)
2	Lillehammer II	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Guro Konstance Fronsdal (NOR)
3	Oberhof	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Guillermo Castillo (USA)
4	Oberhof II	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Arturs Klots (LAT)
5	St. Moritz	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Fabrizio Caselli (ITA)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)
6	St. Moritz II	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Fabrizio Caselli (ITA)
7	Lke Placid	Dave Nicholls (ISR)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Guillermo Castillo (USA)
8	Lke Placid II	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Dave Nicholls (ISR)	Israel Blanco (ESP)
9	Park City, Utah	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Sebastian Westin (SWE)	Dave Nicholls (ISR)
10	Park City, Utah II	Sebastian Westin (SWE)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Israel Blanco (ESP)
Overall		Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Arturs Klots (LAT)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	St. Moritz	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Jonas Frei (SUI)
2	St. Moritz II	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)
3	St. Moritz III	Sebastian Westin (SWE)	JonasFrei (SUI)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)
4	La Plagne	Sebastian Westin (SWE)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
5	La Plagne II	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)	Sebastian Westin (SWE)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
Overall		Sebastian Westin (SWE)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Lonnie Bissonnette (CAN)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Lke Placid	Robert Balk (USA)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)
2	Lke Placid II	Israel Blanco (ESP)	Steven Jacabo (USA)	Robert Balk (USA)
3	Park City, Utah	cancelled
4	Park City, Utah II	Robert Balk (USA)	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Israel Blanco (ESP)
5	Innsbruck	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Israel Blanco (ESP)
6	Innsbruck II	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Robert Balk (USA)	Fabrizio Caselli (ITA)
7	Innsbruck III	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Flavio Menardi (ITA)	Fabrizio Caselli (ITA)
8	St. Moritz	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)
9	St. Moritz II	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Nikolai Johann (GER)
Overall		Jonas Frei (SUI)	Robert Balk (USA)	Corie Mapp (GBR)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Lke Placid	Guillermo Castillo (USA)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Israel Blanco (ESP)
2	Lke Placid II	Israel Blanco (ESP)	Guillermo Castillo (USA)	Robert Balk (USA)
3	Innsbruck	Guillermo Castillo (USA)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)	Robert Balk (USA)
4	Innsbruck II	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Nikolai Johann (GER)
5	Lillehammer	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Sebastian Westin (SWE)
6	Lillehammer II	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)
Overall		Guillermo Castillo (USA)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Jonas Frei (SUI)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Lillehammer	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Israel Blanco (ESP)
2	Lillehammer II	Guillermo Castillo (USA)	Flavio Menardi (ITA)	Robert Balk (USA)
3	Sigulda	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Robert Balk (USA)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)
4	Sigulda II	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)
5	St. Moritz	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Robert Balk (USA)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
6	St. Moritz II	cancelled
7	Lillehammer III	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Robert Balk (USA)
8	La Plagne	Robert Balk (USA)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Flavio Menardi (ITA)
9	La Plagne II	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
Overall		Corie Mapp (GBR)	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Robert Balk (USA)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Lillehammer	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)	Jonas Frei (SUI)
2	Lillehammer II	Flavio Menardi (ITA)	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Jonas Frei (SUI)
3	Lillehammer III	Guillermo Castillo (USA)	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
4	Lillehammer IV	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Robert Balk (USA)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)
5	Lillehammer V	Corie Mapp (GBR)	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)
6	Lillehammer VI	Arturs Klots (LAT)	Christopher Stewart (SUI)	Corie Mapp (GBR)
7	Sigulda	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)	Arturs Klots (LAT)
8	Sigulda II	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)	Robert Balk (USA)
Overall		Corie Mapp (GBR)	Jonas Frei (SUI)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)

Leg	Venue	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Lillehammer	Robert Balk (USA)	Israel Blanco (ESP)	Hermann Ellmauer (AUT)
2	Lillehammer II	Israel Blanco (ESP)	Robert Balk (USA)	Jonas Frei (SUI)
3	Sigulda
4	Sigulda II
5	Sigulda III
6	Sigulda IV
Overall