The Virtus 2025 Alpine World Ski Championships will be held in Tignes from 30 March to 5 April. The main aim of this high-level international event, organised in France (the Virtus Nordic World Championships will be held in the resort of Bessans), is to contribute to the full inclusion of adapted para-skiing in the French Alps 2030 Paralympic Winter Games programme, by showcasing the quality and excellence of the skiing of international adapted skiers.
Arrival of the delegations (over 65 international athletes from 14 different countries)
Departure of the delegations
2 to 3% of the world's population suffers from an intellectual disability.
This represents between 178 and 256 million people worldwide.
Virtus is the international sports federation for people with intellectual disabilities, with or without severe disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders.
Founded in 1986, Virtus is a full member of the International Paralympic Committee.
The Virtus sports programme includes more than 15 annual competitions around the world, with more than 7,000 athletes registered to compete at the highest international level: continental championships, world championships, Virtus Summer Games, Virtus Winter Games and the Virtus Global Games.
Virtus is committed to promoting inclusion in sport and creating elite pathways to enable more athletes with intellectual disabilities to compete at the highest level of international sport.
Virtus is now aiming for greater involvement in the Paralympic movement through the Virtus Global Games, which take place the year before each Paralympic Games.
Virtus governs, defends, organises and promotes elite sport for athletes with intellectual disabilities, intellectual disabilities with multiple disabilities such as Down's Syndrome or ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).
The French Federation of Adapted Sport (FFSA) is the multi-sport federation for people with mental or psychological disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorders. It was founded in 1971.
By the end of July 2024, it had nearly 65,000 members, making it the largest federation of disabled sportspeople in France.
The FFSA is a Paralympic federation. Para adapted athletics, para adapted table tennis and para adapted swimming are the 3 sports accessible at the Summer Paralympic Games for our high-level athletes with intellectual disabilities.
The FFSA's main mission is to offer anyone with a mental or psychological disability or autism spectrum disorder - whatever their wishes, abilities and needs - the opportunity to pursue their passion for the sport of their choice in an environment dedicated to their enjoyment, performance, safety and the exercise of their citizenship in complete autonomy.
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