2010–11 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 45th World Cup season began on 23 October 2010, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 20 March 2011, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2010/11
Discipline Men Women
Overall Ivica Kostelić Maria Riesch
Downhill Didier Cuche Lindsey Vonn
Super-G Didier Cuche Lindsey Vonn
Giant slalom Ted Ligety Viktoria Rebensburg
Slalom Ivica Kostelić Marlies Schild
Super combined Ivica Kostelić Lindsey Vonn
Nations Cup Austria Austria
Nations Cup Overall Austria
Competition
Locations 19 18
Individual 36 33
Mixed 1 1
Cancelled 3 5
Rescheduled 1 3
2011 World Cup Champions
Ivica Kostelić became the first man from Croatia to win the overall World Cup.
Maria Riesch became the first German woman since Katja Seizinger in 1998 to win the overall World Cup.

Being an odd-numbered year, the biennial World Championships took place in February. The 2011 World Championships were held between 8–20 February at Garmisch Classic in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.

The season saw the introduction of a new event to the World Cup, the city event. The race in parallel giant slalom took place in Munich, Germany.

The overall titles were won by Maria Riesch of Germany and Ivica Kostelić of Croatia; both skiers winning their first overall crowns. Kostelić secured his overall victory several races before the end of the season while Riesch and Lindsey Vonn of the United States were close together before the finals at Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Riesch had a significant lead after the World Championship but Vonn caught up and took the lead before the last slalom race. Slovenia's Tina Maze won her first slalom in that race, Riesch's fourth place compared to Vonn's thirteenth gave her a three-point advantage. The cancellation of the last race – one of four to be cancelled at Lenzerheide – meant that Riesch won the title.

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