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Michael Walchhofer

Michael Walchhofer
February 2011
Personal information
Born (1975-04-28) 28 April 1975 (age 49)
Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, combined, giant slalom, slalom
World Cup debut6 January 1999 (age 23)
RetiredMarch 2011 (age 35)
Websitemichaelwalchhofer.at
Olympics
Teams3 – (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (1999, 2003–2011)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12 – (2000–2011)
Wins19 – (14 DH, 3 SG, 2 SC/K)
Podiums49 – (36 DH, 9 SG, 4 SC/K)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2005)
Discipline titles3 – (DH: 2005, 2006, 2009)
Medal record
Men's Alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
World Cup Podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 14 12 10
Super G 3 2 4
Combination 1 1 1
Super combination 1 0 0
Total 19 15 15
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Torino Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 St.Moritz Downhill
Silver medal – second place 2005 Bormio Super-G
Silver medal – second place 2005 Bormio Team Event
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Bormio Downhill

Michael Walchhofer (born 28 April 1975) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.

Biography

Walchhofer was born in Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria, and started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career he won the World Cup season title in downhill three times, an Olympic silver medal, and one gold, two silvers, and a bronze medal at World Championships. Walchofer became the first to win the Bormio downhill three times in December 2010.[1][2] His last World Cup race was the downhill at the finals in Lenzerheide in March 2011.

Walchhofer has been a longtime owner a chain of slopeside luxury hotels and also runs a ski school.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
2005 Downhill
2006 Downhill
2009 Downhill

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
1999 23 81 31 — — — —
2000 24 58 23 — — — —
2001 25 43 24 — — 42 2
2002 26 23 — — — 9 5
2003 27 9 40 38 41 3 2
2004 28 7 — — 5 5 5
2005 29 4 57 25 5 1 —
2006 30 5 — 37 18 1 2
2007 31 16 — 33 21 5 26
2008 32 14 — 60 18 3 —
2009 33 8 — — 6 1 32
2010 34 10 — — 2 6 33
2011 35 5 — — 4 2 —

Race victories

  • 19 wins – (14 DH, 3 SG, 2 SC/K)
  • 49 podiums – (36 DH, 9 SG, 4 SC/K)
Season Date Location Race
2003 26 Jan 2003 Kitzbühel, Austria Combined
2004 29 Nov 2003 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill
2005 17 Dec 2004 Val Gardena, Italy Super G
15 Jan 2005 Wengen, Switzerland Downhill
18 Feb 2005 Garmisch, Germany Downhill
19 Feb 2005 Downhill
2006 10 Dec 2005 Val d'Isère, France Downhill
11 Dec 2005 Super combined
21 Jan 2006 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill
2007 28 Dec 2006 Bormio, Italy Downhill
29 Dec 2006 Downhill
2008 30 Nov 2007 Beaver Creek, USA Downhill
15 Dec 2007 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill
2009 20 Dec 2008 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill
2010 12 Dec 2009 Val d'Isère, France Super G
2011 27 Nov 2010 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill
17 Dec 2010 Val Gardena, Italy Super G
29 Dec 2010 Bormio, Italy Downhill
12 Mar 2011 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
1999 23 DNF1 — — — 6
2001 25
2003 27 — — — 1 —
2005 29 — — 2 3 4
2007 31 — — DNF 15 —
2009 33 — — 13 12 —
2011 35 — — 11 7 —

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2002 26 — — — — DNF SL1
2006 30 — — — 2 DNF SL1
2010 34 — — 21 10 —

European Cup

Season titles

Season Discipline
1999 Overall
Slalom

Race victories

  • 5 wins – (2 DH, 3 SL)
  • 8 podiums – (4 DH, 4 SL)
Season Date Location Race
1997 25 Jan 1997 Sestriere, Italy Downhill
1999 14 Dec 1998 Welschnofen, Italy Slalom
8 Jan 1999 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom
28 Feb 1999 Kiruna, Sweden Slalom
2000 3 Mar 2000 Tonale Pass, Italy Downhill

References

  1. ^ "Hat-trick for Michael Walchhofer". FIS-Ski.com. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ^ Dampf, Andrew (29 December 2010). "Michael Walchhofer wins downhill, Bode Miller 8th in Italy". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walchhofer