Harti Weirather

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Harti Weirather
Personal information
Born (1958-01-25) 25 January 1958 (age 66)
Reutte, Tyrol, Austria
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G, Combined
ClubSV Wängle
World Cup debutDecember 1978 (age 20)
RetiredJanuary 1987 (age 29)
Olympics
Teams1 – (1980)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams3 – (1980, 1982, 1985)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 – (1979–1986)
Wins6 – (6 DH)
Podiums17 – (17 DH)
Overall titles0 – (8th in 1981)
Discipline titles1 – (DH, 1981)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Schladming Downhill

Hartmann "Harti" Weirather (born 25 January 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Reutte, Tyrol, he specialized in the downhill event.

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Racing career

During the early 1980s, Weirather won six World Cup downhill races and won the downhill at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. In addition, he won the World Cup season title in downhill in 1981. [1]

Weirather's win at Kitzbühel in 1982 was the first-ever under two minutes on the full-length Streif course; his time (1:57.20) [2] stood as the course record for ten years. [3] (The two downhill races at Kitzbühel in 1982 were extremely fast compared to previous years; Weirather broke Franz Klammer's 1975 record (2:03.22) [4] by over six seconds, [3] and the top 15 finishers in both races were all under two minutes.) [2] [5]

Personal

Weirather is married to former World Cup champion Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein. They run a business consultancy firm in Planken, Liechtenstein, and their daughter, Tina Weirather, is a former world junior champion and competes on the World Cup circuit for Liechtenstein.

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
1981 Downhill

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
1979 2153——not
run		20
1980 2215——4—
1981 238——1—
1982 2410——3—
1983 2513—24not
awarded
(w/ GS)		315
1984 2627——11—
1985 2754——17—
1986 2883———33—

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
1980 12 Jan 1980 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 2nd
4 Mar 1981 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, Canada Downhill2nd
1981 14 Dec 1980 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, Italy Downhill2nd
15 Dec 1980Downhill1st
10 Jan 1981 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, W.Germany Downhill3rd
24 Jan 1981  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, Switzerland Downhill2nd
31 Jan 1981 Flag of Austria.svg St. Anton, AustriaDownhill1st
5 Mar 1981 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USA Downhill2nd
6 Mar 1981Downhill1st
1982 15 Jan 1982 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill1st
23 Jan 1982  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill1st
13 Feb 1982 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, W.GermanyDownhill3rd
5 Mar 1982 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USADownhill2nd
1983 5 Dec 1982  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Pontresina, SwitzerlandDownhill1st
5 Feb 1983 Flag of Austria.svg St. Anton, AustriaDownhill3rd
1984 4 Dec 1983 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming, AustriaDownhill2nd
9 Dec 1983 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isère, France Downhill3rd

World championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
1980 22 — — not
run		 9 —
1982 24——1—
1985 27——17—

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
1980 22 — — not run 9 not run

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References

  1. ↑ "Harti Weirather AUT". SKI DB Alpine Ski Database. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  2. 1 2 "Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill". International Ski Federation (FIS). January 15, 1982. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Distance Records "Streif" - Course Record". Hahnenkamm.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill". International Ski Federation (FIS). January 18, 1975. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill". International Ski Federation (FIS). January 16, 1982. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
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