Manfred Pranger

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Manfred Pranger
Manfred Pranger Schladming 2009.jpg
Manfred Pranger, Schladming 2009
Personal information
Born (1978-01-25) 25 January 1978 (age 46)
Hall in Tirol, Tyrol, Austria
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in) [1]
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom
ClubSK Gschnitz - Tirol
World Cup debut11 December 2000 (age 22)
RetiredMay 2014
Website pranger.cc
Olympics
Teams2 – (2002, 2010)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 – (20032013)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons14 – (20012014)
Wins3 – (3 SL)
Podiums13 [2]
Overall titles0
Discipline titles0
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Val-d'Isère Slalom

Manfred Pranger (born 25 January 1978) is an Austrian former alpine skier. [3]

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He won the gold medal in Slalom at the 2009 Alpine Skiing World Championship in Val d'Isère. He also won three Slalom races in the Alpine World Cup.

Pranger announced his retirement from competition in May 2014 after not being selected for the Austrian squad for the 2014 Winter Olympics. [1]

World cup podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2003 16 Mar 2003  Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer, Norway Slalom 3rd
2004 23 Nov 2003 Flag of the United States.svg Park City, United StatesSlalom3rd
15 Dec 2003 Flag of Italy.svg Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom3rd
4 Jan 2004 Flag of Austria.svg Flachau, AustriaSlalom2nd
14 Mar 2004 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalySlalom3rd
2005 23 Jan 2005 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom1st
25 Jan 2005 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming, AustriaSlalom1st
2009 11 Jan 2009  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Adelboden, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
18 Jan 2009  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
27 Jan 2009 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming, AustriaSlalom2nd
2010 21 Dec 2009 Flag of Italy.svg Alta Badia, ItalySlalom3rd
26 Jan 2010 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming, AustriaSlalom3rd
13 Mar 2010 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, GermanySlalom2nd

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
2001 2311545    
2002 244815    
2003 25245    
2004 26257    
2005 27203    
2006 286323    
2007 294012    
2008 308631    
2009 31214    
2010 32247    
2011 335018    
2012 343910    
2013 353713    
2014 369033    

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References

  1. 1 2 "Manfred Pranger: "Der Körper spielt nicht mehr mit!"" [Manfred Pranger: "The body does not perform for me!"]. Kleine Zeitung (in German). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. "Pranger Manfred - Biographie". Federation Internationale de Ski . Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. "FIS-Ski - biographie". Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2009-02-28.