Mario Matt

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Mario Matt
Alpine skier
Mario Matt.jpg
Matt during January 2007 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup competitions in Schladming, Styria, Austria
Disciplines Slalom, Giant slalom, Combined
ClubSC Arlberg – Tirol
Born (1979-04-09) 9 April 1979 (age 43)
Zams, Tyrol, Austria
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
World Cup debut21 December 1999
(age 20)
Retired12 March 2015
(age 35)
Website mariomatt.com
Olympics
Teams2 – (2006, 2014)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams8 – (2001–15)
Medals5 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons16 – (2000–15)
Wins15 – (14 SL, 1 SC)
Podiums42 – (1 GS, 40 SL, 1 SC)
Overall titles0 – (5th in 2007)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SL, 2007)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Sochi Slalom
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 St. Anton Slalom
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Åre Slalom
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Åre Team event
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 St. Anton Combined
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Schladming Slalom
Junior World Ski Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1998 MegèveSlalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1999 Pra LoupCombined

Mario Matt (born 9 April 1979) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. [1] [2] [3]

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Slalom racing career

Born in Zams, Tyrol, [4] Matt made his World Cup debut in December 1999. He claimed 15 World Cup victories: 14 in slalom and one super combined. Matt is also a two-time world champion in slalom, with titles in 2001 and 2007. [5] With a remarkably long career as a top slalom racer, he is the second oldest (after André Myhrer, who won gold in 2018) to win an Olympic gold medal in slalom skiing (in Sochi at the 2014 Winter olympics) [1] [2] [3] and also the second oldest (after Dave Ryding) to win a (regular) World Cup slalom race. [6] Matt also has the third longest time interval between first and last World Cup victories (13 years, 10 months, and 22 days), after Ingemar Stenmark and Didier Cuche.

Matt announced his retirement from ski racing on 12 March 2015. [7]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
2000 20234————
2001 21173————
2002 2229837———
2003 239135————
2004 24236————
2005 25296————
2006 26361623——32
2007 275225——11
2008 2810415——29
2009 2929740———
2010 308531————
2011 31204————
2012 32287————
2013 33216————
2014 34276————
2015 359629————

Race victories

  • 15 wins – (14 SL, 1 SC)
  • 42 podiums – (40 SL, 1 GS, 1 SC)
SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
2000 23 Jan 2000 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom
9 Mar 2000 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming, AustriaSlalom
2001 19 Dec 2000 Flag of Italy.svg Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom
2002 26 Nov 2001 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USASlalom
2005 13 Mar 2005 Flag of Switzerland.svg Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSlalom
2007 14 Jan 2007 Flag of Switzerland.svg Wengen, Switzerland Super combined
25 Feb 2007 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, GermanySlalom
4 Mar 2007 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom
2008 6 Jan 2008 Flag of Switzerland.svg Adelboden, SwitzerlandSlalom
22 Jan 2008 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming, AustriaSlalom
17 Feb 2008 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom
2009 14 Mar 2009 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenSlalom
2011 27 Feb 2011 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bansko, BulgariaSlalom
6 Mar 2011 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom
2014 15 Dec 2013 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isère, FranceSlalom

World Championships results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2001 211———2
2003 23DNF1————
2005 25DNF1———11
2007 27 1 — — — 11
2009 29 DNF1 — — — —
2011 31 4 — — — —
2013 33 3 — — — —
2015 35 DNF1 — — — —

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2002 22injured: did not compete
2006 26 DNF1 — — — 34
2010 30 — — — — —
2014 34 1 — — — —

Business career

In 2009, Matt purchased the Krazy Kanguruh bar at the Arlberg resort St. Anton. He also runs a stable where he breeds Arabian horses. [8]

Personal

Matt is the brother of skicross competitor and Olympic silver winner Andreas Matt [8] and fellow alpine skier Michael Matt. [9]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Etchells, Tim (22 February 2014). "Mario Matt holds on for gold, as Ligety blasts course". Ski Racing. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 Pennington, Bill (22 February 2014). "Slalom champion sets an age record". New York Times. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 Moore, David Leon (22 February 2014). "After fast start, Ted Ligety falls short in slalom". USA Today. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Arcobelli, Sergio (23 February 2018). "Cose da Matt, Micheal è di bronzo". ilgiornale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "FIS-Ski - biographie". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2004.
  6. ↑ McKee, Hank (15 December 2013). "Matt becomes oldest man to win World Cup slalom". Ski Racing. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Mario Matt bids farewell". www.skionline.ch. 12 March 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  8. 1 2 "How a Krazy Kanguruh keeps skiing great Mario Matt busy". CNN. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Die Schachzüge der Matt-Brüder" [The maneuvers of the Matt brothers]. nachrichten.at (in German). 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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