Mattias Hargin

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Mattias Hargin
Mattias Hargin in closeup.jpg
Mattias Hargin in Hammarbybacken 2018
Personal information
Born (1985-10-07) 7 October 1985 (age 38)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom
Club Huddinge SK
World Cup debut22 December 2004
(age 19)
Website mattiashargin.com
Olympics
Teams2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (2005, 20092017
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons15 – (20052019)
Wins1
Podiums7 – (6 SL, 1 PSL)
Overall titles0 – (20th in 2015)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in SL, 2014)
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Schladming Team event
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Beaver Creek Team event
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 St. Moritz Team event
Junior World Ski Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Bardonecchia Slalom

Mattias Hargin (born 7 October 1985) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. [1] Born in Stockholm, he competed mainly in slalom, and is the younger brother of Janette Hargin (b. 1977), who also raced for Sweden. Hargin was married to Swedish alpine free-skier Matilda Rapaport, who died in an avalanche in Chile in July 2016.

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He finished fifth in the slalom at the 2009 World Championships and competed for Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the slalom, finishing in 14th place. [2]

In January 2011, Hargin made a strong comeback in a World Cup slalom in Zagreb to finish third. He was the last qualifier at 30th after the first run, but had the best time in the second run to attain his first World Cup podium. Hargin was runner-up in a World Cup slalom at Val-d'Isère in December 2013. [3] His one and only World Cup win came in January 2015 at Kitzbühel. [4]

He announced his retirement from alpine skiing on 12 March 2019. [5]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2007 2111748
2008 227728
2009 23328
2010 243210
2011 25327
2012 263910
2013 273210
2014 28225
2015 29207
2016 305114
2017 313411
2018 323512

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2011 6 January 2011 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 3rd
25 January 2011 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming, AustriaSlalom3rd
2014 15 December 2013 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isère, FranceSlalom2nd
2015 25 January 2015 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom1st
15 March 2015 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom3rd
2017 31 January 2017 Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm, Sweden Parallel slalom 3rd
2018 12 November 2017 Flag of Finland.svg Levi, FinlandSlalom3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2005 19DNF2
2007 21
2009 23 5
2011 25 12
2013 27 9
2015 29 5
Mattias Hargin in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018 Mattias Hargin, parallell slalom.jpg
Mattias Hargin in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2010 24 14
2014 28 7

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References

  1. "Profile". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games . Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  2. "Men's slalom results". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  3. "Mattias Hargin blev tvåa". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  4. Mintz, Geoff (25 January 2015). "Hargin outdoes Hirscher on home snow". Ski Racing.
  5. "Slalom specialist Hargin retiring at end of season". ESPN. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

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