Michael Matt

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Michael Matt
Michael Matt in action.jpg
Matt in 2018
Born (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 30)
Zams, Tyrol, Austria
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom
ClubSK Flirsch – Tirol
World Cup debut17 November 2013
(age 20)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018, 2022)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2015–19)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons11 – (2014–2024)
Wins1 – (1 SL)
Podiums8 – (7 SL, 1 PS)
Overall titles0 – (18th in 2017)
Discipline titles0 – (4th in SL, 2018)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Team event
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team event
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Slalom
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Åre Slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Åre Team event

Michael Matt (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialises in the Slalom discipline and has competed in three World Championships.

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Career

Matt made his World Cup debut at age 20 in the Levi slalom in November 2013, racing alongside his brother Mario. [1] He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, US. Matt raced in the slalom, but failed to finish the second run. [2] Matt gained his first World Cup podium in Finland as the runner-up at Levi on 13 November 2016, [3] and celebrated his first victory on 5 March 2017 in Slovenia at Kranjska Gora. [4]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang, South Korea, Matt finished the first run of the slalom competition in 12th place but moved up to third after the second run, securing himself the bronze medal. [5] He was also part of the Austrian squad which took a silver medal in the team event. [6]

Personal life

Matt is the brother of double World and Olympic champion Mario Matt and ski cross world champion Andreas Matt. [7] In 2001, at the age of eight, Michael Matt was buried by an avalanche. [8]

World Cup results

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
2015 2112442————
2016 228427————
2017 23185————
2018 2419454———
2019 253111————
2020 26389————
2021 27249————
Standings through 17 January 2021

Race podiums

Season
DateLocationDisciplinePlace
2017 13 November 2016 Flag of Finland.svg Levi, Finland Slalom 2nd
5 March 2017 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom1st
19 March 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USASlalom3rd
2018 1 January 2018 Flag of Norway.svg   Oslo, Norway Parallel slalom 2nd
4 January 2018 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
7 January 2018  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Adelboden, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
2019 22 December 2018 Flag of Italy.svg Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom3rd
2024 18 November 2023 Flag of Austria.svg Gurgl, AustriaSlalom3rd

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
2015 21 DNF2 — — — —
2017 23 8 — — — —

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombinedTeam
2018 24 3 — — — — 2

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References

  1. ↑ "Matt-Bruder im Levi-Slalom dabei" [Matt brothers in Levi slalom at the same time]. Kurier (in German). 29 October 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Men's Slalom Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  3. ↑ http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2017/AL/0101/2017AL0101RLR2.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  4. ↑ http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2017/AL/0194/2017AL0194RLR2.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  5. ↑ Mulvenney, Nick (22 February 2018). Osmond, Ed (ed.). "Alpine skiing: Matt completes family medal set to his own disbelief". reuters.com . Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Rubinroit, Seth (24 February 2018). "Switzerland wins inaugural Olympic Alpine skiing team event". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Die Schachzüge der Matt-Brüder" [The maneuvers of the Matt brothers]. nachrichten.at (in German). 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "ÖSV-Shootingstar - Wie Michael Matt einst eine Lawine überlebte | krone.at". 14 November 2016.


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