Michael Walchhofer

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Michael Walchhofer
Michael Walchhofer Hinterstoder 2011.jpg
February 2011
Personal information
Born (1975-04-28) 28 April 1975 (age 49)
Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, super-G, combined, giant slalom, slalom
World Cup debut6 January 1999 (age 23)
RetiredMarch 2011 (age 35)
Website michaelwalchhofer.at
Olympics
Teams3 – (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (1999, 2003–2011)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12 – (2000–2011)
Wins19 – (14 DH, 3 SG, 2 SC/K)
Podiums49 – (36 DH, 9 SG, 4 SC/K)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2005)
Discipline titles3 – (DH: 2005, 2006, 2009)
Medal record
Men's Alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
World Cup Podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Downhill141210
Super G324
Combination111
Super combination100
Total191515
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Torino Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 St.Moritz Downhill
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Bormio Super-G
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Bormio Team Event
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Bormio Downhill

Michael Walchhofer (born 28 April 1975) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.

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Biography

Walchhofer was born in Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria, and started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career he won the World Cup season title in downhill three times, an Olympic silver medal, and one gold, two silvers, and a bronze medal at World Championships. Walchofer became the first to win the Bormio downhill three times in December 2010. [1] [2] His last World Cup race was the downhill at the finals in Lenzerheide in March 2011.

Walchhofer has been a longtime owner a chain of slopeside luxury hotels and also runs a ski school.

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
2005 Downhill
2006 Downhill
2009 Downhill

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
1999 238131————
2000 245823————
2001 254324——422
2002 2623———95
2003 27940384132
2004 287——555
2005 294572551—
2006 305—371812
2007 3116—3321526
2008 3214—60183—
2009 338——6132
2010 3410——2633
2011 355——42—

Race victories

SeasonDateLocationRace
2003 26 Jan 2003 Kitzbühel, Austria Combined
2004 29 Nov 2003 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill
2005 17 Dec 2004 Val Gardena, Italy Super G
15 Jan 2005 Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill
18 Feb 2005 Garmisch, GermanyDownhill
19 Feb 2005Downhill
2006 10 Dec 2005 Val d'Isère, FranceDownhill
11 Dec 2005 Super combined
21 Jan 2006Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
2007 28 Dec 2006 Bormio, ItalyDownhill
29 Dec 2006Downhill
2008 30 Nov 2007 Beaver Creek, USADownhill
15 Dec 2007Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill
2009 20 Dec 2008Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill
2010 12 Dec 2009Val d'Isère, FranceSuper G
2011 27 Nov 2010Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
17 Dec 2010Val Gardena, ItalySuper G
29 Dec 2010Bormio, ItalyDownhill
12 Mar 2011 Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
1999 23DNF1———6
2001 25
2003 27———1—
2005 29——234
2007 31 — — DNF 15 —
2009 33 — — 13 12 —
2011 35 — — 11 7 —

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2002 26 — — — — DNF SL1
2006 30 — — — 2 DNF SL1
2010 34 — — 21 10 —

European Cup

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
1999Overall
Slalom

Race victories

SeasonDateLocationRace
199725 Jan 1997 Sestriere, Italy Downhill
199914 Dec 1998 Welschnofen, Italy Slalom
8 Jan 1999 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom
28 Feb 1999 Kiruna, SwedenSlalom
20003 Mar 2000 Tonale Pass, ItalyDownhill

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References

  1. ↑ "Hat-trick for Michael Walchhofer". FIS-Ski.com. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Dampf, Andrew (29 December 2010). "Michael Walchhofer wins downhill, Bode Miller 8th in Italy". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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