Paul Accola

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Paul Accola
Personal information
Born (1967-02-20) 20 February 1967 (age 57)
Davos, Switzerland
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Calgary [1] Alpine Combined
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1989 Vail Combined
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Vail / Beaver Creek Combined
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 St. Anton Combined

Paul Accola (born 20 February 1967 in Davos) is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came in first in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event.

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By the end of his career, he won seven world cup victories and was on the podium 26 times, the last time being in 2000. In 2002 Accola suffered a serious ankle injury, breaking both of his talus bones. In February 2005, on his 38th birthday, Accola announced that he would retire as alpine skier after nearly two decades in the sport.

He is the sixth Swiss athlete to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg and equestrian Christine Stückelberger.

In 2012, Accola was found not liable by Swiss courts of accidentally running over and killing a child with a riding mower, as he was found to have told the nearby children not to play in the area where he was mowing multiple times. [2]

He is the brother of fellow former alpine skier Martina Accola. [3]

World Cup victories

DateLocationRace
29 November 1991 Flag of the United States.svg Breckenridge Giant Slalom
30 November 1991 Flag of the United States.svg BreckenridgeSlalom
13 January 1992 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Combined
19 January 1992 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel Combined
26 January 1992 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Wengen Combined
1 February 1992 Flag of France.svg Megève Super-G
1 March 1992 Flag of Japan.svg Morioka Super-G

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