Planai (ski course)

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Planai
Schladming planai nightrace 2005.jpg
Place: Flag of Austria.svg Schladming
Mountain: Planai
Member:Club5+
Opened:1975
Slalom
Start:961 m (3,153 ft) (AA)
Finish:745 m (2,444 ft)
Vertical drop:216 m (709 ft)
Max. incline:28.4° degrees (54%)
Aver. incline:20.2° degrees (36.8%)
Most wins: Flag of Norway.svg Henrik Kristoffersen (4x)

Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria, opened in 1973.

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Since 1997 it is regular host of the night slalom, the highest attended in the circuit with 50,000 people each year.

Course hosted two World Championships in 1982 and 2013 and World Cup season final in 2012.

History

Opened in 1973 with dowhnill event and Franz Klammer as the winner. Until the end of the decade and through the eighties, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.

In 1982, they organized Alpine World Ski Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only giant slalom event for women held on this course.

In 1988, they replaced originally scheduled Les Menuires (W) and Val Thorens (M) as season opening in the last minute due to weather conditions. [1]

In 1990, they organized last World Cup weekend with downhill, slalom and combined events, before 7 years long break and entering new era.

In 1997, they organized first slalom under floodlight. Since then this became the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world. [2]

In 2013, they organized 2nd Alpine World Ski Championships, completely renovated the finish area with recognizable arc of steel.

World Championships

Men's events

Franz Klammer in 1982 Klammer Franz 051.jpg
Franz Klammer in 1982
Kristoffersen won record 4 WC slaloms Kristoffersen Henrik 2017.jpg
Kristoffersen won record 4 WC slaloms
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Location in Austria
EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze
1982 GS3 February 1982   Flag of the United States.svg Steve Mahre Flag of Sweden.svg Ingemar Stenmark Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Boris Strel
KB(SL) 1 February 1982  
(DH) 5 February 1982  
Flag of France.svg Michel Vion   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Peter Lüscher Flag of Austria.svg Anton Steiner
DH6 February 1982   Flag of Austria.svg Harti Weirather   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Conradin Cathomen Flag of Austria.svg Erwin Resch
SL7 February 1982   Flag of Sweden.svg Ingemar Stenmark Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Bojan Križaj Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Fjällberg
2013 SG 6 February 2013   Flag of the United States.svg Ted Ligety Flag of France.svg Gauthier de Tessières Flag of Norway.svg Aksel Lund Svindal
DH 9 February 2013   Flag of Norway.svg Aksel Lund Svindal Flag of Italy.svg Dominik Paris Flag of France.svg David Poisson
SC 11 February 2013   Flag of the United States.svg Ted Ligety Flag of Croatia.svg Ivica Kostelić Flag of Austria.svg Romed Baumann
GS 15 February 2013   Flag of the United States.svg Ted Ligety Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher Flag of Italy.svg Manfred Mölgg
SL 17 February 2013   Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher Flag of Germany.svg Felix Neureuther Flag of Austria.svg Mario Matt

Women's events

EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze
1982 GS2 February 1982   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Erika Hess Flag of the United States.svg Christin Cooper Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Ursula Konzett
2013 GS 14 February 2013   Flag of France.svg Tessa Worley Flag of Slovenia.svg Tina Maze Flag of Austria.svg Anna Fenninger

Team event

EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze
2013 TE 12 February 2013  Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Nicole Hosp
Michaela Kirchgasser
Carmen Thalmann
Marcel Hirscher
Marcel Mathis
Philipp Schörghofer
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Nathalie Eklund
Frida Hansdotter
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Jens Byggmark
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Lena Dürr
Maria Höfl-Riesch
Veronique Hronek
Fritz Dopfer
Stefan Luitz
Felix Neureuther

World Cup

Men

No.TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird
162DH 1973–74 22 December 1973   Flag of Austria.svg Franz Klammer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roland Collombin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bernhard Russi
210DH 1975–76 20 December 1975   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dave Irwin Flag of Austria.svg Klaus Eberhard Flag of Italy.svg Herbert Plank
211SL21 December 1975   Flag of Austria.svg Hansi Hinterseer Flag of Sweden.svg Ingemar Stenmark Flag of Italy.svg Piero Gros
285GS 1978–79 9 December 1978   Flag of Sweden.svg Ingemar Stenmark Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Lüscher Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo David
286DH10 December 1978   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ken Read Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dave Murray Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Makeev
287KB10 December 1978   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Lüscher Flag of Austria.svg Leonhard Stock Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Andreas Wenzel
DH 1979–80 22 December 1979  cancelled after 28 skiers due to poor visibility
368GS 1980/81 2 February 1981   Flag of Sweden.svg Ingemar Stenmark Flag of Austria.svg Hans Enn Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Luc Fournier
DH7 February 1981  cancelled
499GS 1984–85 8 January 1985   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thomas Bürgler Flag of Luxembourg.svg Marc Girardelli Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martin Hangl
534DH 1985–86 31 December 1985   Flag of Austria.svg Peter Wirnsberger Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Müller Flag of Austria.svg Erwin Resch
621DH 1987–88 29 January 1988   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pirmin Zurbriggen Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franz Heinzer Flag of Germany.svg Peter Durr
622GS30 January 1988   Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Nierlich Flag of Austria.svg Hubert Strolz Flag of Austria.svg Helmut Mayer
633SG 1988–89 27 November 1988   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pirmin Zurbriggen Flag of France.svg Franck Piccard Flag of Austria.svg Leonhard Stock
676DH 1989–90 11 January 1990   Flag of France.svg Franck Piccard Flag of Italy.svg Kristian Ghedina Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Mahrer
677SL12 January 1990   Flag of Germany.svg Armin Bittner Flag of Austria.svg Michael Tritscher Flag of Italy.svg Konrad Ladstätter
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tetsuya Okabe
678KB12 January 1990   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pirmin Zurbriggen Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Paul Accola Flag of Austria.svg Günther Mader
921SL 1996–97 30 January 1997   Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Tomba Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Stangassinger Flag of France.svg Sébastien Amiez
948SL 1997–98 8 January 1998   Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Tomba Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Sykora Flag of Norway.svg Hans Petter Buraas
949SG10 January 1998   Flag of Austria.svg Hermann Maier Flag of Austria.svg Stephan Eberharter Flag of Italy.svg Luca Cattaneo
950SG11 January 1998   Flag of Austria.svg Hermann Maier Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Schifferer Flag of Austria.svg Stephan Eberharter
985SL 1998–99 7 January 1999   Flag of Austria.svg Benjamin Raich Flag of France.svg Pierrick Bourgeat Flag of Norway.svg Kjetil André Aamodt
986SG9 January 1999   Flag of Austria.svg Hermann Maier Flag of Austria.svg Rainer Salzgeber Flag of Austria.svg Hans Knauß
1039SL 1999–00 9 March 2000   Flag of Austria.svg Mario Matt Flag of Norway.svg Kjetil André Aamodt Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Stangassinger
1066SL 2000–01 23 January 2001   Flag of Austria.svg Benjamin Raich Flag of Norway.svg Hans Petter Buraas Flag of Slovenia.svg Mitja Kunc
1102SL 2001–02 22 January 2002   Flag of the United States.svg Bode Miller Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Vidal Flag of Croatia.svg Ivica Kostelić
1140SL 2002–03 28 January 2003   Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Palander Flag of Austria.svg Benjamin Raich Flag of Norway.svg Hans Petter Buraas
1174SL 2003–04 27 January 2004   Flag of Austria.svg Benjamin Raich Flag of Italy.svg Manfred Mölgg Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Palander
1213SL 2004–05 25 January 2005   Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Pranger Flag of Austria.svg Benjamin Raich Flag of Sweden.svg André Myhrer
1250SL 2005–06 24 January 2006   Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Palander Flag of Japan.svg Akira Sasaki Flag of Austria.svg Benjamin Raich
1285SL 2006–07 30 January 2007   Flag of Austria.svg Benjamin Raich Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Byggmark Flag of Austria.svg Mario Matt
1322SL 2007–08 22 January 2008   Flag of Austria.svg Mario Matt Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Grange Flag of Italy.svg Manfred Mölgg
1362SL 2008–09 27 January 2009   Flag of Austria.svg Reinfried Herbst Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Pranger Flag of Croatia.svg Ivica Kostelić
1398SL 2009–10 26 January 2010   Flag of Austria.svg Reinfried Herbst   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Silvan Zurbriggen Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Pranger
1430SL 2010–11 25 January 2011   Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Grange Flag of Sweden.svg André Myhrer Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Hargin
1466SL 2011–12 24 January 2012   Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Gross Flag of Austria.svg Mario Matt
1484DH14 March 2012   Flag of Norway.svg Aksel Lund Svindal Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Beat Feuz Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Reichelt
1485SG15 March 2012   Flag of Italy.svg Christof Innerhofer Flag of France.svg Alexis Pinturault Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher
1486GS17 March 2012   Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Reichelt Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Mathis
1545SL 2013–14 28 January 2014   Flag of Norway.svg Henrik Kristoffersen Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher Flag of Germany.svg Felix Neureuther
1580SL 2014–15 27 January 2015   Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Khoroshilov Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Gross Flag of Germany.svg Felix Neureuther
1616SL 2015–16 26 January 2016   Flag of Norway.svg Henrik Kristoffersen Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1659SL 2016–17 24 January 2017   Flag of Norway.svg Henrik Kristoffersen Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1698SL 2017–18 23 January 2018   Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher Flag of Norway.svg Henrik Kristoffersen   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Daniel Yule
1735SL 2018–19 29 January 2019   Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher Flag of France.svg Alexis Pinturault   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Daniel Yule
1771SL 2019–20 28 January 2020   Flag of Norway.svg Henrik Kristoffersen Flag of France.svg Alexis Pinturault   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Daniel Yule
1805SL 2020–21 26 January 2021   Flag of Austria.svg Marco Schwarz Flag of France.svg Clément Noël Flag of France.svg Alexis Pinturault
1842SL 2021–22 25 January 2022   Flag of Germany.svg Linus Strasser Flag of Norway.svg Atle Lie McGrath Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Feller
1878SL 2022–23 24 January 2023   Flag of France.svg Clément Noël   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Ramon Zenhäusern Flag of Norway.svg Lucas Braathen
1879GS25 January 2023    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Loïc Meillard   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Gino Caviezel Flag of Austria.svg Marco Schwarz
1912GS 2023–24 24 January 2024    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Marco Odermatt Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Feller Flag of Slovenia.svg Žan Kranjec
1913SL25 January 2024   Flag of Germany.svg Linus Straßer Flag of Norway.svg Timon Haugan Flag of France.svg Clément Noël

Women

No.TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird
584SG 1988–89 26 November 1988   Flag of France.svg Carole Merle Flag of Austria.svg Ulrike Maier Flag of Germany.svg Regine Mösenlechner
Flag of Austria.svg Anita Wachter
1387GS 2011–12 18 March 2012   Flag of Germany.svg Viktoria Rebensburg Flag of Austria.svg Anna Fenninger Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone
1717SL 2021–22 11 January 2022   Flag of the United States.svg Mikaela Shiffrin Flag of Slovakia.svg Petra Vlhová Flag of Germany.svg Lena Dürr

Alpine team event

No.TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird
6TE 2011–12 16 March 2012  Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Eva-Maria Brem
Michaela Kirchgasser
Stephanie Köhle
Max Franz
Marcel Mathis
Philipp Schörghofer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Lara Gut
Wendy Holdener
Markus Vogel
Ralph Weber
Silvan Zurbriggen

Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Therese Borssén
Frida Hansdotter
Anna Swenn-Larsson
Axel Bäck
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer

 Not in original calendar. It replaced women's GS from Les Menuires (1988), men's GS from Val Thorens (1988) and SL from Flachau (2022). 

Club5+

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible. [3]

Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre. [4]

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