Reinfried Herbst

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Reinfried Herbst
Reinfried Herbst Schladming 2008.jpg
Personal information
Born (1978-10-11) October 11, 1978 (age 45)
Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Occupation Alpine skier
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom
ClubSkiklub Unken
World Cup debutJanuary 21, 2001 (age 22)
RetiredMarch 3, 2016 (age 37)
Website reini-herbst.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (20062014)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 – (20072011, 2015)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons16 – (20012016)
Wins9 – (9 SL)
Podiums16
Overall titles0
Discipline titles1 (SL)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Turin Slalom

Reinfried Herbst (born 11 October 1978 in Salzburg) is a retired slalom skier from Austria. Herbst won the silver medal for the men's slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

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On 11 March 2006 he won his first World Cup race in Shigakogen Slalom. He was 8th in the slalom World Cup standings after the 2006 season. In July, 2006 he injured his knee in a charity soccer game. [1] After two victories in the 2008 season he finished 3rd in the slalom world cup.

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
2010 Slalom

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalom
2003 2411543
2005 2610640
2006 27288
2007 285720
2008 29203
2009 30235
2010 31111
2011 32309
2012 336625
2013 343311
2014 354614
2015 367122
2016 3713547

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2006 22 January 2006 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbuehel Slalom2nd
11 March 2006 Flag of Japan.svg Shigakogen Slalom1st
2008 9 February 2008 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Slalom1st
17 February 2008 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Slalom3rd
15 March 2008 Flag of Italy.svg Bormio Slalom1st
2009 11 January 2009 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adelboden Slalom1st
18 January 2009 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Wengen Slalom2nd
27 January 2009 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming Slalom1st
1 February 2009 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Slalom3rd
2010 15 November 2009 Flag of Finland.svg Levi Slalom1st
21 December 2009 Flag of Italy.svg Alta Badia Slalom1st
17 January 2010 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Wengen Slalom3rd
26 January 2010 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming Slalom1st
31 January 2010 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora Slalom1st
2011 9 January 2011 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adelboden Slalom3rd
27 February 2011 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bansko Slalom2nd

Olympic results

YearAgeSlalom
2006 27 2
2010 31 10

World Championships results

YearAgeSlalom
2007 28 DNF1
2009 30 DNF1
2011 32 DNF2
2015 36 12

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References

  1. "Austrian skier Reinfried Herbst could miss World Cup season".