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Franz Klammer is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. Klammer overwhelmingly dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975–78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73. He won 25 World Cup downhills, including four on the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel. He holds the record for the most victories (four) on the full course at Kitzbühel.
Bojan Križaj is a Slovenian, back then Yugoslavian, former alpine skier. During his international career he competed for the then-existing Yugoslavia. He competed at three Winter Olympics.
Ivica Kostelić is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Croatia. He specialized in slalom and combined, but was also one of the few alpine World Cup ski racers able to score points in all disciplines. He is the brother of skiing champion Janica Kostelić. In his career he was coached by his father Ante Kostelić, as well as by Kristian Ghedina and Tomislav Krstičević.
Giorgio Rocca is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories.
Marc Berthod is a retired Swiss alpine skier.
Didier Défago is a Swiss retired World Cup alpine ski racer.
The 35th World Cup season began in October 2000 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2001 at the World Cup finals at Åre, Sweden. The overall winners were Hermann Maier of Austria, his third, and Janica Kostelić of Croatia, her first. Maier won 13 races and had nearly twice the points of his nearest competitor, compatriot Stephan Eberharter. In the women's competition, Kostelić won nine races and won the overall by 67 points over Renate Götschl of Austria. There were no North Americans in the top ten of either competition.
The 41st World Cup season was scheduled to begin on 28 October 2006, but cancellation of the opening races in Sölden delayed the season's start by two weeks. A very poor snowpack in the Alps, along with stormy weather in January, caused numerous races to be moved and rescheduled throughout the winter. The schedule included a mid-season break during the first 3 weeks of February for the World Championships in Åre, Sweden. The season concluded on 18 March 2007, at the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
Carlo Janka is an alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Obersaxen, in the canton of Graubünden, he had the winter sports facilities right in front of his home. Janka has won gold medals at both the Winter Olympics and the World Championships, as well as one World Cup overall title, one discipline title and also, one unofficial alpine combined title.
Edward "Ed" Charles Podivinsky is a Canadian alpine skier who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics, in the 1998 Winter Olympics, and in the 2002 Winter Olympics. He was member of the 1992 Canadian Olympic (Albertville) team as well. He was injured in his last training run for the men's downhill event.
Alexis Pinturault is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist.
Beat Feuz is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the speed events of downhill and super-G.
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Bengt-Erik Grahn was a Swedish alpine skier. He competed in alpine skiing disciplines at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics, with a best result was a 31st place in the downhill event in 1964.
Markus Vogel is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the Canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland, who specializes in the Slalom discipline. He made his World Cup debut in January 2008 in his home race at Adelboden where he skied out of the first run. A week later in the slalom in Wengen, Vogel managed to qualify for the second run in 29th place from a start number of 62 but was unable to finish the second run. He did not finish the first run of his other four races in 2008. In fact it was over a year until Vogel picked up his first World Cup points with a 19th-place finish in Kitzbühel. The 2010 season was another disappointing one, with Vogel spending most of his time in FIS Races and European Cup level. After this period, Vogel came back strongly at the end of the next season and earned himself a place in the Swiss World Championship team in 2011. In 2012, he was Switzerland's top slalom skier with the injury to Marc Gini. Vogel was also selected to the World Championship team in 2013, where he finished 17th in the Slalom.
Henrik Kristoffersen is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, World Champion, and Olympic medalist. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
The Lauberhorn ski races (Lauberhorn World Cup alpine ski races are among the highest-attended winter sports events in the world, attracting around 30,000 spectators each year. An established attraction is the airshow by the Patrouille Suisse, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Swiss Air Force. The 2016 races were held 15–17 January.
Clement Noël is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialises in the Slalom discipline and competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics, placing fourth in the slalom.
Florian Seer is a retired Austrian alpine skier.
Kurt Engl is a retired Austrian alpine skier.
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