Werner Heel

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Werner Heel
Werner Heel Merano.jpg
Heel in July 2011
Personal information
Born (1982-03-23) 23 March 1982 (age 43)
Merano, Italy
Occupation Alpine skier
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G, Combined
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
World Cup debut28 December 2001
(age 19)
Website wernerheel.com
Olympics
Teams2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (200715)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons11 – (200616)
Wins3 – (1 DH, 2 SG)
Podiums10 – (5 DH, 5 SG)
Overall titles0 – (16th in 2009, 2013)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SG, 2009)

Werner Heel (born 23 March 1982) is an Italian former World Cup alpine ski racer.

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Early life and career

Born in Meran, Heel grew up in St. Leonhard in Passeier and currently resides in Meran, where he works as a police officer. Heel began skiing at the age of four, and his main disciplines are downhill and super-G. In order to be competitive in super combined he also practices slalom. In 2004 he won the Italian championship in super-G at Caspoggio. His career has been slowed by several injuries.[ citation needed ]

European Cup

During the 2005 season, Heel achieved his best results in the European Cup with two third places in the downhill races in Roccaraso and Bad Kleinkirchheim and a fourth place in the super-G race in Tarvisio.

World championships

He participated in the 2007 World Championships in Åre without finishing his run in the Super Combined, and placed 27th in the super-G.

World Cup

Heel debuted in the World Cup on 28 December 2001 at the Stelvio downhill in Bormio, finishing 37th. In the 2007 season, he achieved his first top ten finish at the Kvitfjell downhill and finished 12th at Lake Louise.

The 2008 season started very well for Heel, finishing 11th in the Lake Louise downhill. [1] He won his first race on 29 February 2008 in the Kvitfjell downhill. One day later he reconfirmed his potential finishing third in the second Kvitfjell World Cup downhill. He concluded the 2008 season with his best super-G result, a 7th place in Bormio on 13 March 2008. Near his hometown, Heel won the Super-G at Val Gardena on 19 December 2008. On 12 March 2009 he concluded his outstanding 2008/2009 season with a super-G victory in Åre, finishing second in the overall super-G world cup. [2]

Heel races on Atomic skis.

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
2005 2213642
2006 2383364129
2007 2474323336
2008 252421538
2009 261621126
2010 271817326
2011 28341422
2012 29973545
2013 3016410
2014 31402219
2015 32383315
2016 3310841
2017 3412041
2018 3513648

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2008 29 Feb 2008 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 1st
1 Mar 2008Downhill3rd
2009 19 Dec 2008 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, Italy Super G 1st
12 Mar 2009 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenSuper G1st
2010 28 Nov 2009 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
12 Dec 2009 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isère, FranceSuper G3rd
23 Jan 2010 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill3rd
2013 14 Dec 2012 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalySuper G3rd
3 Mar 2013 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper G3rd
2015 7 Mar 2015Downhill3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2007 24 27 DNF1
2009 26 14 7
2011 28 8 22
2013 30 20 16
2015 32 26 32

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2010 27 4 12
2014 31 17 12

Personal life

Heel has been in a relationship with fellow alpine skier Manuela Mölgg since 2009: [3] [4] as of 2018 the couple were engaged. [5]

References

  1. "Sunday men's and women's World Cup results". The New York Times . 1 November 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. "Werner Heel wins super-G on a windy Val Gardena course". The New York Times . 19 December 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  3. Perren, Marcel (23 November 2010). "Die heissesten Liebespaare im Weltcup" [The hottest lovers in the World Cup]. Blick (in German). Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. Gerna, Jacopo (14 February 2014). "Sochi, San Valentino e la sorpresa del bell'Antonio. Fra baci e passeggiate". gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. "Sci: Cdm, Manuela Moelgg si ritira" [Ski: World Cup, Manuela Moelgg retires]. ansa.it (in Italian). 18 March 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.