Michael Walchhofer
February 2011
Personal information
Born (1975-04-28) 28 April 1975
Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, combined, giant slalom, slalom
World Cup debut6 January 1999 (age 23)
RetiredMarch 2011 (age 35)
Websitemichaelwalchhofer.at
Olympics
Teams3 – (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (1999, 2003–2011)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12 – (2000–2011)
Wins19 – (14 DH, 3 SG, 2 SC/K)
Podiums49 – (36 DH, 9 SG, 4 SC/K)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2005)
Discipline titles3 – (DH: 2005, 2006, 2009)
Medal record
Men's Alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
World Cup Podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 14 12 10
Super G 3 2 4
Combination 1 1 1
Super combination 1 0 0
Total 19 15 15
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Torino Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 St.Moritz Downhill
Silver medal – second place 2005 Bormio Super-G
Silver medal – second place 2005 Bormio Team Event
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Bormio Downhill

Michael Walchhofer (born 28 April 1975) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.

Biography

Walchhofer was born in Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria, and started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career he won the World Cup season title in downhill three times, an Olympic silver medal, and one gold, two silvers, and a bronze medal at World Championships. Walchofer became the first to win the Bormio downhill three times in December 2010.[1][2] His last World Cup race was the downhill at the finals in Lenzerheide in March 2011.

Walchhofer has been a longtime owner a chain of slopeside luxury hotels and also runs a ski school.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
2005Downhill
2006Downhill
2009Downhill

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
1999238131————
2000245823————
2001254324——422
20022623———95
200327940384132
2004287——555
2005294572551—
2006305—371812
20073116—3321526
20083214—60183—
2009338——6132
20103410——2633
2011355——42—

Race victories

  • 19 wins – (14 DH, 3 SG, 2 SC/K)
  • 49 podiums – (36 DH, 9 SG, 4 SC/K)
Season Date Location Race
200326 Jan 2003Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined
200429 Nov 2003Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
200517 Dec 2004Val Gardena, ItalySuper G
15 Jan 2005Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill
18 Feb 2005Garmisch, GermanyDownhill
19 Feb 2005Downhill
200610 Dec 2005Val d'Isère, FranceDownhill
11 Dec 2005Super combined
21 Jan 2006Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
200728 Dec 2006Bormio, ItalyDownhill
29 Dec 2006Downhill
200830 Nov 2007Beaver Creek, USADownhill
15 Dec 2007Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill
200920 Dec 2008Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill
201012 Dec 2009Val d'Isère, FranceSuper G
201127 Nov 2010Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
17 Dec 2010Val Gardena, ItalySuper G
29 Dec 2010Bormio, ItalyDownhill
12 Mar 2011Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
199923DNF1———6
200125
200327———1—
200529——234
200731——DNF15—
200933——1312—
201135——117—

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
200226————DNF SL1
200630———2DNF SL1
201034——2110—

European Cup

Season titles

Season Discipline
1999Overall
Slalom

Race victories

  • 5 wins – (2 DH, 3 SL)
  • 8 podiums – (4 DH, 4 SL)
Season Date Location Race
199725 Jan 1997Sestriere, ItalyDownhill
199914 Dec 1998Welschnofen, ItalySlalom
8 Jan 1999Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom
28 Feb 1999Kiruna, SwedenSlalom
20003 Mar 2000Tonale Pass, ItalyDownhill

References

  1. ↑ "Hat-trick for Michael Walchhofer". FIS-Ski.com. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Dampf, Andrew (29 December 2010). "Michael Walchhofer wins downhill, Bode Miller 8th in Italy". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. Associated Press. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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