Michael Walchhofer
Personal information
Born (1975-04-28)28 April 1975(age 50) Radstadt , Salzburg , Austria Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
Skiing career
World Cup debut 6 January 1999 (age 23) Retired March 2011 (age 35) Website
Olympics
Teams 3 – (2002 , 2006 , 2010 ) Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 6 – (1999 , 2003 –2011 ) Medals 3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Wins 19 – (14 DH , 3 SG , 2 SC/K ) Podiums 49 – (36 DH, 9 SG, 4 SC/K)
Overall titles 0 – (4th in 2005 ) Discipline titles 3 – (DH: 2005 , 2006 , 2009 ) Medal record Men's Alpine skiing Representing Austria World Cup Podiums Event 1 st 2 nd 3 rd Downhill 14 12 10 Super G 3 2 4 Combination 1 1 1 Super combination 1 0 0 Total 19 15 15 Olympic Games 2006 Torino Downhill World Championships 2003 St.Moritz Downhill 2005 Bormio Super-G 2005 Bormio Team Event 2005 Bormio Downhill
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
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
2006 Torino · Downhill
World Championships
2003 St.Moritz · Downhill
2005 Bormio · Super-G
2005 Bormio · Team Event
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 . 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 2005 Downhill 2006 Downhill 2009 Downhill
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1999 23 81 31 — — — — 2000 24 58 23 — — — — 2001 25 43 24 — — 42 2 2002 26 23 — — — 9 5 2003 27 9 40 38 41 3 2 2004 28 7 — — 5 5 5 2005 29 4 57 25 5 1 — 2006 30 5 — 37 18 1 2 2007 31 16 — 33 21 5 26 2008 32 14 — 60 18 3 — 2009 33 8 — — 6 1 32 2010 34 10 — — 2 6 33 2011 35 5 — — 4 2 —
Race victories 19 wins – (14 DH , 3 SG , 2 SC/K ) 49 podiums – (36 DH, 9 SG, 4 SC/K) Season Date Location Race 2003 26 Jan 2003 Kitzbühel , AustriaCombined 2004 29 Nov 2003 Lake Louise , CanadaDownhill 2005 17 Dec 2004 Val Gardena , ItalySuper G 15 Jan 2005 Wengen , SwitzerlandDownhill 18 Feb 2005 Garmisch , GermanyDownhill 19 Feb 2005 Downhill 2006 10 Dec 2005 Val d'Isère , FranceDownhill 11 Dec 2005 Super combined 21 Jan 2006 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 2007 28 Dec 2006 Bormio , ItalyDownhill 29 Dec 2006 Downhill 2008 30 Nov 2007 Beaver Creek , USADownhill 15 Dec 2007 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2009 20 Dec 2008 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2010 12 Dec 2009 Val d'Isère, France Super G 2011 27 Nov 2010 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 17 Dec 2010 Val Gardena, Italy Super G 29 Dec 2010 Bormio, Italy Downhill 12 Mar 2011 Kvitfjell , NorwayDownhill
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1999 23 DNF1 — — — 6 2001 25 2003 27 — — — 1 — 2005 29 — — 2 3 4 2007 31 — — DNF 15 — 2009 33 — — 13 12 — 2011 35 — — 11 7 —
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2002 26 — — — — DNF SL1 2006 30 — — — 2 DNF SL1 2010 34 — — 21 10 —
European Cup Season titles Season Discipline 1999 Overall Slalom
Race victories 5 wins – (2 DH, 3 SL) 8 podiums – (4 DH, 4 SL) Season Date Location Race 1997 25 Jan 1997 Sestriere , ItalyDownhill 1999 14 Dec 1998 Welschnofen , ItalySlalom 8 Jan 1999 Kranjska Gora , SloveniaSlalom 28 Feb 1999 Kiruna , SwedenSlalom 2000 3 Mar 2000 Tonale Pass , ItalyDownhill
External links at FIS (alpine) at Olympics.com at Olympedia at InterSportStats at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database