Michael Walchhofer

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

Michael Walchhofer

February 2011
Personal information
Born	(1975-04-28) 28 April 1975 (age 50) Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, combined, giant slalom, slalom
World Cup debut	6 January 1999 (age 23)
Retired	March 2011 (age 35)
Website	michaelwalchhofer.at
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 – (1999, 2003–2011)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	12 – (2000–2011)
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 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

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
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, Austria	Combined
2004	29 Nov 2003	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill
2005	17 Dec 2004	Val Gardena, Italy	Super G
	15 Jan 2005	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill
	18 Feb 2005	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill
	19 Feb 2005		Downhill
2006	10 Dec 2005	Val d'Isère, France	Downhill
	11 Dec 2005		Super combined
	21 Jan 2006	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill
2007	28 Dec 2006	Bormio, Italy	Downhill
	29 Dec 2006		Downhill
2008	30 Nov 2007	Beaver Creek, USA	Downhill
	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, Norway	Downhill

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, Italy	Downhill
1999	14 Dec 1998	Welschnofen, Italy	Slalom
	8 Jan 1999	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Slalom
	28 Feb 1999	Kiruna, Sweden	Slalom
2000	3 Mar 2000	Tonale Pass, Italy	Downhill