FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 - Men's downhill

Complete results for Men's Downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

competition at the 2009 World Championships. It was run on February 7, the fourth race of the championships.

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Diff.
Gold	John Kucera John Kucera John Kucera is a World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team. He races in all five alpine disciplines, focusing on the speed events of downhill and Super-G. He is the current world champion in the downhill, but has been sidelined due to injury since November 2009...		2:07.01	--
Silver	Didier Cuche Didier Cuche Didier Cuche is a Swiss alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in the speed disciplines of downhill and Super-G, along with the technical discipline of giant slalom...		2:07.05	+0.04
Bronze	Carlo Janka Carlo Janka Carlo Janka is a champion 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...		2:07.18	+0.17
4	Marco Büchel Marco Büchel Marco Büchel is a retired alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein. He participated in a record-tying six Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 and ending in 2010....		2:07.53	+0.52
5	Adrien Théaux Adrien Théaux Adrien Théaux is a French alpine skier.He represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, participating in the downhill, super-G and Super Combined.- Race victories :- External links :* official...		2:07.95	+0.94
6	Hermann Maier Hermann Maier Hermann Maier is an Austrian former alpine ski racer. Maier ranks among the finest alpine ski racers in history, having won four overall World Cup titles , two Olympic gold medals , and three World Championship titles...		2:08.19	+1.18
7	Werner Heel Werner Heel Werner Heel is an Italian alpine ski racer.Born in Meran, Heel grew up in St. Leonhard in Passeier and currently resides in Meran, where he works as a police officer. He began skiing at the age of four. His main disciplines are downhill and super-G. In order to be competitive in super combined he...		2:08.21	+1.20
8	Bode Miller Bode Miller Samuel Bode Miller is an American alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and is generally considered the greatest American alpine skier of all time...		2:08.38	+1.37
9	Klaus Kröll Klaus Kröll Klaus Kröll is a World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics.In 2006 he finished 22nd in the Olympic downhill race....		2:08.61	+1.60
10	Christof Innerhofer Christof Innerhofer Christof Innerhofer is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He skis in all five alpine disciplines and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.Innerhofer lives in Gais, South Tyrol...		2:08.62	+1.61
11	Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Kjeller. He is a two-time winner of the overall , an Olympic gold medalist in Super G at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and a four-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined .-Career:As of...		2:08.71	+1.70
12	Michael Walchhofer Michael Walchhofer Michael Walchhofer is a former Austrian alpine ski racer. He started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career he won the downhill world cup three times, one silver medal at Olympics Games, and one gold, two silver and one bronze medal at World Ski...		2:08.85	+1.84
13	Andrej Jerman Andrej Jerman Andrej Jerman, , is a Slovenian skier.His best result in the Alpine skiing World Cup came at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 2006-07 season, when he won the downhill race. A day later he finished 2nd, again in the downhill. His best result until then was 4th place in Bormio, downhill as well, in the...		2:08.98	+1.97
14	Peter Fill Peter Fill Peter Fill is an Italian alpine skier.-World Cup victories:- Career :Peter Fill is an all-round skier. In the 2006/2007 season he was the first Italian athlete since Alberto Tomba in the leaders of the Ski World Cup.At the age of 3 years old, he learned to ski with his first teacher Frieda Senoner...		2:09.13	+2.12
15	Stephan Keppler Stephan Keppler Stephan Keppler is a German alpine skier.Keppler grew up in Albstadt, a town on the Swabian Alb, in Baden-Württemberg. He learned skiing at his local winter sports club, WSV, of Ebingen. As an adult, he joined the Bundeswehr, the German military, as an army-sponsored athlete .In 1999, he took part...		2:09.31	+2.30
16	Stefan Thanei		2:10.00	+2.99
17	Ambrosi Hoffmann Ambrosi Hoffmann Ambrosi Hoffmann is a Swiss alpine skier.At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he finished 8th in downhill. He won a bronze medal in Super-G at the 2006 Winter Olympics and placed 17th in the downhill event.-External links:...		2:10.12	+3.11
18	Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin is a French Alpine skier.Dalcin was French Champion in Downhill 2000. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Dalcin was leading the Super-G competition before it was stopped. In the 2nd run, he was disqualified.- World Cup victories :-External links:* official* profile...		2:10.68	+3.67
19	Natko Zrnčić-Dim Natko Zrncic-Dim Natko Zrnčić-Dim is a Croatian alpine skier. He won a bronze medal in super combined at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 in Val d'Isère, France. He is a member of SK Medveščak....		2:10.83	+3.82
20	Niklas Rainer		2:11.02	+4.01
21	Douglas Crawford		2:11.31	+4.30
22	Rok Perko Rok Perko Rok Perko is a Slovenian alpine ski racer. He is specialized in Downhill and Super-G.- Skiing career :His first FIS race was in January 2001. In the 2003/04 season he finished in fifth place in the 2004 Junior World Championship...		2:11.57	+4.56
23	Tin Široki		2:11.78	+4.77
24	Petr Záhrobský Petr Záhrobský Petr Záhrobský is an alpine skier from Czech Republic. He competed for Czech Republic at the 2002 Olympics, 2006 Olympics and the 2010 Olympics. His best result was 24th in the Super-G in the 2002 Olympics....		2:11.84	+4.83
25	Marco Sullivan Marco Sullivan Marco Sullivan is an alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. He competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, and has won one World Cup race, on January 26, 2008 in Chamonix, France.-2002:...		2:12.16	+5.15
26	Paul de la Cuesta Paul de la Cuesta Paul de la Cuesta is an alpine skier from Spain. He competed for Spain at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links:...		2:13.03	+6.02
27	Edward Drake Edward Drake Edward Drake is a British alpine skier. He represented Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...		2:14.47	+7.46
28	Ferran Terra Ferran Terra Ferran Terra is an alpine skier from Spain. He competed for Spain at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was 27th in the Super-G.-External links:...		2:16.23	+9.22
–	Christoph Gruber Christoph Gruber Christoph Gruber is an Austrian skier competing in all World Cup disciplines apart from slalom. In his World Cup debut, the Super G in Aspen, Colorado on November 27, 1998, he finished in fourteenth position. On December 21, 2000, he won his first World Cup race, a Giant Slalom, in Bormio...		DNF	–
–	Jan Hudec Jan Hudec Jan Hudec is a Canadian alpine skier. On February 11, 2007, he won the silver medal in downhill at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. In the November of the same year he won his first World cup victory, a downhill in Lake Louise...		DNF	–
–	Manuel Osborne-Paradis Manuel Osborne-Paradis Manuel Osborne-Paradis is a Canadian alpine skier.He grew up racing for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club. His first World Cup podium came in November 2006 at the Bombardier Winterstart men's downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada...		DNF	–
–	Erik Guay Erik Guay Erik Guay is a Canadian alpine skier from Mont-Tremblant, Québec. Guay is best known winning the discipline trophy in Super G during the 2010 World Cup season and for winning the downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011.- Career :Erik Guay was five when he competed in his first...		DNF	–
–	Didier Défago Didier Défago Didier Défago is analpine ski racer on the World Cup circuit. He was Swiss national champion in downhill and Giant Slalom...		DNF	–
–	David Poisson David Poisson (alpine skier) David Poisson is a French alpine skier. He represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he placed 7th in the downhill.-References:...		DNF	–
–	Andrew Weibrecht Andrew Weibrecht Andrew Weibrecht is an American alpine ski racer who has competed since 2002.-Skiing career:...		DNF	–
–	Hans Olsson		DNF	–
–	Lars Elton Myhre Lars Elton Myhre Lars Elton Myhre is a Norwegian alpine skier. He participated in slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...		DNF	–
–	Erik Fisher Erik Fisher Erik Fisher is an alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team, from Middleton, Idaho.Fisher learned to ski and race at Bogus Basin near Boise, Idaho, beginning at age 3. While growing up, his family moved to different locations in the western U.S.; he also raced in northern Arizona and Utah before...		DNF	–

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