Harti Weirather
Encyclopedia
Hartmann "Harti" Weirather (born 25 January 1958 in Reutte
) is an Austria
n former alpine skier
.
During the 1980s he won the downhill
skiing competition six times in the Alpine Skiing World Cup
and became world champion downhill skier in the Alpine World Ski Championships in Schladming, Austria in 1982. In addition he won the individual downhill world cup in 1981.
Harti Weirather is married to the former skier Hanni Wenzel
. The pair run a business consultancy firm in Planken
(Liechtenstein
). Their daughter Tina Weirather
is a World Junior Champion and currently competes in the World Cup for Liechentenstein.
Reutte
Reutte is a market town in Tyrol, Austria. It is the administrative center of the Reutte district . Reutte is located on the Lech river, and has a population of 5,738 .- Neighbouring municipalities :...
) is an Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n former alpine skier
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
.
During the 1980s he won the 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....
skiing competition six times in the Alpine Skiing World Cup
Alpine skiing World Cup
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France and the USA...
and became world champion downhill skier in the Alpine World Ski Championships in Schladming, Austria in 1982. In addition he won the individual downhill world cup in 1981.
Harti Weirather is married to the former skier Hanni Wenzel
Hanni Wenzel
Hannelore Wenzel is a former champion alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein. She won the country's first Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria....
. The pair run a business consultancy firm in Planken
Planken
Planken is the least populated of Liechtenstein's municipalities. The entire community of Planken is estimated to have 366 people.-History:Its name is said to derive from a Latin word for rising meadows. Its most notable structure is an eighteenth-century chapel that was redesigned in 1955 under...
(Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan...
). Their daughter Tina Weirather
Tina Weirather
Tina Weirather , is a Liechtensteiner Alpine skier. She is the daughter of Austrian skier Harti Weirather and Liechtensteiner skier Hanni Wenzel, and the niece of Andreas Wenzel. Weirather has competed on the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup circuit since 2005...
is a World Junior Champion and currently competes in the World Cup for Liechentenstein.
Overall victories
Season | Discipline |
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1981 1981 Alpine Skiing World Cup The 15th World Cup season began in December 1980 in France and concluded in March 1981 in Switzerland. Phil Mahre became the first American to win an overall title, the first of his three consecutive overall titles.... |
Downhill |
Individual victories
Date | Place | Discipline |
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15 December 1980 | Gröden-Val Gardena Gröden-Val Gardena Val Gardena is a valley in the Dolomites of northern Italy. It is best known as a skiing, rock climbing, and woodcarving area.-Geography:The valley's main river is the Derjon... |
Downhill |
31 January 1981 | St. Anton | Downhill |
6 March 1981 | Aspen Aspen Populus section Populus, of the Populus genus, includes the aspen trees and the white poplar Populus alba. The five typical aspens are all native to cold regions with cool summers, in the north of the Northern Hemisphere, extending south at high altitudes in the mountains. The White Poplar, by... |
Downhill |
15 January 1982 | Kitzbühel Kitzbühel -Demographic evolution:-Personalities:*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre , entomologist and botanist*Alfons Walde , expressionist painter and architect*Peter Aufschnaiter , mountaineer and geographer... |
Downhill |
23 January 1982 | Wengen Wengen, Switzerland Wengen is a village in the Bernese Oberland in the canton of Bern, located in central Switzerland at an elevation of 1274 m above sea level, and is part of the Jungfrauregion. Wengen has approximately 1,300 year-round residents... |
Downhill |
5 December 1982 | Pontresina Pontresina Pontresina is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History and name:The city was first mentioned in medieval Latin documents as pontem sarasinam in 1137. In 1237 it was mentioned as de Ponte Sarraceno and in 1303 as ponte sarracino... |
Downhill |