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The Lauberhorn is a mountain in the Bernese

Bernese Alps

The Bernese Alps are a group of mountain ranges in the western part of the Alps, in Switzerland. Although the name suggests that they are located in the Bernese Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Valais, Lucerne, Obwalden, Fribourg and...

Alps

Swiss Alps

The Swiss Alps are the portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Because of their central position within the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps....

of Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, located between Wengen

Wengen

Wengen may refer to:*Wengen, a village and winter resort in Switzerland*La Val, a commune in South Tyrol, Italy with the German name "Wengen"*in Germany:**Wengen , a village in the municipality of Nennslingen in Mittelfranken...

and Grindelwald

Grindelwald

Grindelwald is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The village is located at above sea level in the Bernese Alps.-Winter sports:...

. Its summit is at an elevation

Elevation

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....

of 8110 feet (2472 m) above sea level.

The mountain is best known as the site of the Lauberhorn alpine ski races , held annually above Wengen

Wengen

in the Bernese Oberland

Bernese Oberland

The Bernese Oberland is the higher part of the canton of Bern, Switzerland, in the southern end of the canton: The area around Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, and the valleys of the Bernese Alps .The flag of the Bernese Oberland consists of a black eagle in a gold field The Bernese Oberland (Bernese...

. The downhill course is the longest in the world; its enormous length of 2.768 miles (4.455 km) results in run times of two and a half minutes (about 30–45 seconds longer than standard downhill races); top speeds approach 100 mph (160 km/h) on its Haneggschuss, the highest speeds on the FIS

International Ski Federation

The International Ski Federation, known by its name in French, Fédération Internationale de Ski is the main international organisation for ski sports...

World Cup circuit. The Lauberhorn downhill run is said to be the most picturesque in the world, surrounded by the Eiger

Eiger

The Eiger is a mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends across the Mönch to the Jungfrau at 4,158 m...

, Mönch

Mönch

The Mönch is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland. Together with the Eiger and the Jungfrau it forms a highly recognisable group of mountains visible from far away....

, and Jungfrau

Jungfrau

The Jungfrau is one of the main summits in the Bernese Alps, situated between the cantons of Valais and Bern in Switzerland...

above the Lauterbrunnen

Lauterbrunnen

Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.The municipality lies in the Lauterbrunnen Valley and comprises the villages Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Mürren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg and Isenfluh...

valley, and usually held under brilliant blue skies in mid-January. It is also known for its spectacular run arrangements as the Hundschopf, a signature 130 ft. (40 m) jump over a rock nose, the Kernen
Bruno Kernen
Bruno Kernen is a Swiss alpine skier. In 1997, he was world champion in downhill, as well as a silver medalist in Alpine combined. In 2003, he won bronze in downhill at the world championships in St. Moritz. He is the 2003 winner of the Lauberhorn race.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Kernen...

-S (passing over a bridge at around 50 mph (80 km/h) and the Wasserstation Tunnel (underpassing the viaduct of the local railroad Wengernalpbahn

Wengernalpbahn

Wengernalpbahn is a 19.091 km long, gauge rack railway line in Switzerland, which runs from Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway....

Lauberhorn ski races

The Lauberhorn ski races (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....

, slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

, and combined

Alpine skiing combined

Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...

) are among the highest-attended winter sports events in the world, attracting around 30,000 spectators each year. An established attraction is also the airshow

Airshow

An air show is an event at which aviators display their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft to spectators in aerobatics. Air shows without aerobatic displays, having only aircraft displayed parked on the ground, are called "static air shows"....

of the Patrouille Suisse

Patrouille Suisse

The Patrouille Suisse is an aerobatic team of the Swiss Air Force. The team flies six Northrop F-5E Tiger II fighter/bomber jets. The Patrouille Suisse was founded on 8 August 1964 as a part of the Swiss Air Force...

. The 2011

2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 45th FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season began on 23 October 2010, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 20 March 2011, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.Being an odd-numbered year, the biennial World Championships took place in February...

races were held January 14–16 (super-combined

Alpine skiing combined

, downhill, and slalom).

The races in Wengen are held in mid-January, usually the week prior to the Hahnenkamm

Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel

The Hahnenkamm is a mountain in Austria, directly south of Kitzbühel, in the Kitzbühel Alps. The elevation of its summit is above sea level.The Hahnenkamm is part of the ski resort of Kitzbühel, and hosts the annual World Cup alpine ski races, the Hahnenkammrennen...

, in Kitzbühel, Austria, another classic downhill race run since the early 1930s,

Key sections

Many of the named portions of the course are due to historic falls or crashes by racers. The best known sections of the Lauberhorn downhill race are the following (in descending order):

Russisprung (Russi jump), named after Swiss Olympic
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Sapporo, Japan, from February 5–13, 1972. The downhills were held at Mount Eniwa, and the four technical events at Teine.-Downhill:February 7, 1972...

champion Bernhard Russi
Bernhard Russi
Bernhard Russi is a former alpine ski racer. He was an Olympic, World Cup, and World champion in the downhill event....

, in the upper treeless part of the course.
Hundschopf (dog's head), the Lauberhorn's signature jump over the rock nose, about a third of the way down the course. It is immediately followed by the Minsch
Josef Minsch
Josef "Jos" Minsch was a Swiss alpine skier who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics.He was born and died in Klosters....

-Kante and the long fall-away curve, Canadian Corner, which leads into the very narrow Alpweg trail, only 3 m (10 ft) in width, that enters the tight Kernen
Bruno Kernen
Bruno Kernen is a Swiss alpine skier. In 1997, he was world champion in downhill, as well as a silver medalist in Alpine combined. In 2003, he won bronze in downhill at the world championships in St. Moritz. He is the 2003 winner of the Lauberhorn race.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Kernen...

-S (formerly the Brüggli-S), consecutive right-left 90° curves separated by a small bridge), which reduces speed considerably and leads to the
Wasserstation (water station), a small tunnel underpassing the local railroad Wengernalpbahn
Wengernalpbahn
Wengernalpbahn is a 19.091 km long, gauge rack railway line in Switzerland, which runs from Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway....

, after which the slope becomes significantly flatter on the Langentrajen.
Haneggschuss, a pitch after the flats where top speeds approach 100 mph (160 km/h), leading into the
Silberhornsprung (Silberhorn
Silberhorn
The Silberhorn is a pyramid-shaped mountain in the Bernese Alps, to the northwest of the Jungfrau of which it is a satellite peak.A first attempt to reach the summit of the Silberhorn was made in June 1863 by M. v. Fellenberg from the Stufensteinalp on the east side of the valley of Lauterbrunnen...

jump) and the entrance into the Österreicherloch (Austrian hole) which transitions into the endurance challenging Ziel-S (finish-S) and finish jump (reduced in recent seasons).

History

The Lauberhorn downhill race has taken place since 1930 and is one of the oldest ski races in the world. The Russisprung was originally built in the spring for a television show and was incorporated into the course by organizers the following year. The Minsch-Kante is where Josef Minsch

Josef Minsch

Josef "Jos" Minsch was a Swiss alpine skier who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics.He was born and died in Klosters....

fell in 1965 and was hospitalized for weeks. The Canadian Corner is named after two of the Crazy Canucks

Crazy Canucks

The Crazy Canucks was a group of Canadian alpine ski racers who rose to prominence in the World Cup during the 1970s and 80s. Dave Irwin, Dave Murray, Steve Podborski, Jim Hunter and Ken Read earned themselves a reputation for fast and seemingly reckless skiing....

, Dave Irwin

Dave Irwin

Dave Irwin is a former alpine ski racer who represented Canada at two Winter Olympic Games and won a World Cup. He was one of the "Crazy Canucks", a group of Canadian downhill racers who rose to prominence on the World Cup circuit in the late 1970s...

and Ken Read

Ken Read

Ken Read, CM is a retired Canadian Olympic alpine ski racer, Corporate Director, sport advocate and international sports leader....

, who aggressively attacked this part of the course in 1976

1976 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 10th World Cup season began in December 1975 in France and concluded in March 1976 in Canada. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won the first of his three consecutive overall titles...

and subsequently fell during the race. The Kernen-S was renamed for 2003

2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 37th World Cup season began in October 2002 on Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2003 at the World Cup finals in Lillehammer, Norway. The overall winners were Stephan Eberharter of Austria and Janica Kostelić of Croatia....

winner Bruno Kernen

Bruno Kernen

Bruno Kernen is a Swiss alpine skier. In 1997, he was world champion in downhill, as well as a silver medalist in Alpine combined. In 2003, he won bronze in downhill at the world championships in St. Moritz. He is the 2003 winner of the Lauberhorn race.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Kernen...

after his crash in 2006

2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 40th World Cup season began in October 2005 and concluded at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden, in March 2006. The schedule included a nearly month-long break in February for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy....

at the former Brüggli-S. The Silberhornsprung was introduced in 2003 with the Silberhorn

Silberhorn

The Silberhorn is a pyramid-shaped mountain in the Bernese Alps, to the northwest of the Jungfrau of which it is a satellite peak.A first attempt to reach the summit of the Silberhorn was made in June 1863 by M. v. Fellenberg from the Stufensteinalp on the east side of the valley of Lauterbrunnen...

mountain in the background for television viewers. The Österreicherloch (Austrian hole) got its name in 1954 when almost all participating Austrian skiers (including Toni Sailer

Toni Sailer

Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer was an Austrian alpine ski racer, who is considered among the best the in the sport. He won three gold medals in alphine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, becoming the only triple gold medalist from that Games and thus the most successful athlete in 1956...

) fell there; 1960s Austrian great Karl Schranz

Karl Schranz

Karl Schranz is a former champion alpine ski racer, one of the best in the 1960s.During his lengthy career , Schranz won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms...

later fell there as well.

In 1991

1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 25th World Cup season began in August 1990 in New Zealand, resumed in December, and concluded in March 1991 in the United States. The overall winners were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg and Petra Kronberger of Austria....

, a tragic death occurred during training for the race at the Ziel-S (Finish-S). The young Austrian skier Gernot Reinstadler

Gernot Reinstadler

Gernot Reinstadler was an Austrian ski racer. He was regarded as among the most promising young talents of the Austrian downhill team of the early 1990s....

was not able to finish the S-curve properly and therefore jumped into the slope boundary (because he was too far to the right), where he hooked one ski in the security net and suffered severe injuries to the lower body. He died shortly after the accident from internal bleeding. The race was not held that year. In reaction to this tragic event, the slope boundary at that place was also equipped with rejection canvas and the gates were moved upwards and more to the left.

Snowmaking

Snowmaking

Snowmaking is the production of snow by forcing water and pressurized air through a "snow gun" or "snow cannon", on ski slopes. Snowmaking is mainly used at ski resorts to supplement natural snow. This allows ski resorts to improve the reliability of their snow cover and to extend their ski...

was added in the mid-1990s, and the combined

Alpine skiing combined

race has been a run as a "super combined" since the World Cup debut of the format at Wengen in 2005

2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 39th World Cup season began in October 2004 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2005 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall winners were Bode Miller of the U.S. and Anja Pärson of Sweden....

. The super-combi is two runs (one shortened 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....

and one slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

) run on the same day, rather than three runs (one downhill and two slalom) of the traditional combined. On the 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...

circuit, the traditional combined is usually not run as separate races, but determined "on paper" from the results of the primary downhill and slalom races, which are run on separate days. (The Olympics

Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948–80, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years...

and world championships are the exceptions, holding entirely separate races for the combined.) At the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

, the super-combined format replaced the traditional combined in 2010

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The ten events were scheduled for February 13–27, 2010; weather delayed the first event, the men's downhill, two days until Monday, February 15....

Facts and figures

Longest downhill race in the 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...

circuit, with a length of 2.768 miles (4.455 km);
typical World Cup downhill courses for men are 2.0 miles (3.2 km) or less.
The course's starting elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....

is 7595 feet (2315 m) above sea level;
it descends 3363 vertical feet (1025 m) to the finish at 4232 feet (1290 m) in 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...

.
The course record of 2:24.23 is held by the Kristian Ghedina
Kristian Ghedina
Kristian Ghedina is a former alpine ski racer, currently an auto racer. He was the most victorious downhill specialist ever for Italy in the Alpine skiing World Cup.-Career:...

of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, who won in 1997
1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 31st World Cup season began in October 1996 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1997 at the World Cup finals in Vail, Colorado, U.S.A. The overall winners were Luc Alphand of France and Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden....

with an average speed of 66 mph (106.33 km/h),
an average vertical descent rate of 23.3 ft/sec (7.1 m/s).
Top speeds approach 100 mph (160 km/h) on the Haneggschuss, a straightaway 25–30 seconds from the finish. The highest speed ever measured in a FIS 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...

race was reached at this section in 2005
2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 39th World Cup season began in October 2004 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2005 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall winners were Bode Miller of the U.S. and Anja Pärson of Sweden....

by Stefan Thanei of Italy at 98 mph (158 km/h). Top speeds vary from year to year, depending upon snow conditions.
The average grade of the downhill race course is 33 percent (14.7 degrees).
The maximum grade is 93 percent (42 degrees) at the Hundschopf jump, one-third of the way down the course.
The largest crowd was recorded in 2009
2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 43rd World Cup season began in late October 2008 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2009, at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden.Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the overall title by two points over Benjamin Raich of Austria. Svindal returned from a season-ending injury in December...

, when 30,000 observed the Lauberhorn downhill race.
Ten miles (16 km) of security nets are set up at the border of the downhill run, surrounded by around 1000 m (3300 ft) of high security nets and 800 m (2600 ft) of rejection canvas.
The course was one of several featured in the 1969
1969 in film
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980...

movie Downhill Racer
Downhill Racer
Downhill Racer is a 1969 film and the first to be directed by Michael Ritchie. A drama about ski racing, it stars Robert Redford and Gene Hackman.Tagline: How fast must a man go to get from where he's at?-Plot:...

, starring Robert Redford
Robert Redford
Charles Robert Redford, Jr. , better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime...

and Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is an American actor and novelist.Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned five decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde...

.
Redford's character challenges his rival teammate to a dual race at the end of practice on the Lauberhorn downhill course.
The record holder for the most wins is Karl Molitor
Karl Molitor
Karl Molitor is a Swiss alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.Born in Wengen, he married Antoinette Meyer . In 1948 he won a silver medal in the Alpine combined event and a bronze medal in the downhill competition...

of Switzerland, who won six times between 1939 and 1947. Unlike most of the other major ski races, the Lauberhorn in neutral Switzerland was held during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

; all of the events were won by Swiss racers. In the post-war era, the most notable multiple winners are three Austrian
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....

s: Toni Sailer
Toni Sailer
Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer was an Austrian alpine ski racer, who is considered among the best the in the sport. He won three gold medals in alphine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, becoming the only triple gold medalist from that Games and thus the most successful athlete in 1956...

with four straight (1955–58),
Karl Schranz
Karl Schranz
Karl Schranz is a former champion alpine ski racer, one of the best in the 1960s.During his lengthy career , Schranz won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms...

with four (1959, 1963, 1966, 1969
1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The third World Cup season began in December 1968 and concluded in March 1969. Karl Schranz of Austria won the first of two consecutive overall titles...

), and Franz Klammer
Franz Klammer
Franz Klammer is a former champion alpine ski racer. Klammer overwhelmingly dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons . He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel in dramatic fashion...

with three consecutive (1975
1975 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 9th World Cup season began in December 1974 in France and concluded in March 1975 in Italy. Gustav Thöni of Italy would regain the overall title, his fourth overall title in five seasons...

-77
1977 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 11th World Cup season began in December 1976 in France and concluded in March 1977 in Spain. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won his second of three consecutive overall titles. Lise-Marie Morerod of Switzerland won the women's overall title.-Calendar:...

).
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...

ns have won 27 times; Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

racers have captured 24 victories (although 14 of these came before 1946).
The first non-Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an to win the race was Ken Read
Ken Read
Ken Read, CM is a retired Canadian Olympic alpine ski racer, Corporate Director, sport advocate and international sports leader....

in 1980
1980 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 14th World Cup season began in December 1979 in France and concluded in March 1980 in Austria.Andreas Wenzel of Liechtenstein edged out Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden for the overall title...

, the sole Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, followed by four other North American
North American
North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of the United States and Canada together.-Culture:*North American English, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English...

s (all U.S.). Lasse Kjus
Lasse Kjus
Lasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian alpine skier who has won the overall World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships...

of Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

is the only Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

n champion, winning in 1999
1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 33rd World Cup season began in October 1998 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded at the World Cup finals at Sierra Nevada, Spain, in March 1999. The overall winners were Lasse Kjus of Norway and Alexandra Meissnitzer of Austria....

.
The first American winner in the downhill was Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson (skier)
William Dean "Bill" Johnson is a former alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. He was the first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing, winning the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Bill has 2 sons, named Tyler and Nick...

, in 1984
1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 18th World Cup season began in December 1983 in Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia , and concluded in March 1984 in Oslo, Norway. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Erika Hess, both of Switzerland....

on a shortened course; other U.S. winners include Kyle Rasmussen
Kyle Rasmussen
Kyle Rasmussen is a former alpine ski racer from Angels Camp, California.While competing with the U.S...

(1995
1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 29th World Cup season began in December 1994 at Tignes, France, and concluded in March 1995 at the World Cup finals in Bormio, Italy. The overall champions were Alberto Tomba of Italy and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland...

), Daron Rahlves
Daron Rahlves
Daron Louis Rahlves is an American freestyle skier and a former alpine ski racer. Raised in northern California, he attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California...

(2006
2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 40th World Cup season began in October 2005 and concluded at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden, in March 2006. The schedule included a nearly month-long break in February for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy....

), and 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...

(2007
2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 41st World Cup season was scheduled to begin on October 28, 2006, but cancellation of the opening races in Sölden delayed the season's start by two weeks. A very poor snowpack in the Alps, along with stormy weather in January, caused numerous races to be moved and rescheduled throughout the...

& 2008
2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 42nd World Cup season began in October 2007 in Sölden, Austria and concluded on March 15, 2008, at the World Cup Finals in Bormio, Italy....

). Miller and 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:...

made the podium in 2009
2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 43rd World Cup season began in late October 2008 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2009, at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden.Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the overall title by two points over Benjamin Raich of Austria. Svindal returned from a season-ending injury in December...

, taking second and third. Miller won the combined
Alpine skiing combined
Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...

event in 2010
2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 44th World Cup season began on October 24, 2009, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on March 14, 2010, at the World Cup finals in Garmisch, Germany....

, the second American to win the combined at Wengen and first in 52 years (Buddy Werner
Buddy Werner
Wallace "Buddy" Werner was an American ski racer in the 1950s and early 1960s. Born and raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Werner and his siblings were accomplished skiers, and competed in both alpine and Nordic events on Howelsen Hill...

in 1958). Phil Mahre
Phil Mahre
Philip Mahre is a former champion alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time...

is the only U.S. racer to take the slalom event at Wengen, winning in 1982
1982 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 16th World Cup season began in December 1981 in France and concluded in March 1982, also in France. Phil Mahre of the U.S. repeated as overall champion, the second of his three consecutive titles. Erika Hess of Switzerland won the women's overall title....

.

Winners list

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2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup

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...

Alois Vogl

Alois Vogl is a German alpine skier.He represented Germany at the 1998 and 2006 Winter Olympics. He also has one victory in the World Cup, 2005 slalom in Wengen.- References :...

Benjamin Raich

Benjamin Raich is a champion alpine ski racer who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy...

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| 2004

2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 38th World Cup season began in October 2003 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded at the World Cup finals in Sestriere, Italy, in March 2004. Sestriere would host the alpine skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics....

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Benjamin Raich

Benjamin Raich is a champion alpine ski racer who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy...

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| 2003

2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup

Bruno Kernen

Stephan Eberharter

Stephan Eberharter is a former alpine ski racer, the winner of the overall World Cup title in 2002 and 2003. He was the nearest rival of compatriot Hermann Maier in the late 1990s and early 2000s...

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Giorgio Rocca

Giorgio Rocca is an Italian Alpine skier, a specialist in Slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli and Ingemar Stenmark, he is one of three skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba has won more World Cup...

Kjetil André Aamodt

Kjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, and is the most decorated in history....

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| 2002

2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup began in October 2001 and ended in March 2002 at the World Cup finals held in Altenmarkt, Austria. The overall winners were Stephan Eberharter and Michaela Dorfmeister, both from Austria....

Stephan Eberharter

Stephan Eberharter is a former alpine ski racer, the winner of the overall World Cup title in 2002 and 2003. He was the nearest rival of compatriot Hermann Maier in the late 1990s and early 2000s...

Ivica Kostelić

Ivica Kostelic

Ivica Kostelić is an alpine ski racer from Zagreb, Croatia. He won the world championship in slalom in 2003 and three Olympic silver medals in slalom and combined , along with the overall World Cup title in 2011 and 18 World Cup races during his career...

Kjetil André Aamodt

Kjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, and is the most decorated in history....

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| 2001

2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 35th World Cup season began in October 2000 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2001 at the World Cup finals at Åre, Sweden. The overall winners were Hermann Maier of Austria and Janica Kostelić of Croatia....

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Benjamin Raich

Benjamin Raich is a champion alpine ski racer who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy...

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| 2000

2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 34th World Cup season began in October 1999 and concluded at the World Cup finals in March 2000. The overall winners were Hermann Maier and Renate Götschl, both of Austria.- Men's Overall Results:- Men's Downhill Results:...

Josef Strobl

Josef "Pepi" Strobl is a former alpine skier from Austria. He is also known by the name Arnold, thanks to his exploits in Rosario, Argentina.- Career :...

Kjetil André Aamodt

Kjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, and is the most decorated in history....

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| 1999

1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 33rd World Cup season began in October 1998 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded at the World Cup finals at Sierra Nevada, Spain, in March 1999. The overall winners were Lasse Kjus of Norway and Alexandra Meissnitzer of Austria....

Lasse Kjus

Lasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian alpine skier who has won the overall World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships...

Benjamin Raich

Benjamin Raich is a champion alpine ski racer who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy...

Lasse Kjus

Lasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian alpine skier who has won the overall World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships...

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| 1998

1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 32nd World Cup season began in October 1997 in Tignes, France, and concluded in March 1998 at the World Cup Finals in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The overall winners were Hermann Maier of Austria and Katja Seizinger of Germany....

Andreas Schifferer

Andreas "Andi" Schifferer is a former Austrian alpine skier who was known to be a downhill specialist, but also competed in other disciplines.-Early life:...

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...

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Thomas Stangassinger

Thomas Stangassinger is an Austrian former alpine skier.In the 1990s he belonged to the slalom elite. He won a silver medal in the World Ski Championships in Saalbach and a bronze medal in the World Ski Championships in Morioka...

Hermann Maier

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| 1997

1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 31st World Cup season began in October 1996 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1997 at the World Cup finals in Vail, Colorado, U.S.A. The overall winners were Luc Alphand of France and Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden....

Kristian Ghedina

Kristian Ghedina is a former alpine ski racer, currently an auto racer. He was the most victorious downhill specialist ever for Italy in the Alpine skiing World Cup.-Career:...

Thomas Sykora

Thomas Sykora is a former alpine skier from Austria. He comes from a sporting family: his father Ernst Sykora was a ski instructor, and his aunts Liese Prokop and Maria Sykora were both successful athletes.-Overall results:...

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| 1996

1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 30th World Cup season began in November 1995 in Tignes, France, and concluded in March 1996 at the World Cup finals in Lillehammer, Norway. The overall champions were Lasse Kjus of Norway and Katja Seizinger of Germany....

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| 1995

1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 29th World Cup season began in December 1994 at Tignes, France, and concluded in March 1995 at the World Cup finals in Bormio, Italy. The overall champions were Alberto Tomba of Italy and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland...

Kyle Rasmussen

Kyle Rasmussen is a former alpine ski racer from Angels Camp, California.While competing with the U.S...

Kristian Ghedina

Kristian Ghedina is a former alpine ski racer, currently an auto racer. He was the most victorious downhill specialist ever for Italy in the Alpine skiing World Cup.-Career:...

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Alberto Tomba

Alberto Tomba is an Italian retired alpine ski racer. He was the dominant technical skier in the late 1980s and 1990s. Tomba won three Olympic gold medals, two World Championships, and nine World Cup season titles; four in slalom, four in giant slalom, and one overall title...

Marc Girardelli

Marc Girardelli is a former alpine ski racer, a five time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines....

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| 1994

1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 28th World Cup season began in October 1993 in Austria, and concluded in March 1994 at the World Cup finals in the United States. The overall champions were Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland....

William Besse

William Besse is a famous Swiss alpine skier.- External links :* * at FIS...

Marc Girardelli

Marc Girardelli is a former alpine ski racer, a five time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines....

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| 1993

1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 27th World Cup season began in November 1992 in Sestriere, Italy, and concluded in March 1993 in Åre, Sweden. Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg won his fifth overall title, which still stands as the most in World Cup history...

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| 1992

1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 26th World Cup season began in November 1991 in the United States and concluded in March 1992 in Switzerland. The overall winners were Paul Accola of Switzerland and Petra Kronberger of Austria....

Franz Heinzer

Franz Heinzer is a former alpine ski racer, who specialized in downhill. He was World Cup champion in downhill three consecutive seasons , second only to Franz Klammer . He won a total of 17 World Cup downhill races, third behind Klammer , and Peter Müller...

Alberto Tomba

Paul Accola

Paul Accola is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came top in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event....

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| 1991

1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup

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| 1990

1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup

-Calendar:Note:Race 22 and 23 were held on the same day.- Men's Overall Results:see complete tableIn Men's Overall World Cup all results count. Pirmin Zurbriggen won his fourth Overall World Cup. He became the second male athlete to win four times...

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| 1989

1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 23rd World Cup season began in November 1988 in Austria and concluded in March 1989 in Japan.The overall champions were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland....

Marc Girardelli

Marc Girardelli is a former alpine ski racer, a five time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines....

Marc Girardelli

Marc Girardelli is a former alpine ski racer, a five time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines....

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Rudolf Nierlich

Rudolf Nierlich was an Austrian alpine skier.Born in Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut , he won a total of 8 races in the Alpine Skiing World Cup, and was three times World Champion , in Slalom and Giant Slalom.He died 1991 in a car accident in Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut.-World Cup...

Marc Girardelli

Marc Girardelli is a former alpine ski racer, a five time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines....

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| 1988

1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 22nd World Cup season began in November 1987 in Italy and concluded in March 1988 in Austria. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Michela Figini, both of Switzerland....

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| 1987

1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 21st World Cup season began in August 1986 in Argentina, resumed in late November, and concluded in March 1987 in Sarajevo. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Maria Walliser, both of Switzerland....

Markus Wasmeier

Markus Wasmeier is a former alpine ski racer.At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he surprisingly won the Giant Slalom at age 21, before recording a World Cup victory....

Joel Gaspoz

Joël Gaspoz

Joël Gaspoz is a Swiss former alpine skier. He was born in Morgins.From 1979 to 1989, Gaspoz won one slalom and six giant slalom World Cup races. He competed in three Olympic Games, the 1980 Winter Olympics, the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics.-World Cup victories:-References:...

Pirmin Zurbriggen

Pirmin Zurbriggen is a former champion alpine ski racer. He won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill, and 9 World Championships medals ....

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| 1986

1986 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 20th World Cup season began in August 1985 in Argentina, resumed in December, and concluded in March 1986 in Canada. The overall champions were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg and Maria Walliser of Switzerland.-Calendar:Note:...

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Rok Petrovic

Rok Petrovič was a Slovenian alpine skier.Petrovič was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the son of Krešimir Petrović, a well known sports psychologist of Croatian origin. His first success in alpine ski racing was the 1983 Junior World Championship slalom title in Sestriere, Italy.After this he...

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| 1985

1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 19th World Cup season began in December 1984 in Italy and concluded in March 1985 in the United States. The overall champions were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg and Michela Figini of Switzerland....

Helmut Höflehner

Helmut Höflehner is a former Austrian alpine skier.-Achievements:1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:*fifth place at alpine skiing Downhill1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville:...

Peter Wirnsberger

Peter Wirnsberger is a former Austrian alpine skier.-Achievements:1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid:*Silver at DownhillAlpine skiing World Championship 1982 in Schladming:...

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Marc Girardelli

Marc Girardelli is a former alpine ski racer, a five time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines....

Michel Vion

Michel Vion is a French alpine skier and world champion.Vion became a world champion in the combined event in Schladming in 1982. He finished 5th in combined at the world championships in Bormio in 1985.-References:...

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| 1984

1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 18th World Cup season began in December 1983 in Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia , and concluded in March 1984 in Oslo, Norway. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Erika Hess, both of Switzerland....

Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson (skier)

William Dean "Bill" Johnson is a former alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. He was the first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing, winning the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Bill has 2 sons, named Tyler and Nick...

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| 1983

1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 17th season of World Cup competition began in December 1982 in Switzerland and concluded in March 1983 in Japan. For the first time, the overall titles were won by two Americans, Tamara McKinney and Phil Mahre, who won his third consecutive overall title...

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| 1982

1982 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 16th World Cup season began in December 1981 in France and concluded in March 1982, also in France. Phil Mahre of the U.S. repeated as overall champion, the second of his three consecutive titles. Erika Hess of Switzerland won the women's overall title....

Harti Weirather

Hartmann "Harti" Weirather is an Austrian 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...

Phil Mahre

Philip Mahre is a former champion alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time...

Pirmin Zurbriggen

Pirmin Zurbriggen is a former champion alpine ski racer. He won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill, and 9 World Championships medals ....

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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....

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Bojan Krizaj

Bojan Križaj

Bojan Križaj is a Slovenian former alpine skier.-Career:Križaj, born in Kranj, was a member of a well known Tržič ski family so he started skiing at the age of 3. In the season 1976/77 he received the first World Cup point, qualified among the 15 best slalom runners and later during that season...

Valery Tsyganof
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| 1980

1980 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 14th World Cup season began in December 1979 in France and concluded in March 1980 in Austria.Andreas Wenzel of Liechtenstein edged out Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden for the overall title...

Peter Müller

Peter Müller (skier)

Peter Müller is a Swiss former champion alpine ski racer, a prominent downhiller during the 1980s. A world champion in 1987 in the downhill, he was a silver medalist the downhill in two world championships and two Olympic games .Müller was the World Cup season titlist in the downhill in 1979,...

Ken Read

Ken Read, CM is a retired Canadian Olympic alpine ski racer, Corporate Director, sport advocate and international sports leader....

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Bojan Krizaj

Bojan Križaj

Michael Veith
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| 1979

1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan.The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria.-Calendar:- Men's Overall Results:...

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| 1978

1978 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 12th World Cup season began in December 1977 and concluded in March 1978. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won his third consecutive overall title. Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein won the women's overall title....

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| 1977

1977 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 11th World Cup season began in December 1976 in France and concluded in March 1977 in Spain. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won his second of three consecutive overall titles. Lise-Marie Morerod of Switzerland won the women's overall title.-Calendar:...

Franz Klammer

Franz Klammer is a former champion alpine ski racer. Klammer overwhelmingly dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons . He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel in dramatic fashion...

Ingemar Stenmark

Jan Ingemar Stenmark is a Swedish former skier, active during the 1970s and 1980s. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Swedish sportsmen, and as the greatest slalom and giant slalom specialist of all time. He competed for Fjällvinden Tärnaby.Stenmark was born in the province of Lappland...

Walter Tresch

Walter Tresch is a former Swiss alpine skier. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics.-References:...

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| 1976

1976 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 10th World Cup season began in December 1975 in France and concluded in March 1976 in Canada. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won the first of his three consecutive overall titles...

Franz Klammer

Herbert Plank

Herbert Plank is an Italian alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics and in the 1980 Winter Olympics.He was born in Sterzing.In 1976 he won the bronze medal in the Alpine downhill event....

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Ingemar Stenmark

Franz Klammer

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| 1975

1975 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 9th World Cup season began in December 1974 in France and concluded in March 1975 in Italy. Gustav Thöni of Italy would regain the overall title, his fourth overall title in five seasons...

Franz Klammer

Ingemar Stenmark

Gustav Thöni

Gustav Thöni is a former champion alpine ski racer from northern Italy.-Career:...

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| 1974

1974 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 8th World Cup season began in December 1973 and concluded in March 1974. Piero Gros of Italy won the overall title, denying the runner-up, countryman Gustav Thöni, of a fourth straight overall title. Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her fourth of five consecutive.The...

Roland Collombin

Roland Collombin is a former champion alpine ski racer, a two-time World Cup downhill champion....

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David Zwilling

David Zwilling is an Austrian former alpine skier and World champion. He won a gold medal in the downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974. He finished second in the overall 1973 Alpine Skiing World Cup....

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| 1973

1973 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 7th World Cup season began in December 1972 in France and concluded in March 1973 in the United States. Gustav Thöni of Italy won his third consecutive overall title and Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her third of five consecutive....

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| 1972

1972 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 6th World Cup season began in December 1971 in Switzerland and concluded in March 1972 in France. Gustav Thöni of Italy won his second of three consecutive overall titles...

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Jean-Noel Augert

Jean-Noël Augert

Jean-Noël Augert is a French former alpine skier.Augert was born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and grew at the La Toussuire ski resort, Savoy. he debuted in the Alpine Skiing World Cup with a victory, at the Adelboden giant slalom...

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| 1971

1971 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 5th World Cup season began in December 1970 in Italy and concluded in March 1971 in Sweden. Gustav Thöni of Italy won the first of his three consecutive overall titles...

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| 1970

1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The fourth World Cup season began in December 1969 in France and concluded in March 1970 in Norway. Karl Schranz of Austria won his second consecutive overall title. Michèle Jacot of France won the women's overall title....

Henri Duvillard

Henri Duvillard is a French former alpine ski racer. He is one of just seven men to win World Cup races in every discipline contested at the time....

Patrick Russel

Patrick Russel is a former Alpine ski racer and World Cup champion who raced for France. He specialized in the technical disclipines and won three discipline championships in the World Cup: slalom in 1969 and 1970 and giant slalom in 1971...

Henri Duvillard

Henri Duvillard is a French former alpine ski racer. He is one of just seven men to win World Cup races in every discipline contested at the time....

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| 1969

1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The third World Cup season began in December 1968 and concluded in March 1969. Karl Schranz of Austria won the first of two consecutive overall titles...

Karl Schranz

Reinhard Tritscher ||

Heini Messner
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| 1968

1968 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The second World Cup season began in January in West Germany and concluded in April in the U.S. Jean-Claude Killy of France repeated as the overall champion, and announced his retirement from World Cup competition. Nancy Greene of Canada repeated as the women's World Cup overall champion.For the...

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Dumeng Giovanoli

Dumeng Giovanoli is a former Swiss alpine skier. In 1968, Giovanoli won the World Cup in Slalom. He also competed at the alpine skiing events at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics.-References:...

Gerhard Nenning
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| 1967

1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The first season of World Cup races began in early January in West Germany and concluded in late March in the United States. Jean-Claude Killy of France dominated the men's competition, winning each of the three disciplines and the overall title...

Jean-Claude Killy

Jean-Claude Killy was an alpine ski racer, who dominated the sport in the late 1960s. He was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there...

Jean-Claude Killy

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| 1966 ||

Karl Schranz

Guy Périllat

Guy Périllat is a former alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s....

Karl Schranz

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| 1965 ||

Stefan Sodat ||

Guy Périllat

Guy Périllat is a former alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s....

Karl Schranz

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| 1964 ||

Egon Zimmermann

Egon Zimmermann , often referred to as Egon Zimmermann II, is a former alpine skier from Austria...

Ludwig Leitner

Ludwig Leitner is a retired West German alpine ski racer and world champion, born in Mittelberg, Austria.Leitner became a world champion in the combined event in Innsbruck in 1964. He earned world championship bronze medals in the combined event 1962 and 1966.Leitner competed at the 1960 Winter...

Gerhard Nenning
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| 1963 ||

Karl Schranz

Guy Périllat

Guy Périllat is a former alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s....

Guy Périllat

Guy Périllat is a former alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s....

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| 1961 ||

Guy Périllat

Guy Périllat is a former alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s....

Pepi Stiegler ||

Guy Périllat

Guy Périllat is a former alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s....

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| 1960 ||

Willy Bogner ||

Hias Leitner

Matthias "Hias" Leitner is an Austrian former alpine skier.He was born in Kitzbühel.At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States he won silver in the slalom competition. At the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria he ranked 21st in the slalom competition...

Pepi Stiegler
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| 1959 ||

Karl Schranz

Ernst Oberaigner ||

Ernst Oberaigner
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| 1958 ||

Toni Sailer

Josl Rieder ||

Buddy Werner

Wallace "Buddy" Werner was an American ski racer in the 1950s and early 1960s. Born and raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Werner and his siblings were accomplished skiers, and competed in both alpine and Nordic events on Howelsen Hill...

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| 1957 ||

Toni Sailer

Anderl Molterer

Andreas "Anderl" Molterer is an Austrian former alpine skier.The "Blitz from Kitz" as he was known, was one of the best skiers of the 1950s, though labouring in Toni Sailer's shadow. At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy he won silver in the giant slalom, and bronze in the...

Josl Rieder
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| 1956 ||

Toni Sailer

Anderl Molterer

Josl Rieder
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| 1955 ||

Toni Sailer

Martin Julen ||

Toni Sailer

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| 1954 ||

Christian Pravda

Christian Pravda was an alpine ski racer.He was born in Kufstein, Austria.At age 20, he participated in the 1948 Winter Olympics in the slalom, but was disqualified....

Toni Spiss ||

Christian Pravda

Christian Pravda was an alpine ski racer.He was born in Kufstein, Austria.At age 20, he participated in the 1948 Winter Olympics in the slalom, but was disqualified....

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| 1953 ||

Anderl Molterer

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| 1952 ||

Othmar Schneider

Othmar Schneider is an Austrian former Alpine skier. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Schneider was gold medalist in the slalom and silver medalist in the downhill.-References:...

Stein Eriksen

Stein Eriksen is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.-Background:Stein Eriksen was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Marius Eriksen and Birgit Heien . Stein's father, Marius Eriksen competed in the 1912 Olympic Games as a gymnast...

Othmar Schneider

Othmar Schneider is an Austrian former Alpine skier. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Schneider was gold medalist in the slalom and silver medalist in the downhill.-References:...

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| 1951 ||

Othmar Schneider

Othmar Schneider is an Austrian former Alpine skier. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Schneider was gold medalist in the slalom and silver medalist in the downhill.-References:...

Stein Eriksen

Othmar Schneider

Othmar Schneider is an Austrian former Alpine skier. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Schneider was gold medalist in the slalom and silver medalist in the downhill.-References:...

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| 1950 ||

Fredy Rubi ||

Zeno Colò

Zeno Colo

Zeno Colò was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy, born in Abetone, Tuscany. He was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s....

Fredy Rubi
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| 1949 ||

Rudolf Graf ||

Zeno Colò

Zeno Colo

Zeno Colò was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy, born in Abetone, Tuscany. He was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s....

Adolf Odermatt
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| 1948 ||

Zeno Colò

Zeno Colo

Zeno Colò was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy, born in Abetone, Tuscany. He was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s....

Karl Molitor

Karl Molitor is a Swiss alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.Born in Wengen, he married Antoinette Meyer . In 1948 he won a silver medal in the Alpine combined event and a bronze medal in the downhill competition...

Karl Molitor

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| 1947 ||

Karl Molitor

Olle Dalman

Olle Dalman was a Swedish alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics, in the 1952 Winter Olympics, and in the 1956 Winter Olympics.He was born in Östersund....

Edy Rominger
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| 1946 ||

Jean Blanc ||

Otto von Allmen ||

Karl Molitor

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| 1945 ||

Karl Molitor

Otto von Allmen ||

Otto von Allmen
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| 1944 ||

Rudolf Graf ||

Marcel von Allmen ||

Marcel von Allmen
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| 1943 ||

Karl Molitor

Heinz von Allmen

Heinz von Allmen was a Swiss Alpine skier and cross-country skier.-World Championships medals:One of Wengen's most successful ski racers, Heinz von Allmen won the following races:...

Heinz von Allmen

Heinz von Allmen was a Swiss Alpine skier and cross-country skier.-World Championships medals:One of Wengen's most successful ski racers, Heinz von Allmen won the following races:...

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| 1942 ||

Karl Molitor

Heinz von Allmen

Heinz von Allmen was a Swiss Alpine skier and cross-country skier.-World Championships medals:One of Wengen's most successful ski racers, Heinz von Allmen won the following races:...

Heinz von Allmen

Heinz von Allmen was a Swiss Alpine skier and cross-country skier.-World Championships medals:One of Wengen's most successful ski racers, Heinz von Allmen won the following races:...

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| 1941 ||

Rudolf Graf ||

Marcel von Allmen ||

Marcel von Allmen
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| 1940 ||

Karl Molitor

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| 1939 ||

Karl Molitor

Josef Jennewein

Josef Jennewein was a German alpine skier and world champion. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...

Willi Walch
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| 1938 ||

Heinz von Allmen

Heinz von Allmen was a Swiss Alpine skier and cross-country skier.-World Championships medals:One of Wengen's most successful ski racers, Heinz von Allmen won the following races:...

Rudi Canz ||

Heinz von Allmen

Heinz von Allmen was a Swiss Alpine skier and cross-country skier.-World Championships medals:One of Wengen's most successful ski racers, Heinz von Allmen won the following races:...

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| 1937 ||

Heinz von Allmen

Heinz von Allmen was a Swiss Alpine skier and cross-country skier.-World Championships medals:One of Wengen's most successful ski racers, Heinz von Allmen won the following races:...

Willi Walch ||

Willi Walch
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| 1936 ||

Hans Schlunegger ||

Hermann Steuri ||

Émile Allais

Émile Allais is a former champion alpine ski racer from France; he won all three events at the 1937 world championships in Chamonix and the gold in the combined in 1938...

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| 1935 ||

Richard Werle ||

Arnold Glatthard ||

Hans Steuri
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| 1934 ||

Adolf Rubi ||

Adolf Rubi
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| 1932 ||

Fritz Steuri ||

Fritz von Allmen ||

Fritz Steuri
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| 1931 ||

Fritz Steuri ||

Hans Schlunegger ||

Fritz Steuri
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| 1930 ||

Christian Rubi ||

Ernst Gertsch ||

Bill Bracken
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Lauberhorn ski races

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