Paul Accola is a 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....

 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...

. He came top in the overall 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...

 in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event.

By the end of his career he won seven world cup victories and was on the podium 26 times last time in 2000. In 2002 Accola suffered a serious ankle injury, breaking both of his talus bones. In February 2005, on his 38th birthday, Accola announced that he would retire as alpine skier after nearly two decades in the sport.

He is the sixth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin

Paul Martin (athlete)

Paul Martin was a Swiss athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. He was the first Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics, which he did from 1920 to 1936....

, equestrians Henri Chammartin

Henri Chammartin

Henri Chammartin was a Swiss equestrian and Olympic champion. He won an individual gold medal in dressage at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo....

 and Gustav Fischer

Gustav Fischer (equestrian)

Gustav Fischer was a Swiss equestrian athlete who competed at five Summer Olympic Games, winning a total of five medals...

, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg

Urs von Wartburg

Urs von Wartburg is a Swiss javelin thrower who competed at five Olympics between 1960 and 1976.His best performance was fifth at the 1964 Olympics....

, and equestrian Christine Stückelberger

Christine Stückelberger

Christine Stückelberger is a Swiss equestrian and Olympic champion. She won an individual gold medal in dressage at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.Her trainer is Georg Wahl....

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World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
November 29, 1991	Breckenridge Breckenridge, Colorado Established in 1859, the historic town of Breckenridge is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Summit County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the town had a population of 4,540. The town also has many part-time residents, as many people have vacation homes in the area...	Giant Slalom
November 30, 1991	Breckenridge	Slalom
January 13, 1992	Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...	Combined
January 19, 1992	Kitzbühel Kitzbühel -Demographic evolution:-Personalities:*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre , entomologist and botanist*Alfons Walde , expressionist painter and architect*Peter Aufschnaiter , mountaineer and geographer...	Combined
January 26, 1992	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...	Combined
February 1, 1992	Megève Megève Megève is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.Megève is a famous ski resort near the Mont-Blanc in the French Alps...	Super-G
March 1, 1992	Morioka	Super-G

External links

• Ski-DB.com - Results - Paul Accola