Matthias Mayer

Matthias Mayer
— Alpine skier —

Mayer in January 2014
Disciplines Super-G, downhill,
giant slalom, combined
Club SC Gerlitzen – Kärnten
Born (1990-06-09) 9 June 1990
Afritz am See, Carinthia, Austria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
World Cup debut 22 February 2009 (age 18)
Website matthiasmayer.at
Olympics
Teams 1 – (2014)
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams 2 – (2013 & 2015)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 6th – (2011–16)
Wins 3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums 12 – (5 DH, 7 SG)
Overall titles 0 – (9th in 2015)
Discipline titles 0 – (3rd in SG, 2013, 2015)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi Downhill
Junior World Ski Championships
2008 Formigal Super-G

Matthias Mayer (German pronunciation: [maˈtiːas ˈmaɪɐ]; born 9 June 1990) is a World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion from Afritz, Austria.[1][2]

Born in Afritz am See in Carinthia,[3] Mayer made his World Cup debut in Sestriere in February 2009. His best discipline is super-G. After several top ten finishes, his first World Cup podium came at Kitzbühel in a super-G in January 2013.[4]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Mayer won the downhill to become the seventh Austrian gold medalist in the 18th edition of the event. Joining him on the podium at Rosa Khutor were Christof Innerhofer of Italy and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway.[5] Immediately after the Olympics, he had two podium finishes in Norway,[6][7] and a victory at the World Cup finals.

Personal

Mayer's father is former alpine ski racer Helmut Mayer (b. 1966), the silver medalist in the first Olympic super-G in 1988.[8] He also won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1989, in the giant slalom at Vail.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2011 20 150  —  — 48  —  —
2012 21 50  —  — 13  — 26
2013 22 17  — 39 3 25 9
2014 23 9  — 44 4 5 11
2015 24 9  — 46 3 4 10
2016 25 57  —  — 18 34  —

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2013 25 Jan 2013 Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G 2nd
2014 1 Dec 2013 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd
1 Mar 2014 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 3rd
2 Mar 2014 Super-G 3rd
12 Mar 2014 Lenzerheide, Switzerland   Downhill 1st
2015 30 Nov 2014 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd
28 Dec 2014 Santa Caterina, Italy Downhill 2nd
23 Jan 2015 Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G 2nd
21 Feb 2015 Saalbach, Austria Downhill 1st
22 Feb 2015 Super-G 1st
28 Feb 2015 Garmisch, Germany Downhill 3rd
2016 29 Nov 2015 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 22 — — 5 13 10
2015 24 — — 4 12 11

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 23 — 6 DNF 1 13

References

  1. ↑ "biographie". FIS-Ski. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Matthias Mayer wins gold in Olympic downhill". Sochi2014. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Matthias MAYER | Alpine Skiing | Austria – Sochi 2014 Olympics". Sochi2014.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. ↑ McKee, Hank (25 January 2013). "Svindal gets his 1st Kitzbuehel win in SG". Ski Racing. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Men's Downhill – Alpine Skiing – Sochi 2014 Olympics". Sochi2014.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. ↑ McKee, Hank (1 March 2014). "Guay wins Kvitfjell downhill with Ganong fourth". Ski Racing. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  7. ↑ McKee, Hank (2 March 2014). "Home hill advantage to Jansrud in Kvitfjell SG". Ski Racing. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Aksel Lund Svindal wins super-G for 20th career victory". USA Today. Associated Press. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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