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Michael Walchhofer

February 2011
Personal information
Born	(1975-04-28) 28 April 1975 (age 49) Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, combined, giant slalom, slalom
World Cup debut	6 January 1999 (age 23)
Retired	March 2011 (age 35)
Website	michaelwalchhofer.at
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 – (1999, 2003–2011)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	12 – (2000–2011)
Wins	19 – (14 DH, 3 SG, 2 SC/K)
Podiums	49 – (36 DH, 9 SG, 4 SC/K)
Overall titles	0 – (4th in 2005)
Discipline titles	3 – (DH: 2005, 2006, 2009)
Medal record Men's Alpine skiing Representing  Austria World Cup Podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Downhill 14 12 10 Super G 3 2 4 Combination 1 1 1 Super combination 1 0 0 Total 19 15 15 Olympic Games 2006 Torino Downhill World Championships 2003 St.Moritz Downhill 2005 Bormio Super-G 2005 Bormio Team Event 2005 Bormio Downhill

Michael Walchhofer (born 28 April 1975) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.

Biography

Walchhofer was born in Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria, and started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career he won the World Cup season title in downhill three times, an Olympic silver medal, and one gold, two silvers, and a bronze medal at World Championships. Walchofer became the first to win the Bormio downhill three times in December 2010. His last World Cup race was the downhill at the finals in Lenzerheide in March 2011.

Walchhofer has been a longtime owner a chain of slopeside luxury hotels and also runs a ski school.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season standings

Race victories

• 19 wins – (14 DH, 3 SG, 2 SC/K)
• 49 podiums – (36 DH, 9 SG, 4 SC/K)

World Championship results

Olympic results

European Cup

Season titles

Race victories

• 5 wins – (2 DH, 3 SL)
• 8 podiums – (4 DH, 4 SL)

References

1. "Hat-trick for Michael Walchhofer". FIS-Ski.com. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
2. Dampf, Andrew (29 December 2010). "Michael Walchhofer wins downhill, Bode Miller 8th in Italy". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

External links

• Michael Walchhofer at FIS (alpine)
• Michael Walchhofer at Olympics.com
• Michael Walchhofer at Olympedia
• Michael Walchhofer at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Official website
• Walchhofer Hotels

• 1975 births
• Living people
• People from Radstadt
• Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Austrian male alpine skiers
• Olympic alpine skiers for Austria
• Olympic silver medalists for Austria
• Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
• FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
• Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
• Skiers from Salzburg (federal state)