Andreas Wenzel

Andreas Wenzel
— Alpine skier —
Andreas Wenzel in April 2014
Disciplines Downhill, Super G,
Giant Slalom, Slalom,
Combined
Born (1958-03-18) 18 March 1958
Planken, Liechtenstein
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
World Cup debut 1976 – (age 17)
Retired March 1988 – (age 30)
Olympics
Teams 4 – (1976–88)
Medals 2
World Championships
Teams 6 – (1976–87)
includes two Olympics
Medals 4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 13
Wins 14
Podiums 48
Overall titles 1 – (1980)
Discipline titles 2 – (2 K, 1984,'85)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Liechtenstein
Olympic Games
1980 Lake Placid Giant Slalom
1984 Sarajevo Giant Slalom
World Championships
1978 Garmisch Combined
1978 Garmisch Giant Slalom
1980 Lake Placid Combined

Andreas Wenzel (born 18 March 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein, active from 1976 to 1988. Born in Planken, he was the overall World Cup champion in 1980, the same season in which his older sister Hanni won the women's overall title. He also won two season titles in the combined event, in 1984 and 1985.

Wenzel competed in four Winter Olympics, and won two Olympic medals and four World Championship medals, including one gold (through 1980, the Olympics doubled as the World Championships). One of the top five-event racers of his era, he finished his World Cup career with 14 victories, 48 podiums, and 122 top ten finishes. [1]

Up to the 2018 Winter Olympics, Liechtenstein has won ten medals in its history of competition in the Winter Olympics, with eight of these medals achieved by two sets of siblings – Andreas and his sister Hanni are responsible for six medals, while brothers Willi and Paul Frommelt are responsible for two more. His niece Tina Weirather won a bronze medal in Super-G for Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
197718211611not
run 		—not
awarded
197819372—
1979206157—
198021184132
19812271716332
19822351311—2
1983243312not
awarded 		305
198425468371
1985263414351
19862714122222405
19872819281913—2
19882959—2119——

Season titles

3 titles – (1 overall, 2 combined)

SeasonDiscipline
1980Overall
1984Combined
1985Combined

Individual races

14 wins: 1 super-G, 3 giant slalom, 4 slalom, 6 combined

SeasonDateLocationRace
197817 Jan 1978Switzerland Adelboden, SwitzerlandGiant Slalom
6 Mar 1978United States Waterville Valley, USAGiant Slalom
198012 Jan 1980West Germany Lenggries, West GermanyCombined
13 Jan 1980Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom
8 Mar 1980West Germany Oberstaufen, West GermanyGiant Slalom
19814 Jan 1981Switzerland Ebnat-Kappel, SwitzerlandCombined
198323 Feb 1983Sweden Tärnaby, SwedenSlalom
19841 Dec 1983Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom
20 Dec 1983Italy Madonna di Campiglio, ItalyCombined
15 Jan 1984Switzerland Parpan, SwitzerlandCombined
29 Jan 1984West Germany Garmisch, West GermanySuper-G
198516 Dec 1984Italy Madonna di Campiglio, ItalyCombined
6 Jan 1985France La Mongie, FranceSlalom
13 Jan 1985Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined

References

  1. ↑ Ski-db.com – Andreas Wenzel – results
  • Andreas Wenzel at the International Ski Federation
  • FIS-ski.com – World Cup season standings – Andreas Wenzel
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Andreas Wenzel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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