Harti Weirather

Harti Weirather
— Alpine skier —
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G, Combined
Club SV Wängle
Born (1958-01-25) 25 January 1958
Reutte, Tyrol, Austria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debut December 1978 (age 20)
Retired January 1987 (age 29)
Olympics
Teams 1 – (1980)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 3 – (1980, 1982, 1985)
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 8 – (1979–1986)
Wins 6 – (6 DH)
Podiums 17 – (17 DH)
Overall titles 0 – (8th in 1981)
Discipline titles 1 – (DH, 1981)
Medal record
Men’s alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
World Championships
1982 SchladmingDownhill

Hartmann "Harti" Weirather (born January 25, 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Reutte, Tyrol, he specialized in the downhill event.

Racing career

During the early 1980s, Weirather won six World Cup downhill races and won the downhill at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. In addition, he won the World Cup season title in downhill in 1981.[1]

Weirather's win at Kitzbühel in 1982 was the first-ever under two minutes on the full-length Streif course; his time (1:57.20)[2] stood as the course record for ten years.[3] (The two downhill races at Kitzbühel in 1982 were extremely fast compared to previous years; Weirather broke Franz Klammer's 1975 record (2:03.22)[4] by over six seconds,[3] and the top 15 finishers in both races were all under two minutes.)[2][5]

Personal

Weirather is married to former World Cup champion Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein, one of the top alpine ski racers in history. They run a business consultancy firm in Planken, Liechtenstein, and their daughter, Tina Weirather, is a former world junior champion and competes on the World Cup circuit for Liechtenstein.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
1981Downhill

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
19792153——not
run 		20
19802215——4—
1981238——1—
19822410——3—
19832513—24not
awarded
(w/ GS) 		315
19842627——11—
19852754——17—
19862883———33—

Race podiums

  • 6 wins - (6 DH)
  • 17 podiums - (17 DH)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
198012 Jan 1980Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill2nd
4 Mar 1981Canada Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
198114 Dec 1980Italy Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill2nd
15 Dec 1980Downhill1st
10 Jan 1981West Germany Garmisch, W.GermanyDownhill3rd
24 Jan 1981 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill2nd
31 Jan 1981Austria St. Anton, AustriaDownhill1st
5 Mar 1981United States Aspen, USADownhill2nd
6 Mar 1981Downhill1st
198215 Jan 1982Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill1st
23 Jan 1982 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill1st
13 Feb 1982West Germany Garmisch, W.GermanyDownhill3rd
5 Mar 1982United States Aspen, USADownhill2nd
19835 Dec 1982 Switzerland  Pontresina, SwitzerlandDownhill1st
5 Feb 1983Austria St. Anton, AustriaDownhill3rd
19844 Dec 1983Austria Schladming, AustriaDownhill2nd
9 Dec 1983France Val d'Isère, FranceDownhill3rd

World championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
198022——not
run		9—
198224——1—
198527——17—

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
198022——not run9not run

References

  1. ↑ "Harti Weirather AUT". SKI DB Alpine Ski Database. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  2. 1 2 "Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill". International Ski Federation (FIS). January 15, 1982. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Distance Records "Streif" - Course Record". Hahnenkamm.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill". International Ski Federation (FIS). January 18, 1975. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill". International Ski Federation (FIS). January 16, 1982. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
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