Matthias Mayer

Matthias Mayer
— Alpine skier —
Mayer in January 2014
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G,
Combined, Giant slalom
Club SC Gerlitzen – Kärnten
Born (1990-06-09) 9 June 1990
Afritz am See, Carinthia, Austria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debut 22 February 2009 (age 18)
Website matthiasmayer.at
Olympics
Teams 2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals 2 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams 3 – (2013, 2015, 2017)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 9 – (2009, 2011–2018)
Wins 5 – (3 DH, 2 SG)
Podiums 18 – (9 DH, 9 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 SochiDownhill
2018 PyeongchangSuper-G
Junior World Championships
2008 FormigalSuper-G

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

Career

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 life

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
201120150 — —48 — —
20122150 — —13 —26
20132217 —393259
2014239 —444511
2015249 —463410
20162557 — —1834 —
20172613 — —7827
2018279—411067
  • Standings through 14 March 2018

Race victories

  • 5 wins – (3 DH, 2 SG)
  • 18 podiums – (9 DH, 9 SG)
Season
Date Location Discipline
201412 Mar 2014 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandDownhill
201521 Feb 2015Austria Saalbach, AustriaDownhill
22 Feb 2015Super-G
201720 Jan 2017Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper-G
201814 Mar 2018Sweden Åre, SwedenDownhill

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
201322——51310
201524——41211
201726——DNF1117

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
201423—6DNF113
201827——19DNF2

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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