Dominik Paris

Dominik Paris (born 14 April 1989) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer, who specializes in speed events. He is the current world champion of the super-G in 2019 Åre.

Dominik Paris
Alpine skier
October 2014
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Combined
ClubG.S. Forestale
Born (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989
Merano, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
World Cup debut19 December 2008
(age 19)
Websitedominikparis.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (20112019)
Medals2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12 – (2009–2020)
Wins18 – (14 DH, 4 SG)
Podiums37 – (23 DH, 13 SG, 1 SC)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2019)
Discipline titles1 – (SG, 2019)

Racing career

Paris made his World Cup debut in December 2008 and won his first World Cup race in late December 2012 in Italy, a dead-heat tie with Hannes Reichelt in the downhill on the Pista Stelvio at Bormio. Aksel Lund Svindal was just one hundredth of a second behind for third and Klaus Kröll was fourth, just one hundredth behind Svindal. It was the closest top-four finish in World Cup downhill history (0.02 of a second) and the first tie in a men's downhill in nearly 35 years (January 1978).[1][2] Four weeks later, Paris firmly established himself as a top downhill racer on the circuit with a win at Kitzbühel on the classic Streif course.[3][4]

At the 2013 World Championships in Austria, Paris won the silver medal in the downhill, 0.46 seconds behind gold medalist Aksel Lund Svindal.[5][6]

Paris gained his first victory in Super-G at Kitzbühel in 2015, and placed second in the downhill the next day. Two years later in 2017, he won his second downhill on the Streif course and in 2019 he concluded a "Hahnenkamm hat trick" with his third downhill win at Kitzbühel. This third victory ties him with Pirmin Zurbriggen, Luc Alphand and Franz Heinzer as the third most successful downhill racer at Kitzbühel; only Franz Klammer, Karl Schranz, (4x) and Didier Cuche (5x) won more often - but only few of them on the entire length of the original 'Streif' run. SOURCE

In the 2018–19 season, after a double victory in Bormio and in Kvitfjell, Paris added a double victory at the World Cup Finals in Soldeu, where he won the first crystal globe in career in the super-G. Previously in the season, he won the gold medal in the same event at the World Championships in Åre, Sweden.

Paris started the 2019–2020 season with runner-up finishes in the first two speed events at Lake Louise, Canada. On December 27–28, 2019, he won consecutive World Cup downhills in Bormio, becoming the first skier in history to achieve five downhill victories – four in a row – on the Stelvio course. In late January, three days after his first-ever podium on the classic Lauberhorn downhill, Paris suffered an ACL injury during a training session, ending prematurely his season.[7]

Through 28 December 2019, he has eighteen World Cup wins and thirty-six podiums.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
2019 Super-G

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
20102072374321
20112147552120
20122231521418
2013231423311
20142435321522
20152572536
20162661034
2017278564339
2018281216411
201929412
202030  4 ^5218
Standings through 18 January 2020
^ Season-ending injury in late January 2020

Race podiums

  • 18 wins – (14 DH, 4 SG)
  • 37 podiums – (23 DH, 13 SG, 1 SC)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
201129 January 2011 Chamonix, FranceDownhill2nd
2013 29 December 2012 Bormio, ItalyDownhill1st
26 January 2013 Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill1st
2014 30 November 2013 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill1st
201530 November 2014Super-G3rd
19 December 2014 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill3rd
20 December 2014Super-G2nd
28 December 2014 Santa Caterina, ItalyDownhill3rd
23 January 2015 Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper-G1st
24 January 2015Downhill2nd
2016 6 February 2016 Jeongseon, South KoreaDownhill2nd
19 February 2016 Chamonix, FranceSuper combined2nd
20 February 2016Downhill1st
12 March 2016 Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill1st
13 March 2016Super-G3rd
2017 2 December 2016 Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper-G3rd
27 December 2016 Santa Caterina, ItalySuper-G3rd
21 January 2017 Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill1st
15 March 2017 Aspen, USADownhill1st
16 March 2017Super-G2nd
2018 28 December 2017 Bormio, ItalyDownhill1st
27 January 2018 Garmisch, GermanyDownhill2nd
2019 24 November 2018 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill3rd
1 December 2018 Beaver Creek, USASuper-G3rd
28 December 2018 Bormio, ItalyDownhill1st
29 December 2018Super-G1st
25 January 2019 Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill1st
27 January 2019Super-G3rd
2 March 2019 Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill1st
3 March 2019Super-G1st
13 March 2019 Soldeu, AndorraDownhill1st
14 March 2019Super-G1st
2020 30 November 2019 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
1 December 2019Super-G2nd
27 December 2019 Bormio, ItalyDownhill1st
28 December 2019Downhill1st
18 January 2020   Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill2nd

World Championships results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
20112120DNF2
20132329
201525142310
2017279134
201929169

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
20102013
201424161118
20182874DNF2

See also

References

  1. "Top four within .02 of second in Bormio downhill". Ski Racing.com. 29 December 2012.
  2. Jelusic, Ana (29 December 2012). "Paris, Reichelt and Svindal within 0.01 second in Bormio!". FIS Alpine.com.
  3. "Dom Paris wins Hahnenkamm DH for Italy". Ski Racing.com. 26 January 2013.
  4. Jelusic, Ana (26 January 2013). "Dominik Paris tames the Streif". FIS Alpine.com.
  5. "Svindal spectacular in winning World DH title". Ski Racing.com. 9 February 2013.
  6. "Downhill Gold for Aksel Lund Svindal". FIS Alpine.com. 9 February 2013.
  7. "Game over for Paris following ACL injury". FIS-Ski.com. 21 January 2020.
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