Marco Odermatt
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| Disciplines | Giant slalom, Super-G, Downhill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SC Hergiswil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1997 Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | marcoodermatt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 1 – (2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 2 – (2019, 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 7 – (2016–2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 11 – (7 GS, 4 SG) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 29 – (16 GS, 8 SG, 4 DH) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 – (2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 1 – (GS, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marco Odermatt (born 8 October 1997) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who races in giant slalom and the speed disciplines. Odermatt competed for Switzerland at two Junior World Championships and two World Championships.
Career[]
At the 2016 Junior World Championships in Sochi, Russia, Odermatt was eleventh in downhill, took bronze in super-G, failed to finish the combined, won gold in giant slalom, and failed to finish the slalom. At the 2018 Junior Worlds in Davos, Odermatt won an unprecedented five gold medals (combined, downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and team event).
As a new junior world champion, Odermatt made his World Cup debut in March 2016 in the giant slalom at the season finals in St. Moritz. He gained his first World Cup podium at Kranjska Gora in March 2019,[1] and his first win came in December 2019 in a super-G at Beaver Creek, Colorado.[2]
In the next season, Odermatt started out strong with a 2nd place in giant slalom in Sölden, Austria.[3] On December 7th 2021, Marco Odermatt achieved his first victory in giant slalom. [4] He achieved 7 further podiums later in the season and fought Alexis Pinturault for both the giant slalom and overall world cup tour titles, but failed to win either of them and came in second in both rankings by the end.
Odermatt won the 2021–22 World Cup overall title.
World Cup results[]
Season titles[]
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Season |
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| 2022 | |
| Overall | |
| Giant slalom |
Season standings[]
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| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2016 | 18 | 163 | — | 58 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 19 | 114 | — | 41 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 20 | 76 | — | 46 | 34 | 38 | — |
| 2019 | 21 | 24 | — | 8 | 20 | 53 | 35 |
| 2020 | 22 | 17 | — | 9 | 7 | 43 | — |
| 2021 | 23 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 16 | — |
| 2022 | 24 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — |
- Standings through 23 January 2022
Race podiums[]
| Total | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | |
| Wins | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Podiums | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 |
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| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2019 | 9 March 2019 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
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Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 16 March 2019 |  Soldeu, Andorra
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Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2020 | 6 December 2019 |  Beaver Creek, USA
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Super-G | 1st |
| 22 February 2020 |  Yuzawa Naeba, Japan
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Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2021 | 18 October 2020 |  Sölden, Austria
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Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 5 December 2020 |  Santa Caterina, Italy
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Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 7 December 2020 | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| 8 January 2021 |  Adelboden, Switzerland
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Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 25 January 2021 | Kitzbühel, Austria
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Super-G | 2nd | |
| 6 February 2021 |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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Super-G | 3rd | |
| 28 February 2021 |  Bansko, Bulgaria
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Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 7 March 2021 | Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria
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Super-G | 1st | |
| 13 March 2021 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
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Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2022 | 24 October 2021 | Sölden, Austria
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Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2 December 2021 | Beaver Creek, USA
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Super-G | 1st | |
| 3 December 2021 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 11 December 2021 |  Val d'Isère, France
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Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 19 December 2021 | Alta Badia, Italy
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Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 20 December 2021 | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| 28 December 2021 | Bormio, Italy
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Downhill | 2nd | |
| 8 January 2022 | Adelboden, Switzerland
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Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 13 January 2022 | Wengen, Switzerland
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Super-G | 1st | |
| 14 January 2022 | Downhill | 2nd | ||
| 23 January 2022 | Kitzbühel, Austria
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Downhill | 2nd | |
| 12 March 2022 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
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Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 13 March 2022 | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||
| 16 March 2022 | Courchevel, France
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Downhill | 2nd | |
| 17 March 2022 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 19 March 2022 | Méribel, France
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Giant slalom | 1st |
World Championship results[]
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| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team Event | |
| 2019 | 21 | — | 10 | 12 | — | — | N/A | — |
| 2021 | 23 | — | DNF1 | 11 | 4 | — | 11 | — |
Olympic Results[]
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| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
| 2022 | 24 | — | 1 | DNF | 7 | — |
Junior World Championship results[]
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| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
| 2016 | 18 | DNF1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | DNF2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 20 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
References[]
- ^ "Kristofferson beats Windingstad for Norwegian 1-2 in GS". Washington Post. Associated Press. 9 March 2019.[dead link]
- ^ "Marco Odermatt claims his maiden World Cup win in Beaver Creek's Super-G". www.redbull.com. 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Norwegian youngster Lucas Braathen wins Soelden giant slalom". 18 October 2020.
- ^ "American Tommy Ford grabs Alpine skiing World Cup runner-up". 7 December 2021.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marco Odermatt. |
- Marco Odermatt at FIS (alpine)
- Marco Odermatt at Olympedia
- Marco Odermatt at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Marco Odermatt at Swiss Ski Team (in German)
- Marco Odermatt at Stöckli Skis
 Olympic champions in alpine skiing – men's giant slalom | |
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- 1997 births
- Swiss male alpine skiers
- Living people
- Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of Switzerland
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing