Matthias Mayer

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Matthias Mayer
Alpine skier
Matthias Mayer January 2014.jpg
Mayer in January 2014
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Combined, Giant slalom
ClubSC Gerlitzen – Kärnten
Born (1990-06-09) 9 June 1990 (age 31)
Afritz am See, Carinthia, Austria
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debut22 February 2009 (age 18)
Websitematthiasmayer.at
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals2 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 – (2013–2021)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons13 – (2009, 2011–2022)
Wins11 – (7 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC)
Podiums40 – (20 DH, 19 SG, 1 AC)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2020)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in DH, 2021)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Super-G 3 10 6
Downhill 7 5 8
Combined 1 0 0
Total 11 15 14
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Super-G
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Formigal Super-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 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
2011 20 150  —  — 48  —  —
2012 21 50  —  — 13  — 26
2013 22 17  — 39 3 25 9
2014 23 9  — 44 4 5 11
2015 24 9  — 46 3 4 10
2016 25 57 — — 18 34 —
2017 26 13 — — 7 8 27
2018 27 9 — 41 10 6 7
2019 28 17 — 52 6 12 —
2020 29 4 — 33 4 3 3
2021 30 7 — 55 3 2 —
2022 31 2 — — 1 1 —
Standings through 17 December 2021

Race victories[]

  • 11 wins – (7 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC)
  • 40 podiums – (20 DH, 19 SG, 1 AC)
Season
Date Location Discipline
2014 12 Mar 2014  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Downhill
2015 21 Feb 2015 Austria Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria Downhill
22 Feb 2015 Super-G
2017 20 Jan 2017 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G
2018 14 Mar 2018 Sweden Åre, Sweden Downhill
2020 1 Dec 2019 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Super-G
17 Jan 2020  Switzerland  Wengen, Switzerland Combined
25 Jan 2020 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill
7 Mar 2020 Norway  Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill
2021 30 Dec 2020 Italy Bormio, Italy Downhill
2022 27 Nov 2021 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill

World Championship results[]

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 22 — — 5 13 10
2015 24 — — 4 12 11
2017 26 — — DNF 11 17
2019 28 — — DNF 5 —
2021 30 — — 6 DNF DNF2

Olympic results[]

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 23 — 6 DNF 1 13
2018 27 — — 1 9 DNF2

References[]

  1. ^ "biographie". FIS-Ski. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. 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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