Matthias Mayer

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

Matthias Mayer
Alpine skier
Mayer in January 2014
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Combined, Giant slalom
ClubSC Gerlitzen – Kärnten
Born (1990-06-09) 9 June 1990
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
Teams4 – (20132019)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons10 – (20122021)
Wins10 – (6 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC)
Podiums33 – (16 DH, 16 SG, 1 AC)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2020)
Discipline titles0 – (3rd in SG, 2013, 2015
       DH, 2020, AC, 2020)

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
201120150  48  
20122150  13 26
20132217 393259
2014239 444511
2015249 463410
201625571834
201726137827
2018279411067
2019281752612
202029433433
20213074272
Standings through 30 December 2020

Race victories

  • 10 wins – (6 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC)
  • 33 podiums – (16 DH, 16 SG, 1 AC)
Season
Date Location Discipline
201412 Mar 2014   Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandDownhill
201521 Feb 2015 Saalbach, AustriaDownhill
22 Feb 2015Super-G
201720 Jan 2017 Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper-G
201814 Mar 2018 Åre, SwedenDownhill
20201 Dec 2019 Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G
17 Jan 2020   Wengen, SwitzerlandCombined
25 Jan 2020 Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
7 Mar 2020 Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill
202130 Dec 2020 Bormio, ItalyDownhill

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
20132251310
20152441211
201726DNF1117
201928DNF5

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2014236DNF113
20182719DNF2

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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