Patrick Ortlieb

Patrick Ortlieb (born 20 May 1967) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria.[1][2] A specialist in the speed events, he was also a world champion in the downhill event.[3]

Patrick Ortlieb
Alpine skier
Ortlieb in 2010
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G, Combined
Born (1967-05-20) 20 May 1967
Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
World Cup debut9 December 1988 (age 21)
RetiredJanuary 1999 (age 31)
Olympics
Teams2 – (1992, 1994)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 – (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons11 – (1989–99)
Wins4 – (3 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums20 – (18 DH, 2 SG)
Overall titles0 – (7th in 1993)
Discipline titles0 – (3rd in DH, 1994–96)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
1992 Albertville Downhill
World Championships
1996 Sierra Nevada Downhill

Born in Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Ortlieb started skiing early at the age of three. He won the downhill event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in France, gathered twenty World Cup podiums (sixty top tens), and was World Champion in 1996 in downhill. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he finished fourth in the downhill at Kvitfjell.[4][5][6][7] A month earlier, he won the famed downhill on the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria.[8]

Five years later in January 1999, Ortlieb's racing career ended at age 31 after a serious crash during a practice run on the same slope at Kitzbühel. He suffered a compound fracture of the right femur and a badly dislocated and slightly fractured right hip after losing control and crashing into the safety nets at the Hausbergkante (mountain house corner).[9] Later in the year, he was elected to the National Council of Austria for the Freedom Party of Austria, where he stayed for three years. He currently runs a four-star hotel, named Hotel Montana, in Lech am Arlberg in Vorarlberg.

World Cup results

Race podiums
  • 4 wins – (3 DH, 1 SG)
  • 20 podiums – (18 DH, 2 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
198910 Dec 1988Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill2nd
199116 Mar 1991Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill3rd
199211 Jan 1992Garmisch, GermanyDownhill2nd
18 Jan 1992Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill3rd
14 Mar 1992Aspen, USADownhill3rd
199311 Dec 1992Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill3rd
23 Jan 1993Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandDownhill2nd
28 Feb 1993Whistler, CanadaSuper-G3rd
199418 Dec 1993Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
15 Jan 1994Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill1st
15 Mar 1994Vail, USADownhill3rd
199511 Dec 1994Tignes, FranceSuper-G1st
17 Dec 1994Val d'Isère, FranceDownhill2nd
13 Jan 1995Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill2nd
25 Feb 1995Whistler, CanadaDownhill3rd
11 Mar 1995Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill3rd
19961 Dec 1995Vail, USADownhill3rd
16 Dec 1995Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
20 Jan 1996Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandDownhill2nd
199715 Dec 1996Val d'Isère, FranceDownhill3rd

Season standings
SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
19892130 – – –12 —
19902243 – – –1714
19912323 – –266 —
19922410 – –18418
1993257 – –776
19942612 – –213 —
19952711 – –93 —
19962820 – –273 —
19972933 – –1614 —
19983062 – –3227 —
19993182 – – –35 —

World Championship results
  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 		Super GDownhillCombined
199123———7—
199325——cancelled8—
199628———1—
199729———8—
  • The Super-G in 1993 was cancelled after multiple weather delays.

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 		Super GDownhillCombined
199224——181—
199426———4—

References
  1. "It's all downhill for Austria's alpine gold medalist". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 10 February 1992. p. 1D.
  2. Johnson, William Oscar (17 February 1992). "La Face job". Sports Illustrated. p. 36.
  3. New York Times – Skiing: Austrian captures downhill in a glide – 18 February 1996
  4. Johnson, William Oscar (21 February 1994). "The Son finally rises". Sports Illustrated. (cover story). p. 20.
  5. Powers, Tom (14 February 1994). "This Moe's no stooge on the slopes". Lewiston (ME) Sun-Journal. Knight-Ridder. p. 23.
  6. Philips, Angus (14 February 1994). "Unheralded Tommy Moe races to first U.S. medal". Washington Post. p. A1.
  7. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Patrick Ortlieb". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  8. "World Cup: Men's Downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 16 January 1994. p. 10E.
  9. The Independent – Skiing: Ortlieb suffers horrific accident – 22 January 1999
Awards
Preceded by
Stephan Eberharter		 Austrian Sportsman of the year
1992		 Succeeded by
Andreas Goldberger
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