Club SC Gerlitzen – Karnten Seasons 6th – (2011–16) Weight 87 kg Website matthiasmayer.at Name Matthias Mayer Parents Helmut Mayer | Teams 1 – (2014) Role Alpine ski racer Disciplines Giant slalom Teams 2 – (2013 & 2015) Height 1.79 m | |
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World Cup debut 22 February 2009 (age 18) Similar People Kjetil Jansrud, Hannes Reichelt, Christof Innerhofer, Max Franz, Georg Streitberger Profiles | ||
Downhill ski crashes, Wengen 2019
Matthias Mayer ( [maˈtiːas ˈmaɪɐ]; born 9 June 1990) is a World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion from Afritz, Austria.
Contents
- Downhill ski crashes Wengen 2019
- Matthias mayer 2014 audi birds of prey dh training 2
- Personal
- Season standings
- Race podiums
- References
Born in Afritz am See in Carinthia, 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.
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. Immediately after the Olympics, he had two podium finishes in Norway, and a victory at the World Cup finals.
Matthias mayer 2014 audi birds of prey dh training 2
Personal
Mayer's father is former alpine ski racer Helmut Mayer (b. 1966), the silver medalist in the first Olympic super-G in 1988. He also won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1989, in the giant slalom at Vail.
Season standings
Race podiums
