Kjetil André Aamodt
Kjetil André Aamodt ( born September 2, 1971 in Oslo ) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier who won so far the only four Alpine Olympic gold medals. Overall, he won 20 medals at Olympics and World Championships. The medal collection is issued in the Norwegian Olympic Museum in Lillehammer. Aamodt is next to Alberto Tomba the only male runner who could defend an Olympic title and one of the five runners who were in all disciplines in the alpine ski world cup winner. Thus, it is one of the most successful ski racers of all time.
Life
At the age of seven years Aamodt began with the active skiing. In the 1993/94 season he won the overall World Cup at age 22. From 1994 to 1995, he underwent surgery on the meniscus and had to pause. Aamodt lives with his wife, daughter and son in Oslo, where his father Finn has worked at the Olympic Training Center. This often accompanied him to competitions, to support him there. In addition to ski racing, he runs with golf, ice hockey, soccer and basketball are other sports as training, compensation and hobby. He is good friends with the equally successful former ski racer Lasse Kjus and told this to travel frequently and the hotel room. On 6 January 2007, he announced at the event in honor of Norway's athlete of the year that he finished his career. Previously, he had been olympiske with the Aftenposten gold medal and the Fearnleys ærespris excellent. Due to persistent knee problems he has denied any World Cup race in the season 2006/ 2007. 1993 and 2000 he was commissioned by the International Association of Ski Journalists Award Skieur d'Or.
In January 2008, in his honor, created Aamodt Tribute collection of a Japanese Skibekleidungsmarke was presented at the world's largest sporting goods trade fair ISPO in Munich. Aamodt denied for 15 years his race in suits the company.
Achievements
Olympic games
- Albertville 1992: 1 Super -G, Giant Slalom 3, 26 departure
- Lillehammer 1994: 2nd exit, 2 combination, third Super -G, Giant Slalom 12
- Nagano 1998: 5 Super -G, downhill 13
- Salt Lake City 2002: 1 Super -G, 1 combination, 4th exit, 6 Slalom, Giant Slalom 7
- Turin 2006: 1 Super -G, 4th exit
World Championships
- Saalbach -Hinterglemm 1991: 2 Super -G, Slalom 12
- Morioka 1993: 1 Slalom, Giant Slalom 1st, 2nd combination
- Sierra Nevada 1996: 3 Super -G, 6 combination, 8 Slalom, Giant Slalom 11 27 Departure
- Sestriere 1997: 1 combination, 6, Giant Slalom, Super-G, 8th, 9th departure
- Vail 1999: 1 combination, 3rd exit, 7th Slalom, Super -G 9
- St. Anton am Arlberg 2001: 1st combination, 2nd Giant Slalom, Slalom 7, 18, Super -G
- St. Moritz 2003: 2nd exit, 3 combination, 5 Super G, 9 slalom, giant slalom 24
- Bormio 2005: 14 Slalom, Super-G 22 23 Departure
Junior World Championships
- Halls 1987: 22 Slalom, Giant Slalom 38
- Madonna di Campiglio 1988: 11 Combination 12 exit 24 Slalpm, 32 Giant Slalom
- Aleyska 1989: 5 Giant Slalom, Super -G 10 15 Departure
- Zinal 1990: 1st exit, first Super -G, 1.Kombination, 2nd Giant Slalom, Slalom 2
World Cup
Aamodt once won the overall World Cup and World Cup eight times a discipline:
World Cup wins
Aamodt won 1992-2003 21 World Cup races (1x downhill, super-G 5x, 6x Giant Slalom, Slalom 1x, 8x combination ) and reached an additional 41 podiums.
Giant Slalom
Super -G
Combination
Departure
Slalom
Norwegian Championships
Aamodt won from 1990 to 2005 22 Norwegian league title and thus Norwegian record holder:
- 5x Departure ( 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005)
- 7x Super -G (1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003 )
- 4x giant slalom (1992, 1993, 1994, 1999)
- 1x Slalom (1999)
- 5x combination (1990, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005 )