Matthias Mayer

Matthias Mayer ( born June 9, 1990 in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia ) is an Austrian alpine skier and Olympic champion in the downhill at the Winter Olympics 2014., The son of Olympic medalist Helmut Mayer goes for the SC Gerlitze and is in the national team since 2012 of the Austrian Ski Federation ( Austrians ).

Biography

After some successes in national student race Mayer played his first FIS race in December 2005. After his admission to the Austrian Ski Federation junior squad in the 2006/07 season he was from January 2008 in the European Cup in use. After the 2007/08 season, in which he was Austrian Junior Champion in downhill, he went up into the B-team of the Austrian Ski Federation. In 2009, Mayer graduated from the Sports BORG Spittal an der Drau. A first international success he achieved at the Junior World Championship 2008 in Formigal Spain by winning the silver medal in the Super -G.

On February 13, 2009 Mayer was third in the Super - Gs of Sarn Valley / Reinwald for the first time in the European Cup on the podium. A week later he went to the super combined in Sestriere for the first time in the World Cup at the start. On 26 January 2011, Mayer celebrated his first European Cup victory in the Super -G of Méribel. Two weeks later, on February 5, 2011, he took 23 as the super- G in Hinterstoder his first World Cup points. In the European Cup he scored at the end of season 2010/ 11, another win and two podiums in Super -G, with which he won the discipline standings and sixth in the overall standings was. In 2011 he rose after three years in the B-team in the A-team of the Austrian Ski Federation on.

After his successes in the European Mayer graduated in winter 2011/12, his first full World Cup season. While he could not score in the downhill and drove into the top 20 twice in the Super Combined, he reached in his specialist discipline, the Super -G, already has three top-10 results, with his best World Cup result of winter a sixth place in was Kvitfjell on March 2. In the super - G World Cup, he finished 13th place. After the winter Mayer was included in the national team of the Austrian Ski Federation. The preparation for the following season, however, was affected by a severe food poisoning, thus he was able to resume training in full in October. On 25 January 2013 he scored his first podium as second in the Super -G of Kitzbühel.

On February 9, 2014, he celebrated his biggest success to date and won the gold medal in the downhill at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. At the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide 2014 his first World Cup victory came in the downhill.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Sochi 2014: first departure, 6, Giant Slalom, Super Combined 13

World Championships

  • Schladming 2013: 5 Super -G, Super Combined 10 13 Departure

World Cup

  • Season 2012/13: 3 Super -G World Cup, 9th Combined World Cup 25 World Cup downhill
  • 2013/14 season: 4 Super -G World Cup, World Cup downhill 5
  • 5 podiums and 1 win

Junior World Championships

  • Formigal 2008: 2 Super -G, Giant Slalom 7, 13 departure
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2009: 10 Super -G, downhill 11
  • Mont Blanc 2010: 10 Downhill, 12 Super -G, Giant Slalom 23

European Cup

  • Season 2008/ 09: 6 Super -G standings
  • Season 2010/ 11: 6th overall, 1st Super -G standings
  • 6 podiums, including two victories:

Other successes

  • Austrian Junior Champion in downhill in 2008
  • 3 wins in FIS races
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