Aksel Lund Svindal

Aksel Lund Svindal ( born December 26, 1982 in Lørenskog, Akershus Province) is a Norwegian ski racer. He is one of the most successful skiers of every present. As an allrounder, he won the Alpine Skiing World Cup in four of five disciplines to date 24 races, which is Norwegian record. In the seasons 2006/ 07 and 2008/ 09 he decided the overall ranking of the world cup for himself, also seven times a discipline standings. He was Olympic champion and five times world champions yet again. There are also several other medals at Olympics and World Championships and 21 Norwegian championship.

  • 3.1 The Olympic Games
  • 3.2 World Championships
  • 3.3 World Cup ratings
  • 3.4 World Cup wins
  • 3.5 European Cup
  • 3.6 Further successes

Biography

Youth and rise

Svindal learned to ski at the age of three years. He grew up first in Fetsund on, later in Skedsmo. When he was eight years old, he was by his mother's death for half-orphans. At 15, he moved to Oppdal into local sports high school, from which he graduated four years later. FIS races contested Svindal from December 1998, as of November 2000, he also launched in the European Cup. Major international success he celebrated at the Junior World Championship in 2002 in Tarvisio first time. There he won the gold medal in the combined times, the silver medal in the Super- G as well as one bronze medal in the downhill and slalom. Early on, he was considered a possible successor to the successful Norwegian skier Kjetil Andre Aamodt and Lasse Kjus.

His debut in the World Cup had Svindal on 28 October 2001 at the giant slalom in Soelden. In the winter of 2002/ 03 he was able to establish itself at the forefront of the European Cup. He won five races, so he decided the rating for Slalom and finished third in the overall standings. World Cup points Svindal won for the first time on 15 December 2002, number 23 in the giant slalom in Val d'Isere. Five days later, he drove in the Super- G in Val Gardena with the high start number 56 surprising to sixth place. A further two days later he was in the giant slalom in Alta Badia ninth with the number 57 on January 26, 2003, he was the first podium finish came with the second place in the Hahnenkamm combination of Kitzbühel in the World Cup. In the 2003 World Cup in St. Moritz, he was fifth in the giant slalom.

Establishment of a world leader

In the seasons 2003/ 04 and 2004 /05, Svindal binned regularly and in all five disciplines in the points. At the 2005 World Championships in Bormio, he won the silver medal in the combination. On November 27, 2005, he was in the Super -G of Lake Louise, the first victory was achieved in a World Cup race. With top - 10 finishes in all disciplines, he finished in the 2005/06 season in second place in the overall World Cup. He also decided the Super G discipline rating for themselves, with only two points ahead of Hermann Maier. The decision was made at the last race when Svindal nine hundredths of a second faster than drove the Austrians. In contrast, remained at the Olympic Winter Games in 2006 a fifth place the best result.

At the 2007 World Championships in Åre Svindal won gold medals in the downhill and giant slalom. In the course of the season 2006/ 07 he dueled with Benjamin Raich to victory in the World Cup overall standings. The decision was made only at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide just favor Svindal, when he won three races in a row and just reached the necessary Punktegwinne for 15th place in the final slalom, despite what Raich's race win gave the narrow margin of 13 points. He also decided the Giant Slalom and the Combined World Cup itself. He then won the election of Norway's athlete of the year, the Aftenposten gold medal and the Skieur d'Or.

Injury and comeback

At the beginning of the 2007/ 08 Svindal first get two more wins. But on 27 November 2007, he crashed in training the exit difficult in Beaver Creek, and suffered thereby a cheekbone fracture, a double broken nose and a gash on the buttocks. Due to the severity of the injury - had to be temporarily placed a colostomy - he spent several weeks in the hospital and could deny no more races this winter.

But Svindal was already in the following winter of 2008 /09 connection to the top. On the slopes Birds of Prey in Beaver Creek, where he was almost a year ago fell hard, he won the December 2008 in both the downhill and super-G, which he managed an impressive comeback. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, he won the gold medal in the super-combined and bronze in the Super -G. Again, there was a contest with Raich to the Appreciation of the World Cup. Before the last race of the season, the slalom at the World Cup finals in Åre, led the Norwegians with a two point lead. Both Raich and Svindal dropped out, so the latter for the second time and with the scarcest lead in the history of the World Cup decided the overall standings for themselves. In addition, the victory came in the super -G discipline standings.

Olympic and World Champion

In the World Cup season 2009/10 Svindal won a race in the standings and in the discipline of votes he could not quite keep the level of the previous winter. In contrast, he won at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in the downhill silver medal, was Olympic champion in super-G and finally completed his set of medals with a bronze medal in the giant slalom. In the 2010/11 season, Svindal won as last year in a World Cup race. Also as in the previous year he finished fourth in the World Cup. At the World Championships 2011 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, he defended his title successfully in the super combined. In the giant slalom, he led after the first round, but then fell back to fourth place. In the overall World Cup standings, he also took fourth place.

In the World Cup Winter 2011/12 Svindal showed consistently good performance and classified a total of 21 times in the Top 10 podiums were somewhat sparse. He won a super-G in Lake Louise and a downhill in Schladming, were added two second and one third place. With 13 points ahead of Didier Cuche he decided for the third time the super-G discipline rating for itself, in the overall classification, he finished in third place.

A significant increase succeeded Svindal in the World Cup Winter 2012/13. In the first four Super -G race of the winter, he won three times ( in Lake Louise, Val Gardena and Kitzbühel ) and once finished second. For this he won the downhill of Lake Louise, followed by two more podium finishes in this discipline. Until the first half of January, he led in the overall standings against Marcel Hirscher. He had the Austrians go by himself, after he became only the 14th in Wengen super combined and eliminated in the Lauberhorn downhill after a fall. At the World Championships 2013 in Schladming, he was considered the favorite for the Super -G. He was until shortly before the finish in the lead, but dropped out after a mistake back to third place and won the bronze medal. Three days later, he succeeded in this World Cup, the second title in the downhill. Two weeks left in the season, he decided for the fourth time, the super-G discipline rating for themselves. With his victory in the Super- G Kvitfjell he could for the first time in his career to win his home race. After the last run of the season at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide was canceled, he was also in this discipline rating determined as the winner. In the World Cup season 2013/14 Svindal further showed consistently strong performance in the speed disciplines. As in the previous year was his toughest rival in the battle for the overall World Cup Marcel Hirscher. At the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 he scored in the downhill and super-G of the favorites. However, he came away empty. This was after the World Cup in St. Moritz and the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, only the third major event, in which he remained without a medal. Later in the season he secured early for the 2nd time the downhill World Cup and for the 5th time the super - G World Cup. Only Hermann Maier succeeded also 5 times the small crystal in the Super- G win.

Private

Svindal was romantically involved from 2010 to 2013 with the U.S. alpine skier Julia Mancuso. In his spare time he devoted to the freeskiing; He is active in several productions.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Turin 2006: 5 Super -G, Giant Slalom 6, 21 departure
  • Vancouver 2010: 1 Super -G, downhill 2, 3 giant slalom
  • Sochi 2014: 4th exit, 7 Super -G, 8 Super Combined

World Championships

  • St. Moritz 2003: 5 Giant Slalom, Downhill 22
  • Bormio 2005: 2 combination, 6 giant slalom, downhill 7, 7 Super -G, Slalom 12
  • Åre 2007: 1st exit, 1st Giant Slalom, Super Combined 5, 13 Super -G
  • Val d'Isere 2009: 1 Super Combined, Super 3 -G, 9 Giant Slalom, Downhill 11
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 1 Super Combined, Giant Slalom 4th, 5th exit
  • Schladming 2013: 1st exit, third Super -G, Giant Slalom 4

World Cup ratings

  • Season 2002/ 03: 4 Combined World Cup
  • Season 2003/ 04: 6 Combined World Cup
  • Season 2005/ 06: 2nd Overall World Cup, 1 Super - G World Cup 10 World Cup giant slalom, 7th Combined World Cup
  • Season 2006/ 07: 1 World Cup, 1 giant slalom World Cup, 1st Combined World Cup, 5 Super G World Cup, 7th downhill World Cup
  • Season 2008/ 09: 1 World Cup, 1 Super - G World Cup, downhill World Cup 4, 5 giant slalom World Cup
  • Season 2009/ 10: 4th overall World Cup, 3rd Super - G World Cup, World Cup exit 7, 8 giant slalom World Cup, 9th Combined World Cup
  • Season 2010/ 11: 4th overall World Cup, second giant slalom World Cup, 5th Combined World Cup 10 World Cup downhill
  • Season 2011/12: 3rd Overall World Cup, 1 Super - G World Cup, 5th Combined World Cup, 6 Downhill World Cup
  • 2012/13 season: 2nd Overall World Cup, first downhill World Cup, 1 Super - G World Cup, 5th Combined World Cup, 7th World Cup giant slalom
  • 2013/14 season: 2nd Overall World Cup, first downhill World Cup, 1 Super - G World Cup

World Cup wins

Svindal won 25 World Cup races so far: eight in the downhill, twelve in the Super-G, four in giant slalom and one in the super combined.

European Cup

  • Season 2002/ 03: 3rd overall, 1st slalom standings, 4 giant slalom rating
  • 7 podiums, 5 wins

Other successes

  • 21 Norwegian championship titles: 3 × Departure: 2006, 2010 and 2013
  • 5 × Super -G: 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2013
  • 4 × Giant Slalom: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2012
  • 3 × Slalom: 2003, 2004 and 2006
  • 5 × combination: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012 and 2013

Awards

  • 2007: Norway's Sportsman of the Year
  • 2007: Aftenposten gold medal
  • 2007: Skieur d'Or
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