Christian Orlainsky

Christian Orlainsky ( born February 17, 1962 in Tschagguns, Vorarlberg ) is an Austrian former alpine skier. The specialist in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom at the World Cup won a race and was further seven times on the podium. At Olympic Games and World Championships twice the Austrian giant slalom champion drove twice in the top 15

Career

After initial successes at youth level - in 1974 and 1975, Austrian student champion in slalom and giant slalom in 1975 and won the giant slalom of the Trofeo Topolino - denied the then 16 -year-old in the season 1978/1979 his first World Cup race. With several good results, including a fourth-place finish in the slalom at Jasna, he also found the same connection at the top. That same winter he was in Achenkirch European Junior Champion in slalom and giant slalom and in Bad Gastein Austrian champion in giant slalom.

In the season 1979/1980 Orlainsky was third in slalom in Chamonix and Cortina d'Ampezzo been on the podium twice. With three other top-10 results, he finished sixth in the World Cup slalom, giant slalom, he went twice into the top ten. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid Orlainsky was initially 13th in the giant slalom, fell four days later in the slalom but after second- best interval in the first round of. The next winter Orlainsky was in the giant slalom successful and celebrated on January 4, 1981 in Ebnat -Kappel his first and only World Cup victory. He was also in Adelboden Second and finally sixth in the giant slalom World Cup. Also in the slalom he once stood on the podium in third place of the Hahnenkamm slalom in Kitzbuhel, which he reached the tenth place in the overall World Cup.

The season 1981/1982 was somewhat less successful. In the World Cup were each a fifth-place finish in the slalom at Garmisch -Partenkirchen or in the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora his best results and at the 1982 World Cup in Schladming he only came in 15th in the giant slalom to the finish. In the season 1982/1983, the Vorarlberg was able to increase again. The season began with a tenth place in the first Super -G World Cup history in Val d'Isere. On 22 December 1982, he reached second place in the combination of the 3- Tre race in Madonna di Campiglio again a podium finish. In combination, these were his only World Cup points at all, because Orlainsky took little part in runs. In January and February, he reached another two podium finishes in the slalom in Kitzbuehel and Le Markstein, which he finished tenth in the World Cup slalom and 15th in the overall World Cup.

In the next few years Orlainsky could barely connect to its previous performance due to several injuries. In the season 1983/1984 he was sidelined for nearly three months, which is why he missed the Olympic Games in Sarajevo, and at the beginning of the next winter his career was again interrupted by an injury, which he mostly in the European Cup and some time only sporadically in the World Cup was used. In winter 1986/1987 Orlainsky again took on all the World Cup slaloms in part, but did not reach the consistency of previous years and so remained a seventh place in Kranjska Gora his only top-10 result. In the season 1987/1988 he won although the slalom rating in the European Cup and was Austrian Champion in Giant Slalom, at the World Cup but he could not increase significantly and with two top - 10 finishes he managed not to qualify for the Olympic Games in the Austrian team to in Calgary. After the winter, he announced his resignation.

From 1990 to 1993 Orlainsky again took part in competitions, but this time at a professional racing in the United States, and celebrated it for many successes. In 1990, he won two slaloms in Vail and California's Snow Summit and until 1992 he was further six times on the podium.

Achievements

Olympic Winter Games

( included at the same time as World Championships )

  • Lake Placid 1980: 13 Giant Slalom

World Championships

  • Schladming 1982: 15 Giant Slalom

European Junior Championships

  • Achenkirch 1979: 1 Slalom, Giant Slalom 1

World Cup

  • Season 1979/1980: 6 Slalom World Cup
  • Season 1980/1981: 10 Overall World Cup giant slalom World Cup 6
  • Season 1982/1983: 10th World Cup slalom
  • 8 podiums, including one victory:

European Cup

  • Winning the slalom rating in the season 1987/1988
  • 10 podiums, 5 wins:

Austrian Championships

  • Austrian champion in giant slalom in 1979 and 1988

U.S. Pro ​​Tour

  • 2 wins ( slalom in Vail and Snow Summit, 1990) and a further six podium finishes
Slalom skiing Alpine skiing combined Medal 1981 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup Winter Olympic Games 1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup Lake Placid, New York Ebnat-Kappel 1982 Alpine Skiing World Cup Municipality of Kranjska Gora FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982 1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup Vail (Colorado) Bulgaria Berchtesgaden Italy
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