Didier Plaschy
Didier Plaschy ( born 2 May 1973 in Varen ) is a retired Swiss ski racer. He drove exclusively giant slalom and slalom, but he scored two World Cup victories and an additional podium. Since his retirement he has been active as a coach.
- 2.1 Olympic Winter Games
- 2.2 Junior World Championships
- 2.3 World Cup
- 2.4 European Cup
- 2.5 Further successes
Biography
Sports career
For the first time internationally in appearance Plaschy joined the Junior World Championship in 1992 in Maribor, where he won the silver medal in the slalom. She then served in FIS and Europa Cup races. His first race in the World Cup, he played on 20 December 1994, Lech. The next day he could win first World Cup points as 28 of the slalom in Lech.
During the 1997/98 season Plaschy the breakthrough: On January 6, 1998, he reached sixth of the giant slalom in Saalbach -Hinterglemm, the best result of his career in this discipline. In the European Cup, he was with two slalom wins and three additional podium finishes third in the overall standings. In the slalom standings, he was beaten by one point to the winner Benjamin Raich.
In the World Cup season 1998/99 could Plaschy successes in Kitzbuehel (2nd place), celebrate Wengen ( 5th place) and in the Sierra Nevada ( 4th place). He finished the season off on the 7th place in the slalom discipline standings. He had his most successful season in winter 1999/2000, when he won the World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora and Vail. There were two further Top 10 rankings, from which finally resulted in the 8th place in the slalom standings. His successes achieved Plaschy all on skis the brand Stöckli.
These successes could not confirm Plaschy. He was one of the last skier who won slalom ski World Cup races with long (186 cm). Its competitors drove in the following season 2000/ 01 with skis that were about 20 cm shorter. Plaschy missed the transition to the new carving technique, in addition, it has experienced numerous failures. A 16th place on 23 January 2001 in Schladming remained his only countable income. Less than a month later, on 18 February 2001 Plaschy denied in Shigakogen his last World Cup race. After the Swiss Championships in Melchsee -Frutt in April 2001, he announced his resignation and continued his education in snow sports.
Plaschy took in three world championships in the slalom part (1996, 1999, 2001 ), but different from. At the Olympic Winter Games 1998, he was twelfth in the slalom. In addition, he was three times Swiss champion (1999 Giant Slalom and Slalom, Slalom 2000 ).
Resignation and comeback attempt
2003 Plaschy began at the University of Bern with the study of psychology, pedagogy and philosophy. He broke it in 2005 before the bachelor's degree to launch a comeback attempt. In 2006 he won four FIS races, but was allowed to drive any World Cup races, as an introduced by WADA regulations states that a top-level sport returning athlete must complete a one-year doping negative first period to take part in international competitions. A torn ACL, which he suffered in December 2006 at a FIS giant slalom in Laax, ended his career for good.
After time as Active Plaschy was first in the National Training Center ( ODT ) employed in Brig as a ski coach. He is in charge athletes the group " Ouest " of NLZ. Then, his change was followed by the World Cup team, for whom he worked as a coach.
Achievements
Olympic Winter Games
- Nagano 1998: 12 Slalom
Junior World Championships
- Geilo 1991: 21 Super -G, downhill 39
- Maribor 1992: 2nd Slalom, 2nd combination, 9 Giant Slalom, Super-G, 20, 32 departure
World Cup
- 1998/1999 season: 8 slalom rating
- 1999/2000 season: 8 slalom rating
- 3 podiums, including two victories:
European Cup
- 1995/ 96: 7th overall, 3rd slalom rating
- Season 1997/98: 3rd overall, 2nd slalom rating
- 8 podiums, including two victories
Other successes
- 2 Swiss champion titles in slalom ( 1999, 2000)
- 1 Swiss champion in giant slalom (1999)
- 2 podiums in Nor- Am Cup, including 1 win
- 15 wins in FIS races