Hannes Reichelt

Hannes Reichelt ( born July 5, 1980 in Altenmarkt im Pongau) is an Austrian alpine skier. His strongest discipline is the super -G, achievements he won the Giant Slalom and Downhill. He won two medals at the World Junior Championship in 2000 and in 2005 European Cup overall winner. In the World Cup he previously won six races and in the 2007/ 08 season the super - G World Cup. His first medal at major events he won at the 2011 World Championships with a silver in the super -G. From 2003 to 2012, he was five times Austrian champion.

Biography

After high school in his hometown of Radstadt Reichelt visited the Skihandelsschule Schladming and following the local HAK- advanced course, which he finished in 2002 with the Matura. Mid -1990s, he played his first FIS races. In the seasons 1997/98 and 1998/99 that he was engaged in Altenmarkt his first jobs in the European Cup, but of the points he remained still far away. 1999 Reichelt was added to the C- squad of the Austrian Ski Federation. After several victories in FIS races he scored the first major success at the Junior World Championship in 2000. He won the bronze medal each in the Super- G and in combination. A short time later he got his first points in the European Cup.

In the 2000 /01 season Reichelt found in the European connection to the top. In December, he came in the Super -G in St. Moritz the first time in the top ten and a month later he celebrated in the Super G in Altenmarkt their first win. In the final ranking, he came in fourth place in the Super -G. On 7 December 2001 Reichelt had his first appearance in the World Cup Super-G in Val d'Isere. But he could not finish the race. In the European Cup he celebrated in the 2001/ 02 season, his second victory in the Super- G of La Clusaz. With two more podiums and seven other finishes in the top ten, he came in the super -G standings to second place and in the overall and downhill score on each of the fourth. At the start of the European Cup 2002/03 season Reichelt won three giant slaloms in a row. Then he came in the Super- G in Val Gardena for his second World Cup competition, in which he drove a complete surprise to the second place. The end of January he came in the Super G in Kitzbuehel in eighth place, thus having a starting place for the 2003 World Cup secured in this discipline in St. Moritz, but there turned out. Another top result succeeded him at the season finale in Kvitfjell, where he finished third in the Super- G and thus finished fifth in the super - G World Cup. In the European Cup came to its three giant slalom wins two victories in Super -G and added with a further four podium finishes, he won the giant slalom standings and were each second in the overall and super-G standings. That same winter he was Austrian Champion in the combination.

After a broken collarbone in November 2003 Reichelt was unable to repeat his last year's results in the winter of 2003/ 04. Because he did not see the World Cup in three consecutive races, the goal, he had to start in the European Cup as of January again. There, his best result was sixth place in the Super G in Altenmarkt. In the European Cup 2004/05 season Reichelt was back to his old form. He won a total of six races ( two downhills, Super G and giant slalom ) and was further eight times on the podium. He won equal points with the Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud the overall standings, finished second in the Super -G, each third in the downhill and giant slalom and was thus in these disciplines a World Cup Fixstartplatz for next season. In the European Cup final in Roccaraso be Reichelt suffered a knee injury that no longer inhibited him next winter. In the World Cup he came into this season in the Super - Gs of Kitzbühel, Garmisch -Partenkirchen twice in the top 15

In the season 2005/ 06 Reichelt succeeded in the World Cup again the connection to the top. On 1 December 2005 he celebrated in the Super G in Beaver Creek his first World Cup victory, and in January he was third in the Super G in Kitzbuehel, with which he came fourth in the World Cup discipline. At the 2006 Winter Olympics he finished in tenth place. At season's end he was Austrian giant slalom champion. The 2006/07 season was not so good. Reichelt came only twice into the top ten, his best result was the seventh place in the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora. Participation in the 2007 World Championships in Åre was questionable for last. Finally, he was able to start in the giant slalom, but he left in the first round of.

In the 2007 /08 season it was for the Salzburg again significantly uphill. On 3 December 2007 he celebrated in the Super G in Beaver Creek his second World Cup victory, and on 23 February 2008, he won the giant slalom in Whistler. Two days earlier, he finished second in the local Super -G. With his victory in the last Super G of the season Reichelt won with the minimum projection of a point the super - G World Cup ahead of Swiss Didier Cuche for themselves. Cuche had before the race 99 points ahead of the Austrians, however, came at the season finale not finish in the points, since ousted him his teammate Daniel Albrecht out of the points. Consequently, it was him Reichelt with the 100 points for victory, in which he was only a hundredth of a second faster than second placed Didier Defago, surpass and get his first crystal globe for winning the World Cup discipline. In the World Cup he came in his best-ever season in tenth place in the giant slalom and eighth.

However, in the winter of 2008/ 09 Reichelt fell back again. He came third place in the giant slalom in Alta Badia only once on the podium and only two more times in the top ten, so he clearly fell back and he was transferred after the season by the team in the A-team in the World Cup and in the discipline ratings. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, he started only in the giant slalom and could not qualify for the second round. In March 2009, Reichelt was Austrian Champion in Giant Slalom and Super -G.

In the first months of the 2009/10 season Reichelt went twice in the top ten. He was given a starting place for the super combination of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but was injured in training just before the elbow and could not participate in the race. He scored his best results end of the season with second place in the Super G in Kvitfjell and fourth in the super -G in Garmisch- Partenkirchen, which he managed to return to the national team for next winter. Reichelt won on February 5, 2011 in Hinterstoder his fifth World Cup races and secured so that in the last race before the World Championships his nomination for the World Cup. Only four days later he was at the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch -Partenkirchen vice world champion in the super -G and overtook his first medals at major events. When training for the World Cup giant slalom, he suffered a bruised knee and therefore had to miss this event.

At the beginning of the season 2011/12 achieved with Reichelt third in Lake Louise his first World Cup podium finish in the downhill. His previous best downhill result he achieved on 14 January 2012 with the second place at the Lauberhorn in Wengen. Overall, he scored in the course of the season seven podium finishes, but a victory was denied him. In the overall World Cup standings, he came to fifth place. On December 29, 2012 Reichelt won his first World Cup downhill: Coinciding with Dominik Paris he won the downhill on the Pista Stelvio in Bormio - just one hundredth of a second ahead of third-placed Aksel Lund Svindal. Added to this was a third place three times this winter.

In the 2013/14 season Reichelt was successful only in the speed disciplines, especially in the downhill. After three second places in Beaver Creek, Bormio and Wengen, he won on the 25th January, the prestigious downhill in Kitzbuehel. This was the first downhill victory of an Austrian on the Streif since Michael Walchshofer in 2006. Two days later he announced that he fails because of a severe herniated disc for the rest of the season and thus also the Olympic Winter Games will be missed in Sochi.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Turin 2006: 10 Super -G

World Championships

  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 2 Super -G, downhill 16
  • Schladming 2013: 4 Super -G

World Cup ratings

  • Season 2002/ 03: 5 Super - G World Cup
  • Season 2005/ 06: 4 Super - G World Cup
  • Season 2007/ 08: 10th overall World Cup, 1 Super - G World Cup, 8 giant slalom World Cup
  • Season 2009/ 10: 7 Super - G World Cup
  • Season 2010/ 11: 5 Super - G World Cup
  • Season 2011/12: 5 Overall World Cup downhill World Cup 4, 5 giant slalom World Cup, 8 Super - G World Cup
  • Season 2012/13: 8 Overall World Cup, fifth downhill World Cup, 6 Super - G World Cup
  • 2013/14 season: 2nd downhill World Cup

World Cup wins

28 podiums, 7 Wins:

European Cup

  • Season 2000/ 01: 4 Super -G standings
  • Season 2001/ 02: 4th overall, 2nd Super-G standings, 4th exit summary
  • Season 2002/ 03: 2nd overall, 1st giant slalom standings, 2 Super -G standings
  • Season 2004/ 05: overall winner, second super-G standings, 3rd exit rating, 3 giant slalom rating
  • 28 podiums including 13 victories:

Junior World Championships

  • Quebec 2000: 3 combination, third Super -G, Slalom 5th, 11 downhill, giant slalom 15

Other successes

  • 5 Austrian Champion title ( combination of 2003, 2006 and 2009, Giant Slalom, Super-G in 2009 and 2012)
  • 8 wins in FIS races
Alpine skiing combined FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup Beaver Creek Resort 2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup Municipality of Kranjska Gora FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 Whistler (British Columbia) 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup Lake Louise (Alberta) Michael Walchhofer Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup Italy France Levi, Finland Finland Lech (Vorarlberg)
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