Johan Wallner

Johan Wallner ( born February 8, 1965 in Filipstad ) is a former Swedish alpine skier. He drove almost exclusively giant slalom and slalom.

Career

For the first time made ​​Johan Wallner 1982 attracted attention when he won in Auron at the inaugural Junior World Championship gold in the slalom and bronze in the giant slalom. The following year came gold added in the giant slalom. His first points in the World Cup he won on February 23, 1983 14th place in the slalom of Tärnaby. Wallner ran until December 1997 in the World Cup and won January 14, 1986 his only World Cup race, a slalom in Berchtesgaden. Otherwise, he scored three podiums, but all in giant slalom, and a total of 23 top- 10 finishes.

From 1985 to 1997 Johan Wallner took part in six World Championships, only 1989, he was not at the start. His greatest successes he achieved at the 1991 World Championships in Saalbach -Hinterglemm and 1993 in Morioka by winning the bronze medal in the giant slalom. In 1991 he also scored the fifth place in the Super -G - a discipline in which he never was able to score in the World Cup. From 1984 to 1994 he also participated in four Olympic Winter Games. While he started only in the giant slalom in 1984, he came in 1988, 1992 and 1994 in both the giant slalom and the slalom used. But with a total of seven Olympic starts, he reached only twice the goal of 1988 in Calgary. Than 16 of the giant slalom and 1994 in Lillehammer than 25 of the giant slalom At the Swedish Championships Johan Wallner was one of the most successful participants. From 1983 to 1997, he was ten times Swedish champion - four times in the giant slalom and slalom in each case twice, combined and super -G.

After a disappointing start of the season extending end of December 1997 he declared his resignation.