Mathias Berthold

Mathias Berthold ( born May 18, 1965 in Gargellen ) is a former Austrian alpine skier and current coach. He won the 1985 slalom rating in the European Cup and reached the podium in the World Cup. He was professional world champion in slalom in 1993. Since 1996, Berthold has worked as a trainer from 2010 to 2014 as head coach of the Austrian men's teams since 2014 as head coach of the German men's teams.

Career

Berthold visited the Skihauptschule in Schruns and the Skihandelsschule in Stams. In 1979 he was Austrian student champion in giant slalom, and in combination and 1983 Austrian Junior Champion in slalom. In the European Cup of Vorarlberg started from the 1983/84 season and this winter could also equal to his first race, the slalom in Pamporovo win. In the next season he celebrated two more victories in the slalom at Corno alle Scale and in Savognin and was runner-up in each of the two slalom in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. He thus won the slalom standings and seventh place in the overall standings.

His first start in the World Cup had Berthold in slalom in Kranjska Gora, where he came eleventh on 16 February 1985 at the start. In the winter of 1985/86 he was seven times into the top fifteen. Best result was the ninth place in the slalom in Parpan. In the 1986/87 season he was able to further increase, finished in December in Kranjska Gora, ranked sixth, reaching on 25 January in the Slalom of Kitzbühel, only eight hundredths of a second behind the winner Bojan Križaj, second place and therefore his best World Cup result. Two weeks later, Berthold came at the World Championships in Crans -Montana, but only on the 16th slalom ranking. At season's end, he secured fifth place in Sarajevo in sixth place in the slalom World Cup.

In the season 1987/88 Berthold could not repeat his last year's results. Best result was eighth in the slalom in Kranjska Gora, other times he drove in the top fifteen. At the Winter Olympics, he was unable to attend, therefore. The next winter he went only in the first season slalom in Sestriere in the points. At the beginning of the 1989/90 season he came into the North American race again three times in the top ten for the first time in the giant slalom. He then no longer make it to the World Cup scoring points and he finished his career in the amateurs.

From 1991 to 1996 Berthold launched with great success in the U.S. Pro ​​Ski Tour. He celebrated five victories, drove about 30 times on the podium and won twice the third place in the overall standings. In 1993 he became professional world champion in slalom and won in 1991 and 1993 in combination and in 1996 in the slalom bronze medal at the Senior World Championships.

After his playing career Berthold became a coach. Initially, he worked for two years in the UK before he was in the autumn of 1998 for four years slalom and giant slalom coach of the Austrian women's team. In winter 2002/ 03 Berthold was Trainers of the U.S. Women's and from 2003 he coached the technicians in the German Ski Association. In 2006, he became head coach of the German ski ladies with whom he won three gold medals at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. On 22 March 2010, Austrian Ski Federation President Peter Schröcksnadel announced that Berthold will take over as successor Toni Giger from the 2010/11 season the post of Austrian men's head Traines. From 3 Oktober 2010 to 2014, he served as head coach at the Austrian Ski Federation. On April 7, 2014 announced that he would work in the future as men's head coach of the DSV, they trigger Karlheinz Waibel from.

His 1991 born son Frederic is also skier and since 2012 in the A-team of the Austrian Ski Federation, previously from 2009 in the B squad.

Sporting successes

World Championships

  • Crans -Montana 1987: 16 Slalom

World Cup

  • Season 1986/87: 6 slalom rating
  • A podium, a further nine placings in the top ten

European Cup

  • Season 1984/85: 7th overall, 1st slalom
  • Season 1986/87: 6 Slalom
  • 1988/89 season: 6th overall, 5th Giant Slalom
  • Six wins and two second places

Professional race

World Championships

  • Squaw Valley 1991 3 combination
  • Aspen 1993: 1 slalom, third combination
  • Aspen 1996: 3rd slalom

U.S. Pro ​​Tour

  • 1991 season: 5 Rating
  • 1992 season: 3 Overall rating
  • Season 1993: 3 Overall rating
  • Season 1994: 5 Rating
  • Five wins, a further 31 podium finishes
Slalom skiing Alpine skiing combined 1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup Municipality of Kranjska Gora 1986 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987 Crans-Montana 1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup
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