Patrik Järbyn

Patrik Inge Johan Järbyn ( born April 16, 1969 in Borås ) is a former Swedish alpine skier. He started mainly in the downhill and super -G. Järbyn won in the course of his nearly twenty year career three World Championship medals and achieved three podiums in the World Cup. He holds the record as the oldest World Cup podium drivers.

Biography

Järbyn is five -time Olympian. He was at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, 1998 in Nagano, 2002 Salt Lake City, Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010 here. His best finish in 1998 he reached the Super G in Nagano with the sixth place.

The greatest success of his career, he celebrated at the World Championships in 1996 in the Sierra Nevada. Behind the Norwegian Atle Skårdal he won the silver medal in the Super -G. At the 2007 World Championships in Åre, he won the bronze medal in the downhill and with the Swedish team the silver medal in the team competition. Järbyn is the oldest athlete who has ever won at a World Ski Championships medals.

Despite his long career he could never win a World Cup race. His best finish in a World Cup race in 1998 was the second rank in the Super G Kvitfjell. In September 2007 Järbyn suffered a cruciate ligament injury in his left knee in a practice crash in Chile. Despite the injury throughout the season 2007/ 08 and the advanced age he sat then continued his career. On 19 December 2008 he drove in the Super G in Val Gardena on the third place, at the age of 39 years and 8 months; that he is by far the oldest rider ever to reach a podium in the World Cup.

At the Olympic Winter Games on February 19, 2010 Järbyn suffered a crash in Whistler in the Super- G of the men and was transported by helicopter to the hospital, where a slight concussion and abrasions were diagnosed in the facial area. A few weeks later he started again in the World Cup. In March 2012 he announced his retirement from professional racing.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Lillehammer 1994: 18 Super -G, downhill 34
  • Nagano 1998: 6 Super -G, Downhill 10, 21 Giant Slalom
  • Salt Lake City 2002: 11 Super -G, Downhill 18, 24 Giant Slalom
  • Turin 2006: 24 Super -G, downhill 33
  • Vancouver 2010: 29 Departure

World Championships

  • Morioka 1993: 26 Giant Slalom
  • Sierra Nevada 1996: 2 Super -G, Downhill 24, 24 combination
  • Sestriere 1997: 19 Super -G, downhill 26
  • Vail / Beaver Creek 1999: 10 Downhill, 14 combination, 15, Super -G, Giant Slalom 15
  • St. Moritz 2003: 20 Super -G
  • Bormio 2005: 21 combination, 26 Super -G, downhill 32
  • Åre 2007: 2nd team competition, 3rd exit, 17 Super -G
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 23 Super -G

World Cup

  • 3 podiums, a further 28 placings in the top ten

Continental Cups

  • 5 podiums in the European Cup, including 2 wins ( 1994 /1995)
  • European Cup 1995/1996 season: 5 Super -G standings
  • 6 podiums in the Nor- Am Cup, of which 5 wins ( 1994 /1995)

Other successes

  • 23 Swedish championship (10x departure, 10x Super -G, Giant Slalom 3x )
  • 20 victories in FIS races ( 1994 /1995)
Super-G Alpine skiing combined FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup Nagano, Nagano Sierra Nevada (Spain) Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 Nor-Am Cup
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