Peter Roth (alpine skier)
Peter Roth ( born January 30, 1961 in Schönau a.Königssee ) is a former German ski racer and current coach. In the Ski World Cup, he was active from 1980 to 1994 and counted over several years of the strongest German slalom racers.
Biography
Roth's athletic career began at the age of eight years with the accession to the ski section of WSV Koenigssee. Early on, he put his talent and won titles at the Bavarian school championships and the German Youth Championships. After attending secondary school Roth trained as a carpenter and joined after a sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr.
1980 managed native of Schoenau am Koenigssee Roth made it into the German national ski team. The first World Cup points he won on January 10, 1981 in seventh place in the combination of Morzine. Just over a year later, on 15 January 1982 he was third in the combination of Bad Wiessee first time on the podium. In the years 1985, 1986, 1987 each was followed by another podium finish. First, he was especially successful in the combination and the Super-G, but gradually he turned into a slalom specialist, who started next to the Giant Slalom. After two seasons with several top 10 results, but no podiums, he won on 8 August 1990 with the Slalom at Mount Hutt his only World Cup race. Then he went again as third in the slalom in Kranjska Gora in December 1992 on the podium. The last World Cup races he contested in February 1994.
At World Championships Roth took the first time in 1982 in Schladming part. He achieved rank 10 in the combination and 28th place in the downhill. Three years later he came to a failure in the combination only in the downhill than 26 to the finish. At the World Championships in 1987 and 1989, he did not participate, but he started at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, however, where it failed in Slalom, Giant Slalom and Super -G and therefore remained without result. In 1991 he again took part in the World Championships in Saalbach -Hinterglemm, where he finished ninth in the slalom and 21st in the giant slalom. In his last World Cup appearance in Morioka 1993, he started only in slalom and was eighth. He had continued at the Olympic Games less success. In Albertville in 1992 he was 16th in the slalom and giant slalom different from. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he was in the slalom after the first round in third place, but fell in the second run from.
Between 1981 and 1994, Roth won six German titles in downhill, slalom and giant slalom. In addition, he has twice been runner-up in the giant slalom and one runner-up in the slalom. After a few unterklassigen race in winter 1994/95 he announced his resignation. Roth works as a supervisor for the German Ski Association.
Achievements
Olympic games
- 1992 Albertville: 16 Slalom
World Championships
- Schladming 1982: 10 Combination 28 departure
- Bormio 1985: 26 Departure
- Saalbach -Hinterglemm 1991: 9 Slalom, Giant Slalom 21
- Morioka 1993: 8 Slalom